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Hi, the red lines/route is the main cooker 6mm cable circuit which has a standard outlet plate, are you implying fit a double box to this? Sorry not quite following... if you could kindly explain to me? I'd like to keep the cooker outlet plate usable for if I ever have a full electric...

Hi, I would like to move my stop cock from one side of the kitchen to the other approx 2.5meters. For whatever reason the builders in 1976 thought it would be clever to put it in a stuipd awkward place. Currently the mdpe comes out the floor about 120mm in to a brass stop cock then to...

Hi, I've started a new thread to separate this from my previous cooker related questions. In regard to tidying the cooker ignition and the extractor can I have your opinions of these two options or other options please? Option 1 is to spur off the ring socket (1) to a switched FCU (2)...

In regard to tidying the cooker ignition and the extractor can I have your opinions of these two options or other options please? (I can start a new thread if better?) Option 1 is to spur off the ring socket (1) to a switched FCU (2) from this on the LOAD (max 13 amps onwards) it would...

An option indeed, new one whole length. It would get rid of where the earth on this cooker cable was extended within the CU when the CU was changed (before my ownership cerca 2005), by crimping an extention of neutral colour cable then winding earth tape over it. Oh and i think there is...

Sorry should have stated the only non exisiting part of the cooker circuit is the 'new cooker switch location' breaking in to existing cable, which will need a new section of cable bewteen new switch position and old to allow enough to terminate. Old switch position can be delt with as...

Thanks, the route won't change, nor the depth

Hi, I'm refitting/updating my kitchen cupboards like for like but the cooker control switch is located within the cupboard! It was like this when I purchased the house and has been like it since circa 1985. Please see the drawing/picture - cable is in red Question: Although I don’t...

Finally heard back from AEG, they say, "a 30 amp fuze. The connected load KW is 10.2" (obviously mean fuse!) So looks like I'm ok. It does contradict the online review at john lewis, which says "we got AEG's agents out. These guys were unhappy about connecting to a 30 amp fuse and...

Thanks, must try to find the AEG rating then... and hope its within 15KW btw the cooker isolation switch doesn't have a socket which is a bonus 5% for the calculation

Hi, I'm looking in to purchasing one of the above cookers and before it's too late i want to do my home work and check the suitability of the MCB and cable i have. I would appreciate a trained eye/advise please. The last thing i want is to buy one and then not be able to use it...

A bit of a minefield all in all. Weighting up what is required and the OTT. If either is safe i'm happy. Was comparing what you'd said to my relative and other posts/webpages. I did suggest the CU was replaced which would cure most things! It maybe done in the not so distant future anyway...

The bonding would go back to the FCU, which the showers CPC goes back to. I'm now confused why two sparks vary....I can understand both opinions, are these two interpretations of the regs or is someone 'wrong'? By having the extra bonding to the bathroom and shower pipes back to the FCU is...

Spoke to a spark who is a relation. I'm not saying you are wrong but advises bonding the shower supply pipes from the bathroom bonding, hot and even stand alone cold, and onward to the FCU. The lighting without an RCD should be bonded in too, so any metal light fitting in the future would be...

Many thanks.

Thanks for the reply. To confirm in laymans terms the shower pipes do not need bonding as this is coved by the use of the RDC and its own CPC earth. (but see the supply pipe sources below) The light fitting is plastic. Yes it is 10mm cable, cores measure 4mm dia...

Hi I'm looking to install a power shower in a bathroom refit. It is a Mira Vigour Thermostatic (low pressure water supply) Question part 1: Do I require earth bonding to be added to the shower? The bathroom has not had an electric shower before. The bonding currently goes from one pipe...

unless you have laminate like me.... When should i inspect the tension on the screws in all the other JB's in the house that are are assessable? ie the CU, ones in loft etc?

Hi, 1) do you not agree this guide I've linked to above is miss leading? 2) I also have a copy of a Collins DIY manual (yes i know it's for reference) which says you can extend a ring main with JB's. There is not one mention of hidden JB's or not. This book is only a few years old and...

With this all in mind, this is non applying to the regulations, if the box is to be hidden under say a floor: http://www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:socket_circuits:a1_ring_final_circuit it could do with a note to say that?