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I thought there were going to be changes to the rules for the RCD protection of circuits (could well be wrong). If the RCD rules do change won't be split load CU my electrician was intending to install be out of date less than 12 months after it's fitted?

I need to change some wiring in my kitchen. Due to the nature of the work and the age of the existing wiring I'm going to have to get the rest of the wiring updated at the same time including a new CU. I believe that the seventeenth edition of the requirements is coming out in January and...

I'm replacing my kitchen sink. It's the sort that can be fitted either left or right handed and you then fit a blanking plug into the unused tap hole that ends up at the front. My mother has a very similiar sink. Instead of having a blanking plate in the front tap hole her sink has got a...

I may have to have the work done then. The electrician is willing for me to do most of the donkey work which should keep the costs down a bit. It's still going to cost a lot more than I was expecting or had budgeted for. Any suggestions on how to tell the wife that I'm going to spend next...

I've had an electrician round to quote for the rewiring in my kitchen; I need some sockets moved and a couple adding. I generally happy enough with what I was told and the price seems reasonable for the work suggested. I would however like to check one thing. Is it true that the sockets will...

The kitchen wiring just involves moving a few things to fit the new layout and a couple of extra sockets. The earth from the meter cupboard to the CU is 4mm, as are the earth cables that go from the CU to the bathroom and kitchen plumbing. How big do they need to be? Replacing the internal...

The wiring has been as it is for at least 5 years as it was there when I bought the house. The shower has always worked okay and neither the MCB or RCD have ever tripped. It appears to be 9.5KW rather than the 10.5KW I thought it was. As far as I can tell all of the strands in both sets of...

Having taken the CU covers off to take a picture I've realised that the tails supplying the shower CU are actually connected to the input side of the main switch along with the tails coming from the meter cupboard. The earth linking the CUs looks like 10mm. Here are the pictures...

I need some rewiring in my kitchen. Due to my lack of success in finding an electrician willing to come and have a look I've had time on my hands and I've been looking for potential problems. My shower is supplied via a small secondary CU next to the original CU. The secondary CU contains...

I'm fairly sure it was 10mm I was looking at but anything is possible. I'll double check next time in in there. If their 10mm T&E does have a 4mm earth then why don't stock suitable sleeving? Ebay is an excellent suggestion. I should have though of it myself; I'm on there most days.

My shower is wired with 10mm T&E and I need to replace a short length of damaged earth sleeving at the CU end. I just went to try and pick some up at the local diy shed and they didn't have anything nearly big enough. I had a look at the 10mm T&E they sell and it had a single earth conductor...

Could you elucidate? I've just had a quick look at their website and couldn't see anything that would fit my existing pipework. Also, is there a proper name for the type of valves I've got? Thanks.

All the central heating systems I've previously seen have radiators where there's a valve on each side. My radiators are different. They have a single combined valve on one side and a blanking plug on the other. There's an internal length of pipe that goes from the valve and reaches about 18...

My last daft question for a while… After reading this forum for a while with regard to the wiring I’m going to need in my kitchen I’m now considering having my CU replaced as part of the same job. It’s currently an eighties vintage Crabtree unit with big brown breakers. The existing...

Could you clarify 'up to scratch'? There is single ring circuit that covers upstairs and downstairs on a 30A breaker. The CU is a Crabtree model that uses what I think are Type C breakers (big and brown). There is one spare breaker position available. There are no RCDs except for a RCD...

Thanks for the quick reply. Shame that it's part p; I could have done without the additional expense. I’ve got to get an electrician in sometime soon to look at some kitchen rewiring and I’m sure just the cost of that will be frightening enough!

My garage is attached to the side of the house and shares one complete wall. The garage has one double socket which is on a spur off the back of one of the sockets in the house. I'd really like some additional sockets. Would it be acceptable to extend the house ring main into the garage...

I'm trying to finalise my new kitchen layout. I've currently got a freestanding electric cooker which is hardwired into a cooker outlet then to a 45A CCU (with socket) and back to the CU via 6mm twin and earth and a 30A breaker. The existing wiring comes down the wall to the CCU and then left...

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Thanks for the input. The 20A DP switch would be in the wall effectively working as a light switch. I was working under assumption that if I install a 13A socket then it should be wired to support 13A even if I know the load won't be anything near that. Thus the 20A DP switch. I could well...