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Thanks. I'm pretty sure the new mirror is within 60cm of the shower screen so I think that puts it in zone 2 - that is if it is "new work". The builder is saying he's just moving an existing cable (that used to power a ceiling light) down the wall to feed a mirror instead. The circuits all...

Hi all I've got a builder in to do my bathroom. This used to be two separate rooms (lavatory and bathroom). Each used to have a ceiling light. I've knocked the two rooms in to one. The electrical work involved has been: 1) Putting in a new mirror (with lights and a shaver socket). The...

Right, I'm going to put a bloody massive label next to the socket saying something like "this is a socket for a lighting circuit, do not plug anything other than lights in to this". The sockets are on top of the kitchen cabinets so they are not really accessible anyway, but it won't hurt to make...

Oh, bloody hell. I've got this: LED strips on a wall wart, plugged in to a socket on the lighting circuit (1mm). *******s. Do I have to replace the lighting circuit cable too?! I'm starting to dislike my electrician.

I don't pretend to know anything about the Regs or even what the conversation involves here, but surely as they are legislation you apply the same rules of interpretation as you would to any other piece of legislation? I.e. if a literal interpretation of the words gives rise to an absurdity...

Thanks both. You are right - I meant double oven, not cooker. And you are also right that my misconception arose because I didn't understand how these things consume power - it's been a very educational thread! In any case I'm getting an electrician in to take a look, as a few people have...

Thanks all - my misconceptions regarding the power consumption of cookers and hobs have been well and truly smashed! Does anybody have any thoughts on the issue of the cables lying on the floor under the units? Is it acceptable to leave them like this, and if not, can I clip them to the...

No, not really - hence the question mark. I'm not really sure, but it just seemed a bit odd to me that an induction hob (which I thought was energy efficient) consumes more power than a double oven. It was a throwaway comment really, I'm not suggesting that Siemens put the wrong info on their...

.... out of interest, the electrician who put that circuit in had installed the 6mm cable in mini trunking. Is that a problem? Also: the cables for part of the existing kitchen circuit were simply left lying on the floor under the units (behind the back legs). Part of me thought it was...

Correct, thanks.

There are not any sockets on that side of the kitchen. I've got a sink, a bit of space, a hob, and some tall units. Perhaps not the best design in the world, but I've got limited space and a lot of stuff to store and I don't envisage preparing any food on that side of the kitchen.... which is...

That is exactly what has happened. The old installation had a dedicated circuit for a larder light (at the time, there was a separate, room for the larder - we knocked it through to create a bigger kitchen). When the electrician came to do my rewire, we agreed to leave the kitchen as it was (he...

Thanks. It's purely electrical - too late now to try to get one connected to the central heating! If I can put the switch/FCU for it inside the cupboard as has been suggested above, it won't be a big issue to extend the kitchen ring to accommodate it. I'll ask the electrician what he thinks...

For what it's worth, I appreciate repeated comments actually - safety in numbers and all that! Thanks to everyone who has contributed here, it's given me a plan of action for tomorrow, as well as a shopping list of things to ask the electrician to do.

Thanks. Yes, it does. I think it's 6A - it's a wylex MCB, and it says: B6 NHXB06 Rather amazingly, I have four circuits in my kitchen (ignoring the downstairs lighting circuit). The ratings, and the cable sizes (taken from the installation certificate) are: - 40A cooker (6mm) - 32A...

Thanks all, this is really, really helpful. What I'm taking from this is that I can install the kitchen on the basis that the electrician can supply the oven and hob from the existing cooker circuit (the rating for it, per the installation certificate, is 40). The oven is just the other side...

The oven says 4.4kw on the side - does that help? Also - does this mean that my "energy saving" induction hob draws more power than my big old double oven?! Surely not?!?

Thanks - yes, he is, which is why I'm saying that he must be using an electrician. At least, the quote says that all works will be carried out by a qualified electrician. I've put in the building notification on the basis that this is the case and the builder knows that. Not even sure what...

Cable for the cooker circuit is 6mm. The new oven is a double oven. I actually installed the exact same oven in the last kitchen and the electrician put in 6mm cable then, so I'm not concerned about that bit. I don't know what the combined output is. The hob is labelled 6.8kw (seems...