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    Check for overloaded cables?

    As far as I can tell, they are bothered about the number of junction boxes and that the circuit may be an undersized radial on a 32A breaker.
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    Check for overloaded cables?

    IMHO, the OP should get an EICR carried out by a reputable electrician and take things from there. To say is flippant. If the EICR says the property is dangerously wired and a full rewire is prudent, that is what you ought to do, for your safety and that of the people who share your house, at...
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    Toilet shower room without window

    And on and off and on and off.... ;) Joking aside, I have a PIR-triggered fan in our bathroom, an in-line S&P 5" fan and it's fine, but it is set to 30 minutes.
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    McDonald's boss wants to sweep abuse under the carpet

    Story about that. Before I started training as a spark, I was a student in Fallowfield. After the course finished, the first McDs drive through in the country opened there and some of us decided to regroup and went through on a metal bed on wheels. There were four of us push/ pulling and two...
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    Is it just me

    Well that's what Will, my eldest said! He said, "Dad, there's no way her hubby wasn't trying to bump her off!"
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    Is it just me

    Found it. 1. Cord grip loose and not gripping sheath. 2. Conductors left too long. 3. Nicks and damage to conductor insulation, exposing conductor. 4. Damage to plug, exposing live parts. 5. R.P. 6. Excess copper exposed. 7. Earth disconnected. 8. Wire wrapped round blown fuse, almost...
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    In The "Zone" Query

    Thanks for all your great suggestions. I can't risk drilling towards the hall floor void from the dining room as is a lot of pipework under the floor there, including a gas pipe!
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    Can an electrician swap my MCBs for RCBOs?

    According to the Technical fella that worked at Wylex in Wythenshawe, the Standard consumer unit was introduced in 1956. Fitting then that the year I retired, I replaced one from 1956....56 years later!
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    In The "Zone" Query

    The box in the picture is on the hall side to show the presence of the cable where it comes up from under the floor from the hall socket. The cable then enters the box and another leaves through the back of the box, through the wall into the socket in the dining room. I'd prefer not to use an...
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    In The "Zone" Query

    Except it's a spur...:(
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    In The "Zone" Query

    The actual socket the power is coming from is 900mm away.
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    What have you been doing today?

    :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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    In The "Zone" Query

    I had a last minute request from Mrs S to put a socket in the dining room. The dining room has a laminate floor, so I had to take a spur from the hall socket then run the cable through the hall wall back to back with the site of the new socket. So, I put a single box in the hall wall where the...
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    What have you been doing today?

    Miss motties marathon reminded me of the reason we went to France... Number one son ran the Paris marathon for Movember. 4.44. That was Sunday. We drove home from Lille on Tuesday. That was a bit of a marathon: 10 hours! He's still feeling the burn today! Says he will never do another one...
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    Doing his best King Charles impression.

    More Daily Fail bullcarp.
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    Starmer's learning...

    Like Brexit.
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    What have you been doing today?

    Trouble was, you left the pub in Yorkshire only a few hours earlier! :unsure::ROFLMAO:
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    What have you been doing today?

    I ordered a cheese board for 1 (or 2) last night in Lille. It came with shed loads of Chèvre, Brie, Comté, Tomme de Savoie and, oddly, but very tastily, Shropshire Blue! There was also salad and cornichons, 6 slices of garlic bread, 6 bread rolls and butter. £13. We shared the board and a...
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    Build A NZ -UK Power Lead

    I quite like them. Here's a newer socket, that has a circular plate nearly flush with the surround. You can't push it in unless you insert the plug.
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