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is it split load at house?

Please correct me if I'm wrong (the usual suspects)...A normal 2 storey house is a single fire compartment and as such fire hoods are not required. However: 1. If you putting them in the ceiling of an integral garage 2. You have a loft conversion 3. You have a 3 storey house 4. You have a...

Personally I wouldn't do it this way. I'm just about happy to fit 1 single oven rated at 2.5Kw on a kitchen ring final. Bear in mind kitchens have a lot of appliances and your ring final will happily supply you with 7.3kW. However your 2 ovens will take the complete load in 1 hit. If you have a...

Seriously Ian if your Sparky doesn't know how to do cable sizing then I would suggest he has no knowledge on testing. It certainly sounds he has no knowledge of The Building Regs. Therefore it seems logical that no certificates are going to be issued. When you sell your house under the new...

Be careful Oharaf..........he said he put up a partition........he didn't mention a door.........what is the extent of the partition? If an open partition he is allowed a socket 3m horizontally from the boundary of zone 1

Your re-wire won't be worth a bolt without test certificates.......

Bet many barristers wouldn't fancy slugging it out with BAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Same thing in Memorandum of Guidance for EAWR. Regulation 29 shifts the burden of proof to the defence

..........and that cable is not subject to ambient temperatures above 30oC. However if it is a loft space then ambient temps could be in excess of this. Basically speaking correction factors are appled when calculating cable sizes. To be absolutely sure we would need to know the full circumstances

also assumes that cable is not bunched up with other cables

assuming the cable is clipped direct ( passes through uninsulated voids and is embedded in plaster etc) you could use 40A MCB and 6mm2 cable

Softus is right. By consensus we shoulld produce a document that will provide sound advice to DIYers on how to comply with Part P in the easiest possible way. The discussion has highlighted a number of holes in council procedure. As we can see some councils are very clear on their procedural...

BAS wrote BAS you would pass with a bit of study. There are 2 routes: If you got 16th after 2001 you sit the short exam 30Q's in an hour. If you don't fulfill condition 1 then you sit the full 100Q's (think 2hours). We went to college for 3 evening tutorials and sat the exam 4th night. If...

Spot on........manufacturers instructions take precedence over the 17th and a 3amp fuse was called for

Here's a scenario for you that was brought up in the 17th update. Imagine a new installation where A small bathroom fan is installed in zone 1, it is wired from the lighting circuit which is RCD protected. The fan is IPX4 and suitable for the zone. A double pole isolator is provided and...

Disagree with you Secure. I don't think you should shut the book just cos passed the exam. Think you need to understand the basics as it is a working document and governs your working practice. Of course no-one will ever know the Regs inside out, but it is important to acquaint yourself with its...

See here for the benefit of notifying electrics. 2nd para. Searches will show up compliant electrical work......another great selling point for your home.[/url]

Exactly the point BAS..........I've passed the exam now I need to get down to some hard studying to apply the new REgs. I wasn't implying for a minute that as I've passed an exam that I know it. Far from it, that red book gets looked at every night to further my knowledge, and no doubt I'll have...

BAS you're the DB I doff my hat to you!