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Hmm - I have an auto-dislike of "bodges" although yes I admit , sometimes it might depend on the extent and the what ifs. The one screw only I am totally opposed to - twin socket, pull plug out on the unsupoorted side is capable of not just pull but comparent leverage magnifying it, I would err...

So long as the MCB and cable combination are correct for 1/ short circuit & 2/ Earth fault (unless reliance on an RCD) & 3/ Overload (if required) then no problem. That would likely apply to the 10.00mm cable but any spur off to say 2.5 would need addressing say by fusing down. So yes , as...

I once ran an Earth rod as a reference for an alarm system. Old mill premises, Flagged yard and the location I used was all soil - so I esy put an earth rod in. They told me they were gonna concrete over 2 to 4 inches in that bit so I had a brainwave. I cut some off the cap end of an empty 2L...

Have you tried to twist/slacken the old one and put a new one in its place? Basining on the assumption that the existing one had never hit anything untowards! Remiinds me of my pal on a rewire. Around the existing central heating programmer under the boiler, he pulled a cable clip and flex off...

Nobody done some John and Oko yet? :giggle:

Hm I will have to try it sometime John, by saying I had never considered it I meant that I had never given that one a serious thought. If I had and had actually tried it I might have been surprised by the result (or I might have still be apprenhensive about the strength or lack of it ) of being...

Well if it fits into the standard cooker calc by load and you are sure that the connectors will fit and carry the max current (depending on hob power rating which you haven`t mentioned yet) the it will do. Using the dual outlet plate that Pete has mentioned (provid it remains accessible) might...

Interesting!

Was a Horsepower 746 Watts or somesuch bak in the day?

No, I had not atualy considered that because of the oval only two sides of the hole might fit but the other two woulld be sloppy. if just doing something like bashing with a ball bearing from the front or back might produce a reasonable result on a large proportion of the ,overall depth thin...

Like John says replacing the whole back box would be the sensible option if you can. However I would say that wouldn`t I ? (Being an Electrician) . The part shown by Pete I`ve never seen in real life, the only solutions I have seen and used in real life (I bought 5 and have used 2 over a 5 year...

If you try hard enough to be correct then you`ll always suceed in infuriating somebody anyway. I used to know somebody who thout some PC people were too oversensitive, he was a clever fellow but very antiPC so in speeches he always endevoured to be as antiPC as possible purely to annoy them , he...

Nice one Eric :giggle:

Was the belt an administered punishment or was it an electric shock in a Darwinian attempt to remind you of your own mortallity? ;)

Yes I have wired plenty with Red to L and Black to N and also plenty with Green to E before it was changed to Green/Yellow !!! and Yes, some people had no clue how to wire a plug, cable sheath well outside the grip cord and E pullout first. And the number of times folk exclaimed they not...

Me too, and yes I am really old - 70 ;)

Yes it can be confusing sometimes. My "lamps in lampholders" and "Bulbs in Gardens" is a bit tongue in cheeck. "Spurs" and , to a lesser extent "Ring mains" is a slightly more serious attempt to inform the uninitiated of the correct terms for clarity on a forum such as this otherwise this kind...

Seems to be a bit of complex here, just by asking a question with a view to understanding which I find pretty normal. Maybe offence gets taken where none was intended, I suspect. I reckon that has more tendency with the written word sometimes than with the spoken word but there again somtimes...

Ideally I would have each circuit on its ow RCBO, Dual RCDs are a bit old hat. My Consumer unit is older hatter than that though. One RCD for the whole installation. (Well actually two - one for off peak and one for normal supply). hoh - no SPD in sight (except on a few devices including BT...