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Out of interest Chris, what is the cost (to you) of the materials ? And is that just under 10K include VAT ?

Then you may find a tennant or landlord standing on a chair/staircase rail etc having a nasty fall trying to test if they work !!

Apologies for quality, taken with camera phone. Found this on a CU that has quite recently been rewired !! :shock: I would estimate whats left of these tails to be 6mm2 at best! There was a 10Kw shower, along with 32A cooker circuit with the usual sockets/lights etc. Must have...

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If installing non maintained self contained emergency lighting luminaires (as a requirement imposed for a multi-occupancy letting) is there any regulation to also provide a local test key point ? Testing can still be carried out by turning off the breaker..Installation will be a lot cheaper...

The windows I was trying to match were the light oak pvc type. I was unable to source any plastic grilles in light oak so had to go for white, which looked OK as the soffet/facia was white. Thanks anyway.

Need a standard 100m external extractor fan grille but in light oak - to match the PVC windows and door. Can only seem to find them in brown or white, anyone seen them or know where to source one ?

Why would you want to renew the cables after you have just rewired it ?? Why go to the hassle, time and cost to wire in conduit when you can just bury the cables (that will outlive you) in the plaster ?

Please post your version of para 2 of 543.7.3 as the version I have does not state in plain english that 2.5/1.5 is adequate when used to form a RFC with a high integrity earth. Also diasgree that if you can count 2 cpc's in a socket or in a consumer unit that they are separate conductors...

Spark123, please read my post in full some of which I have pasted below, which is a summary 16th reg 433-02-01 and 17th reg 433.1.1 PROTECTION AGAINST OVERLOAD CURRENT . At no point do these regs mention 1 hour, or indeed thermal operation of the MCB. i) The nominal current rating of the...

Being buried in a (non insulated) wall does not cause any "problems" for the cable, as plaster/brick/masonary etc is not thermally insulating. This is deemed to be reference method 1, and is the same for the purposes of current carrying capacity of the cable as being clipped onto the surface.

An improvement on all the above "expressions" would be to state for an overcurrent protective device i) The nominal current rating of the device (In) is not less than the design current (Ib) of the circuit ii) In does not exceed the lowest of the current carrying capacities (Iz) of any...

Yeah at gallagher retail park, reduced from a tenner !

I recently did some electrical rearrangements/additions etc for a kitchen fitter in a kitchen renovation. He called while tiling friday to say his lad just got a shock and it threw him across the room - while he was grouting ! He said the tiles were live and could I come and sort it out - he was...

If the cable is buried in the plaster in some places and clipped to joist in others (not covered in thermal insulation) its reference method 1 which is 47A.