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wasn't mean't to belittle your abilities. I'm fairly sure you have dabbled on many occasions. Just as a side note, whats the chance of the eye level microwave having a lead of about 1-1.5m in length? This would mean some poor sod is going to have to arrange some kind of platform about chest...

I purposely said 'for whatever reason' to cut down on the amount of typing to display that which should be obvious to any decent practising electrician. -I would always like to be able to isolate an appliance easily. -If you were a practising electrician who has ever carried out an EICR, you...

Don't forget any applicable de-rating factors

Now then, shall we put that statement down to urban myth, complete and utter billhooks or shall we see a link to the article? - I think I know the answer.... :wink: As for those particular lamp holders, I have seen many of them, and i have always thought that those particular types are very...

Now then, shall we put that statement down to urban myth, complete and utter billhooks or shall we see a link to the article? - I think I know the answer.... :wink:

Can you see any sound engineering reason why that should not be the case? Do you think the wording has come from lack of availablity of such an MCB? Or maybe the manufacturers find it easier to be complacent, not have to think about it and bother to have their documents up-dated? (On...

Yep, spotted them, but there not local, not same day availablity, not cheap when you throw in delivery cost, not a great deal of use if you abide by the whole type testing issue with mixed CPD and you are not working with an MK board. Now try the same search for RCBO's. It gives slim choice...

I can only speak of the types i have seen (including my own ) but they do all seem to limit to 2 of 3 elements. OOI, they are handy when Mrs. Faradayski has omitted to masterchef me something up for dinner and i am forced to go from frozen to cooked in 10 minutes whilst avoiding e-coli or...

agreed, that may be the case in some situations, but I can't disregard what my own eyes have seen which has led me to think about it. 1 example - cooker ext. hood calls for 3 amp fuse - the usual stuff. Does not say DP switching. CU is in kitchen, 3ft away from ext.hood. Nowhere nice to put...

I can see how a lot of people would think that, but maybe the logic is a bit back to front. As a 5/6A fuse/trip is the smallest commonly available size that would be installed in a CU, it make 1mm cable the smallest csa that could be safely connected. If a 3A trip was available, then its...

I guess that means the designers at MK and ABB are utter idiots for designing stuff which has no purpose? no so Seriously though, I have personally seen a few situation where having a 3A trip would have been easier and neater than faffing around installing an ugly FCU

Any idea why such an animal isn't readily available for the domestic market? I know they are produced by a few manufacturers, but they seem to be a bit like rocking horse plop when I talk to local suppliers. Given the modern way of splitting up a domestic install into greater number of parts...

Dear oh dear John, that was rather sloppy of you. I am surprised when the OP quite clearly stated this:- But anyway, lets not dwell on that. As to the power of the microwave:- Two out of three elements can be used simultaneously, so lets say grill+convector =3kW then add a bit for...

Hi Carl, Theres lots of advice that could be given, but it could be quite random or confusing depending on what you know already. Can you post a pic showing the area surrounding the board? Do you have space for a seperate RCD unit?

You were doing ok right up to that last sentence, but now you've created a problem

Hi, Is anybody aware of such a thing? I can find plenty of white, blue and even RGB changing, but so far haven't been able to find any in green. Any help would be appreciated

some armoured cable will probably be favorite, along with - glands, boxes, trips, switches. How far do you estimate the cable run to be?

Well, i just wasted ten minutes of my life reading this twaddle in the hope that someone may have commented in relation to the OP. BL, I don't suppose you are a politician getting a back-hander from a bank per chance? You do seem to be flogging a dead horse here. No matter how much you...

I thought as much He says he 'wants' not 'has'. We don't yet know that he particularly needs an in-line fan and also we don't know whether he is aware of the products linked to, so obviously it was just a helpful suggestion which may be better than anything previously considered.

Hi John, I was editing my post as you posted this, so I don't know if you have seen the links I have added