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For what, exactly? Up to about 3kW you could use a standard 13A fused plug, which could be plugged into a spur socket. Does the oven come with a fitted plug? If not a socket and plug, then you would need to use a fused spur connection unit, like this...

I always make it very clear to customers what I'll be doing vis-a-vis making good and what I won't at the quote stage - I think you'll find the majority of Pro sparks will make good the damage they create during the house bashing phase. Every now and again I get a job where I have to say to the...

I think you might find it's a Clipsal manufactured unit stocked by CEF, can't be 100% though.

This explains the basic scenario http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=65133 If it is class 2 then terminate the earth at the fitting. I leave the earth wire just as long as the rest, sleeve it, make a small roll of it and tuck it out of the way behind the fitting.

If an appliance is double insulated (it should say so in the manual or have a symbol that looks like a square inside a square) then it will not have an earth in the flex. What sort of chimney hood is it?

The info I have is this is in contravention of Part C of the building regs as it can result in reducing the moisture resistance of the wall.

Wow. Brilliant!! I really can't see why no-one else has thought of that before.....

From the pic I really couldn't say whether it is 6mm cable or not, sorry.

These are choc-blocks http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Accessories_Index/Connector_Strips/index.html and you can get them just about anywhere that sells anything vaguely electrical.

No, there is no reason, other than I gave earlier, for not using the existing 6mm cable and not the specified flex. Will we hear from you on Sunday?? :lol:

In this case I would use a plain and simple "Choc-block" connector, provided there is room behind the fitting, and the individual cores taken from a piece of lighting flex like this http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Index/Flex_White/index.html to the light itself. If there's not...

Still working on your cookers - wish I was there on an hourly rate :) H05VV-F is a flex, not a cable, that is designed to twist and turn as you push and pull the cooker in and out of its slot - this means you are less likely to loosen a connection when you move it around. I, personally, am...

The well known DIY retailer is covering itself against a single cable powering multiple unfused spurs being run from the JB. If you are wiring 2 seperate spurs into the JB, you could argue that there is an infinitessimally small length of the ring main connecting the 2. What you are proposing...

If it's the old style meter, a call to them to tell them how noisy it is, or, even better, that it doesn't really spin round very fast no matter how much you have switched on, works quite well.

B**G*R :)

If you have just done some work and the mcb starts tripping you have got to suspect that you have done something that is causing it. Before you even consider that the mcb might be faulty check and double check your work. Mcb's trip due to a high current flow, normally related to a short...

This is a very common problem with some of the older houses that don't have an earth in lighting circuits. One thing is for sure: Do Not - Under Any Circumstances - use a fitting designed to be earthed without an earth. I would advise you get a PIR (Periodic Inspection Report) done. For...

One thing you need to keep in mind is that an extractor only works if air can get in. If you've got a double glazed house you need trickle vents for inflow. If this vent is the inflow, closing it off may leave you short of ventilating air.

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Interesting, exactly how and with what do you propose to do this?