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Older installations use a gas or water metal service pipe as a means of earthing which is NOT permitted. It has never been permitted to use a gas pipe and since 1966 it has never been permitted to use any other service outlet. Every electrical installation requires a proper means of...

Your cloak room constitues a special location so will need supplimentary bonding. However, as Regs quote and RF Lighting and Steves advice (right back at the beginning!) pointed out you can do this via the earth terminal of the FCU so you won't need to attack your radiator to find a good...

Swallowed the regs today. Regulation 547-03-05 Where supplimentary bonding is to be applied to a fixed appliance which is supplied via a short length of flexible cord from an adjacent connection unit or other accessory, incoporating a flex outlet, the CPC within the flexible cord shall be...

As Steve said you can run two or more sockets off a FCU. However, take into consideration what load you are planning off the spured socket(s). The FCU will have 13A so the load on the spur needs to be no greater than 3000 watts.

Mr Electric Do yourself a big help and get this book from NICEIE for a few quid. http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/933174/Snags-and-Solutions-a-Practical-Guide-to-Everyday-Electrical-Problems/Product.html Buy it via QUIDCO.COM and get a 4% discount. I used it for 2330 and it covers...

If the fixture is light then use lighter wood (1" x 1/2" strips should be OK). If you cut the end at an angle you will be able to push the noggin through the hole (end on of course) and turn it into place and it will be wedged. Give it a go. the 7cm opening is enough to get a hand in to...

Oh yes good old lath and plaster!! You will need to put a noggin in between the joists and use that to support your new fixture. Easy if you can access from above floor. Not so easy if you cannot. I have a Victorian house which had exactly the same problem. I was able to estimate the...

Some friends of mine want me to remove a pair of double sockets from their sitting room that are situated quite high up in an alcove (1 socket each side). They want flat walls so they can hang pictures I believe. At this moment in time I am not sure whether they are part of the proper ring...

Or buy a step ladder!!! :D

Firstly, you should be working on a dead circuit unless absolutely necessary. For basic kit try this: http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp;jsessionid=FXSBIW5TB0WQ4CSTHZOCFFA?id=38866&ts=64822 There are loads of thing like this, have a look on ebay as well. For chasing a into...

Why don't you import one from America? The exchange rate is $2 to the pound. probably cheaper to buy it their and get it shipped. Alternatively I have found a product I use to change high bulbs. (Don't tell everybody my secret though or my customers will want a discount)...

I had a Wickes one and it saved me a lot of grief when I bought a old house which it successfully identified cables that were wired out of the safety zones. I found you need to prove your kit against a known cable run. I found different walls have different sensitivity to the detector so run...

Would it be best to ask the person doing the tiling? I know this isn't a electricity answer and this isn't the tiling forum, but make sure your tiler uses a PTB FLEXIBLE ADHESIVE AND GROUT!! http://www.bal-adhesives.co.uk/bal/bal_products/ptb_flexible.asp the reason is underfloorheating...

The cheapest price for Electrican's guide to regs is on PLAY.COM I found followed by Waterstones online. However, if you buy it via WWW.QUIDCO.COM you get cash back 4% for Play.com and 10% for Waterstones. With regards to 17th Edition you can buy a complete kit for £86.00 (inc P+P) from...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Wiring-Domestic-Brian-Scaddan/dp/0750659157/ref=pd_bbs_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195138884&sr=8-12 This book is everything you need to understand dometic wiring with regards to your question provided you have a grounding in electrics. (Don't read the reviews...

Can somebody recommend a good book specialising in circuit fault diagnosis and recitification that would be useful to accompany level 3 2330.

DESL On 500V as per normal domestic testing? Also asking a L-N fault would not trip RCD would it as no current unbalance at RCD, Would that cause MCB / fuse to trip instead?

I'm doing 2330 at present and finding this forum a very useful teaching tool by pretending questions asked are the ones a customer would phone up asking an electricial and seeing if I can answer them successfully myself before all the experts jump in give advice. I have noticed over the last...

We fitted similar product off a fused spurwhich was fine as whole circuit is protected by 30ma RCD anyway. Do remember not to run the temperature probe anywhere near the cable that connect Fused spur to thermostate as the cable temperature will affect the reading of the temp probe. The...

Thanks, I will take you up of that. All advise and help will be gratefully accepted.