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I've been given 20m of 10mm armoured cable. Will this not do or should I get some 16mm armoured cable?

How does armoured cable work? if someone puts a spade into it does the outer wires break into the live and cause it to short out? If so should the outer cable be connected to something at the CU end and at the socket end :?:

It'll be running 1.) one lighting circuit with 3 bulbs and about 10 low wattage spot lights. 2.) Double oven 3.) dishwasher 4,) Tumble dryer 5.) washing machine 6.) Amercian style fridge 7.) Telly 8.) kettle 9.)heating timer 10.) pump for underfloor heating plus usual toaster...

I'm in the process of having a kitchen built. I need to run a wire from the existing CU to a smaller new CU the other side of the house. The wire needs to be 13 metres max. With about 1m travelling through an insulated wall and the rest under floor boards. What type of cable should I use? 10mm...

I was pondering whether to use trunking from the consumer unit to first floor level as its outside on the side of the house as our walls have insulation so would be difficult to pull through. It would be 4 metres of trunking and then run under the boards on first floor level coming out in the...

Not decided on the cooker or hob so what would the maximum sized cable you would reccomend? Thanks for the advice about the ring circuit. Much appreciated.

I'm having a new kitchen built in the summer. Its on the opposite side of the house to the external fuse box. I'm thinking that it might be a good idea to have an additional consumer unit in the new utility room. This will mean just running 1 cable from the fuse box to the new consumer unit. I...