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Where the old cu used to be. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg273/afswift/DSCF0044.jpg

More progress... The fused isolator in the garage to provide protection for the tails, http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg273/afswift/HPIM0571.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg273/afswift/HPIM0572.jpg The new mk board in the new position...

mmm good job i aint cut the bus bars to size yet then!! will put the cooker on the RCD! Its a MK 21way board with 17usable ways.

yes it does have, got a kettle plugged in.

Does this sound ok then? Going to second fix it tomorrow. NON RCD SIDE 32A Cooker 6mm 20A Immersion Heater 4mm 16A Central Heating 2.5mm 16A Alarm System 2.5mm 6A Lights Down 1.5mm 6A Lights Up 1.5mm 6A Lights Garage 1.5mm 6A Outside Lights 1.5mm 6A Smoke Alarms (x5) 1.5mm...

the garage is part of the house if that makes any difference

Inspector was more than happy with the first fix work. Loosened off the ties a bit, to give the cables a little more room.

The office is on the ground floor with normal ring sockets in the room. But the radial circuit refers to a length of dado trunking on the wall containing a number of power and data sockets. Is their a reason why the garage lights and outside lights should not be on the rcd? I just thought...

Just started second fixing our new consumer unit, just want to check my plans regarding the split load configuration of the board. This is what i plan, Does this sound right? NON RCD SIDE 32A Cooker 6mm 20A Immersion Heater 4mm 16A Socket Radial (office ict equipment only) 2.5mm 16A...

Building control are coming to inspect first fix tonight. What will they be looking for? Do you think the grouping of the cables will cause it to fail the inspection?

I have bunched the cables together to try keep them all within the centre 50mm of the 150mm joists. The ties are not over tight though, do you think this is going to cause issues?

I have made sure that all cables are 50mm from either the top or bottom of the joists.

Over the past few weeks ive been planning a consumer unit relocation (from behind a awkward placed cupboard to the porch) at home. I am just completed my level 2 and all work will be part p complient, LABC have been informed and are coming out to inspect. This week end i started with the...

Is there any reason why my lighting circuit would have been run in a combination of 2.5mm and 1.5mm? The lights are wired using junction boxes with the 2.5 running from the CU and between each box? The circuit feeds 6 rooms, (about 9 light fittings)

At a guess then, the power for your upstairs lighting circuit went into your shaver socket first then onto the rest of your lights. You will need to recreate the link between the two cables. Why are you removing the socket anyway? If you intend plastering/tiling over the space you will...

Hi, As part of my consumer unit upgrade i need to provide a bond to the water and gas, neither of which are there at the moment. gas is easy the meter is in the garage but the water stoptap and meter are outside under a small manhole, the incoming water pipe then goes under the concrete...

I know it maybe better to use swa, but i am mounting a plastic mk santry cu in the front porch for the neat appearence i really want all the cables to run in from the back, SWA would be a pain to terminate. As long as i run the tails complying with the regs, do you think this will be...

I am intending to put a fused isolator either either 80 or 100a within 1m of the meter then run the tails about 8m under the floorvoid.

Both the regs (16th and 17th) state that the wiring will be ok in the floor as long as the void is such that the cables can be positioned in such a way as they are 50mm from both the upper floor and the ceiling below. Iam i reading this regulation correctly, it is reg 522-06-05 in the 16th...

Spoke to the DNO today and they will come out and change the metering to single phase and connect up my new tails when they are installed. He said he thought it would be free, gonna confirm it tomorrow. Can i run the tails in between the upstairs floor void and drop them down to the new CU...