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  1. J

    Disconnecting a light

    Thats the point he can continue ignoring the safety issues and noone can do much of anything until someone is ultimately hurt or killed. Far far too many landlords get away with renting accommodation thats not fit to keep pigs in.
  2. J

    Disconnecting a light

    If his first response to a tenant bring up a safety issue is to issue them with their notice, then before long it will be criminal court he will be finding himself in.
  3. J

    Extractor Fan Ducting?

    http://www.discount-electrical.co.uk/section.php/108199/1/low-profile-flat-channel-ducting
  4. J

    Disconnecting a light

    They wouldnt need to prove it, the landlord would have to prove beyond doubt that it wasnt because his electrical installation was unsafe and being called out on it, that provoked him to repossess
  5. J

    Wilex nsb32 tripping when shower turned on

    32A is too small for the load? what is the power of the shower?
  6. J

    calculating power

    why even justify him with a response BAS, he is obviously trolling at this point.
  7. J

    Extractor Fan above a shower

    need to consider if for any reason water from the shower could be sprayed upwards and possibly into/onto the fav etc
  8. J

    Wiring to shed/outbuilding

    Pretty sure your PIR will have a limitation on Hidden/inaccessible cable/joints/accessorys. Which will be why the hidden death trap in your garden passed.
  9. J

    outdoor cable woes

    http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1115314116322.html An example would be Outdoor lighting fixed to a house wall by the first definition it is outdoor power and is notifiable, however when they updated their guidance they added further notes which gave certain outdoor...
  10. J

    outdoor cable woes

    Good at pointing out the obvious arent we? ADs have a limited degree of legal status granted by the Buildings Act 1984, no advise given by an AD is deemed to cause you to breech any law. The main grey area is what when it comes to notification, which they set general rules for but then...
  11. J

    outdoor cable woes

    Yet if you were to follow any guidance that was wrong it is still highly unlikely that anything would done about it, as long as it didnt lead to a blatantly unsafe situation.
  12. J

    under cabinet lights

    Yet by following what the AD says, as far is the law is concerned you have complied.
  13. J

    under cabinet lights

    Where did i say it was illegal to not use them? All i did was say they held a legal status and said that prefab modular kits which hold CE markings and are connected into an existing outlet do not require notification regardless of where they are installed. So do you have any other reason to...
  14. J

    under cabinet lights

    Hey ColJack http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1115314116322.html now what? Sometimes i think people on this site just want to argue.
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    under cabinet lights

    Yet their guidance notes granted legal status by the building regulations say. If it is a prefabricated modular system which is CE marked and is connected via an existing outlet(13A Plug for example) is not notifiable. Obviously someone is going to come and wade in with their "The guidance...
  16. J

    Attaching cable to concrete ceiling

    Id say cable basket would be less messing than tray, http://www.discount-electrical.co.uk/section.php/104448/1/wire-basket-tray Fix to the concrete ceiling using large square washers and screws, 3 fixings should support each 3M length adequately, then cable tie the cables to it. Wouldn't...
  17. J

    Just a quick post to say...

    bugger off back to screwfix troll, stop trying to be the damn victim all the time.
  18. J

    SWA size recommendation

    XLPE 2 core SWA in 16mm will hold 110A clipped direct, 99A or so buried in the ground.
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    SWA size recommendation

    Try www.discount-electrical.com for cable if your spark cant get it cheaper, if you go here http://www.gadsolutions.biz/regulations/swa-as-the-cpc?start=1 you can learn a bit about using the armor as a earth.
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    SWA size recommendation

    It rises to nuisance voltages frequently depending how far it is back to the nearest PME point, and in the event the neutral does become severed your return path suddenly becomes your services which are now at mains potential with any RCDs effectively bypassed. Its nothing more than a cost...
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