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OK, as you said you got a few ideas now, and more importatly what ideas you might need to consider as 1/ what you actually want now an 2/ what you might actually want in future, the relavant costs ans the will you total plan be reduced or will you indeed think of more but before all of that you...

So are we thinking that "otherwise normal in electronics" idea that a resistor would be designed to be capapable of taking any conceivable current in "normal" usage and also any heating of an intensity able to damage nearby electronics was avoided by heatsinks or spacing dimensions, could be...

In our Wiring Regs, in our everyday lives too, a lot of questions are not always yes everytime or no everytime ut more of a sometimes it depends sort of answer, 50 shades of greyRule/regulationscan notcover everything every time in every single instance. And of course you ask a few different...

I know that scenario very well Eric. Tidy up is obsesive in comparison for ease of use. Everything is moved from its handy place and moved to an obscure place. Even things that have been in certain places for years and we all know where they "always are" get moved to another place and when I get...

Most folk do not have a "sink" in a bathroom, some might have a basin (a.k.a a Lavatory Hand Basin) in though. I suppose a Bath or a Shower or both might be enough to qualify it actually being called a Bathroom though if we not too strict on the semantics.

Probably best to designate it to a Greek leter or three then we can all know what it is and the differences in definitions, hopefully theres still a Greek letter or two left for us to use in this situation. Our Tutor on my first C&G Wiring Regs course course did comment that as Electricians we...

LOL yes me too :whistle:

Yes they might or might not be two or three circuits running those switches so check for that and then isolate the circuit(s) before proceeding. Some of us would deliberately make two circuits appear in one box (or adjacent boxes prefereably) in order to join two circuit earths together in...

You might even consider 1 x 2.5 cable suitably changing in the mcb or fuse if this will accommodate your maximum demand via careful planning of accessories and volt drop considerations etc etc but I do agree that running a larger cable would likely give you more headroom for what you might need...

Hah - an extension lead with a plugtop in connecting cables to a fixed lighting circuit (plastered into the wall) , is that lighting circuit fixed mains wiring and the fact it`s run from the extension lead then does this make it a part of the circuit that is not fixed mains wiring ??? It needs...

And measure continuity to be sure they are not just two radials connected as one circuit - seeing if all sockets are fed from two cables not one might give you your first indication of that and measuring could confirm it

Spot on Eric, parts of what you said I might disagree and other parts I might agree. In my humble opinion there seems to nothing wrong in removing the boiler cover to take a peek and that`s what I would do then replace it, So long as I do not go into any gas chamber part of the set up, opening...

Sorry I was not being clear, Sunray is correct about the boiler, I meant the piece of flex feeding the boiler from the Switched Fused Connection Unit or whatever. If the stat is an old traditional wall mounted hardwired type then yes it would be on the list to be inspected I reckon although...

Well - first of all let me admit that I have a front end RCD consumer unit - One RCD for the whole installation. This configuration is now considered "old hat". The next move was to have dual RCDs - one RCD for some circuits and the other RCD for the other circuits. Sensibly mixing up and down...

Yes of course it should be spotted - is it a "Drive By" ???

Looks like you are considering volt drop and want the highest proportion of the expensive electricity to be available at the appliances you are anticipating using. Not always the most economical method but does have its merits.

Nothing in the overall principles prohibits it providing that all of the rules for safety apply, cable fit or purpose to carry the current and mechanically protected where appropriate etc . Yes might be considered ruf but hey ho providing no more dangerous than all the usual things we wouldn’t...

Nice one Sunray lad

I know someone who still has two meters and a mechanical clock and gets a afternoon boost on the off peak

Demand a refund for unsatisfactory goods/services and if you paid via card you could ask your card issuer to refund it. I’ve done that twice and the refund was made in less than 10 minutes after o requested it the firm has a while to appeal it. They did that once and the card issuer rejected...