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Sparkies/Sparkettes, I appreciate this question may be in the wrong forum but I had trouble locating kitchens! I intend mouting transformers for under cabinet lighting on the top of eye level kitchen cabinets. Please can anyone advise of the typical measurement from the kitchen floor to...

Thankyou for your prompt response

Sparkys and Sparkettes I am running some 2.5mm SWA from my house to a garage. Should I twist together the steel armour and connect to earth? Kind Regards Paul

Thanks as I had not thought of that!!!!!! How about if the note was stuck to the wall adjacent to the plate or, amended slighlt and stuck on the plate itself???

Yeah Adam thanks for the quick response. I understand what you have said, but the sparky came across as absoultely by the book (which I am sure you would agree is the only way) type of fellow but he has allowed me to do the 'donkey work' myself. I just want to demonstrate to him that there is a...

People, As part of my kitchen install, my elecrician has insisted that I must fit flexiable heat resistant cable between the oven cable connection plate and the oven I have run a 6mm cable from the CU to a 45A oven switch then 6mm from the oven switch to the oven cable connection plate...

People, As part of a kitchen install I have just fitted 12 tiltable downlighters from our trusty friends B&Q. I am no lighting expert but they have no transformers, are halogen and are fitted with 50W GU10 bulbs. Upon powering up, I was somewhat dissapointed with the quality and...

People, I have brushed on this point before but some investigation has revealed something with which I could do with some more advice. Next week I have an electrician coming in to fit a CU. I have been examining the existing bathroom bonding in my house and have identified that there is...

People, Around 6 months ago I had a new boiler fitted in the loft by a CORGI registered plumber. The existing electrics were pretty old, with fuse box and old colours. At the time, access from the boiler down to the fuse box may have been pretty difficult. The plumber has powered the...

Sorry, why the need for a new electrician??!?!

Guys, Sorry, I am an amateur some please try to bear with me!! To add some detail, I intend 'building in' a number of appliances (built in cabinets, not fully integrated), so to reduce the appliance depth, I have opted for fused outlet plates to wire the appliances, as opposed to...

People, I am undertaking a kitchen ring installation, the electrician has surveyed what I am installing and is coming next week to test and certify. I have a total of six appliances fed from the ring, but did not want alot of switchable spurs above the worksurface to isolate each of them...

Guys, It's a 7.2KW double oven, built in tower - not yet purchased Cheers Paul

People, As part of my kitchen installation, my electrician has advised that the cable that connects the cooker to the cooker isolation plate (not the cooker switch) should be heat resistant flex. I intend installing a 32A oven. The cable from the CU to the Cooker switch and the cable from...

Thankyou so much gents, your help is greatly appreciated. Kind Regards Paul

People, My electrician has advised I need to run a 10mm earth connection from the property's incoming water pipe under the kitchen sink to the consumer unit area (he will connect it, presumably at MET). He was very specific as to where the earth clamp should be fitted on the incoming...

Many Thanks for your response, what inspection/measurements should I expect him to do as part of the signing off of the rest of the house? Would he for example:- 1. Lift floorboards to visually check routing of cables in ceiling voids? 2. Remove a percentage of socket outlets to check...

Dear all, I posted a question yesterday - thanks for your responses, I have 'copied and pasted' the following to set the scene for this particular question "Next week I have an electrician attending my residential property to fit a new consumer unit and certify a new kitchen ring/appliance...

Thanks very much, on the second question, can I connect to the radiator pipe under the floor and therefore not visible, or does it have to be on show?

Dear all, Next week I have an electrician attending my residential property to fit a new consumer unit and certify a new kitchen ring/appliance circuit and kitchen lighting. Prior to arranging the work, he made a brief survey visit, during which he advised that he was in acceptance with me...