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Were there any appliances left plugged-in downstream of the test point?

SecureS - what are unswitched sockets/outlets for then?? I'd really like to know! Is there a specific requirement or application? Apologies if this is perceived as 'Thread-jacking'. Ta

Thanks for the help everyone. I was hoping that there would be something like that I could use. Would look okay. Minimum Fuss. Can see something like it on overhead cable drops on street supplies. Spooky Paxman impersonation, by the way SecureS. :wink: Brave try Swindon :) - but...

For existing external cable drops in 1.5mm T&E, say to security lights, is there a retrofit capping I can fit? A link or part number would be most useful. I appreciate (from previous posts on this forum) that PVC T&E should not be used externally, but given that it has, is there anything...

See Figures 3.14 and 3.15 of The Electrician's Guide. Or did you not mean performance?

I might be completely wrong here (and no doubt will have to suffer the slings and arrows....etc), but aren't these easily converted to split load units? Remove the neutral bar jumper, split the bus bar, and away you go. Wouldn't it also be allowable to have a CU dedicated to ground floor...

As far as my own experience as a (reasonably well informed) DIYer is concerned, w.boy, The Electricians Guide was my first purchase. I found that this could be read like any other technical text, i.e. I could settle down to read a chapter, and by the end of it be fairly sure if I had, or had...

(pedantry ON) "I have installed an outside power socket with RCD. I ran a spur from a socket to a fused connection unit and then to the outside socket with built-in RCD. The problem is that the sockets work okay, but when I try to switch it off from the fused switch it does not turn off. Only...

Yup - a well known supplier mentioned often on this forum also charges about this amount.

Revolt, Good luck, etc, but never ever be afraid to ask questions in class, or anywhere else for that matter. Even if you think others around you are having a snigger, or whatever, I guarantee you wont be the only one utterly confused (if, indeed, you find that you are). Sometimes the very...

Mike (humour on) I think this very advanced technical stuff is very inappropriate for this Forum :lol: :lol: :lol: please repost on the Screwfix boards for a truly appreciative audience :) :) :) (humour off)

Agreed :wink: 'tis easier to cock a measurement and misinterpret the results with a complex piece of equipment, than the 'go/no go' indication from something simpler. (note that I craftily avoided mentioning what the simpler thing might be .....)

No no no Shaggy :x I think you are plonker pulling, n'est pas? The multimeter will tell you the actual voltage, e.g. if it is at 240V - and about to kill you - or inductive pick-up (a few volts say) and possibly survivable. .....but only if you have the thing set to measuring voltage, at...

Justin........ Erm :oops: - I think this actually refers to cross sectional area of the L & N conductors.

Kai, Please see my previous post for details of the old cable - it does indeed have a CPC...... Is this Imperial 3/0xx, or not??

Good Idea Mr _C :D , Could you post the tables to the Reference section? Thanks muchly!

Is there an on-line source with the technical/performance specs for the old imperial cable types, viz: 3/.029, 3/.036, etc. Since I (or rather my lights) seem to be pulling current through some I thought it'd be prudent to know what it used to be rated at. Dimensions (inner/outer) would be...

Re:- Well ..... as a fellow IEE member and Chartered Engineer I personnally find Sesquiped's posting on the IEE forum quite unfortunate. I sincerely hope he can sleep at night...... I am so disappointed, but not particularly suprised, that a clipboard wielding jobsworth seems to have...

Chris My reading of http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_buildreg/documents/page/odpm_breg_033480.pdf, particularly 'Box A', suggests that it would be additions or alterations that apply to 'special locations' e.g. bathrooms, and thus be merely notifiable (and perhaps not 'illegal' as...

Andrew2022, No - I did actually mean shock voltage in the event of a fault current to earth. Since the max fault current and timings can be determined by an MCB, and since the CPC resistance is a characteristic of the installation, whether the resulting shock voltage is <50V can then be...