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Is top entry by SWA CW into Masterseal acceptable? Bottom drain hole drilled. Bottom/side exit also in SWA. North facing wall, outside, end of a long cable run. Piranha obviously re plastic enclosure. Yes an SWA gland is IP68, but as far as I know it is a no-no because a) shroud is not...

Complex room: - Chimney sloping out of wall in corner of a room - Corner zone thus ends below ceiling at base of chimney slope - Ceiling zone thus ends before corner at edge of chimney slope Current Installation - see Option-2 picture: - Current 2G boxes are used to mark cable route - CU...

Visualise the corner of a room. - Loop-in PILC + Cutout + Meter + CU located on wall - One f.c. cable exits the CU - straight upwards in oval conduit - Other f.c. cables exit the CU - travel right through the wall Q - If a cupboard were built over the lot, does the CU zone remain? The...

Cooker Outlet Plate - What brand has the least depth / most space? MK uses a particularly large terminal block. - The block sits close to backbox top-entry holes - The block sits very close to the rear A deeper backbox has the holes at the same depth so gains little. Just wondered if...

> spark123 wrote... >> Assuming your CPD *is* an RCBO and not just a switch )) > > or an MCB. Indeed - thinking of the fake MCBs out there. > > Q - So I can rely on the fast trip characteristics of a Type-B CPD? > > I don't see why not. That's what I thought. Thanks.

In replacing kitchen cupboards I had to re-arrange some tiles, underneath I spied some capping at a distinct angle! Exposing the run revealed cooker FTE at >5 degrees to the vertical with regulations requiring <3.5 degrees since 1987 IIRC. The capping had a notch out of it where the fitters...

Unusual to see it on PVC - very clumsy install. More common to see it on modern LSOH. LSOH sheath will abrade like cheese if dragged against another sheath.

Oh, to the OP... - You should put the lighting back on 1 MCB - At least it will then not bite someone - or kill them - If necessary stick an EmLight in the hallway Some solutions. 1. Replace hall cable with 3C+E Provide proper 2-way switching with L/N off 1 circuit only. So permitting...

This was very common with 2-core (flat-twin) and 2-way hall switching :-( There is one improvement... - Fuse-A has 2 runs of 2-core - Fuse-B has 1 run of 2-core Fuse-A 2 runs of 2-core are so one provides a dedicated live feed. - 1 run for upstairs lighting - and neutral of upstairs &...

One suggestion... - Domestic sockets are shuttered against young prying fingers. - BS4343/Ceeform are unshuttered pins which remain live without a switch. You can get Interlocked Switch Sockets quite cheaply. Basically a rotary switch & BS4343 socket combined, where the switch will not put...

Had a think and chat to Sikkens. Simplest is to use a sealant - enough to resist sliding, still allow I&T. If that fails some UL94V0 U-channel rubber to make a friction gasket over the thin steel backbox - and if it slides that has enough gap filling ability. The steel Logic-Plus Surface...

I'm looking (literally) at a cooker outlet which is surface mounted. - MK Logic Cooker-CU on MK 48mm white metal surface box. - MK Logic Cooker-Outlet on MK 41mm grey metal surface box. - Linked by 60cm nylon conduit (6491X 10mm PN, 6mm E, CPD 32A B RCBO). The problem is the plastic...

Thanks softus, much appreciated. Ordered a Cotherm, its an increasingly elderly relative. Re derating... - Indeed 1.5mm is adequate. - However 2.5mm butyl is just £3 from screwfix (note 1m lengths only). Clothing stored above, two jackets on tank, solid fuel backboiler fed by gas fire...

Picked up a new (safety) thermostat at short notice. - No approval marks (no BEAB, no CE) - Only 12.5A rated (ok under 17th Uo is 240V, or 3.0kW) - Screw slots so thin had to file a jewellers screwdriver - Plastic lid so badly designed it partly obscurred terminals - Terminal hole just big...

Aside - have you verified the knob the dial fits over will turn? If it is the charge controller they turn relatively ok. If it is the room thermostat, the older Creda seized very easily and the plastic knob relies on a simple flat of metal against the keyed shaft. The plastic deforms...

More to it than that. Doing "Cable Replacement" hence my quotes is to differentiate from a complete new design with regards to number of sockets, position etc. - The supply type must be identified. - Main Equipotential Bonding must be correct re sizing to gas & water. - Cable routes need...

You can not circumvent Part P, it would be illegal as stated. Legality aside, regularisation is heavily against such actions - Regularisation is more expensive than the genuine route - 20% more - Regularisation process may require cables to be exposed & floors lifted, cost of new...