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Is there anything wrong with extending my cooker radial to a 3A FCU to run a 150W cooker hood?

Fu**ed up the quoting slightly.

I know how frustrating it is when no one replies to your posts. I am far from an expert but i'll take a stab for you! There is a factoring formula your electrician should have used when selecting his cable sizes; due to overheating of cables buried in insulation. Hopefully he took this...

Sure they're both on the same circuit?

The cable is for the downstairs ring main. I thought polystyrene caused a reaction with the cables? Anyways, thanks for the advice, i take it there will be no serious effects.

I have some cable running parallel to floor at the top of a wall. A plumber installing the central heating has run his pipes at a 90 degree angle to the cable down the corner of the room. The pipes are virtually touching the cable. Is this dangerous due to the heat produced by the pipes? Do...

Thanks for your help boys.

Nope, you're right JohnD. I was just attempting to keep the cable whole through the circuit. I was being stupid.

Then how do you pass the reel through small gaps/ceilings under floors or through the back boxes? Surely you have to start with the loose end?

Yes, but once you've clipped your first drop to an accessory, it then becomes impossible to continue pulling cable off the roll through the clips!

This may be a stupid question for all you professional sparks. I installed a ring circuit today for the first time that needed approx 50m of cable. The only way i could logically think of carrying out this task was to remove the cable from the drum first, then drag all 50m around the...

i doubt it too colpo.

time to call a part P qualified spark.

1.5kw electric. Its on its own radial. So i need two seperate spurs to FCU's for the hob ignition and extractor?

Is the best method to spur off the 13A socket/combined cooker switch to a FCU, then on to two flex outlets for the hob ignition and extractor?

You've lost the live feed to the next light in the circuit. Check you have the conections in tight with no insulation trapped under the screw. Or for any damage to the cables that may have occured during DIY. Barring that you've prob wired it up wrong, although it sounds correct. Turn the...

Can i wire the cooker, extractor fan and ignition for a gas hob of a single radial using one DP switch? Answers appreciated!

Hi everyone, these might sound like a load of stupid questions, as i have no idea about this. I want to wire in tv sockets to 3 rooms in a house i'm doing up. All i have now is a piece of severed co-ax hanging out of my ariel! Can i wire up the sockets in radial form, or do i need some...