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I have managed to get 2.5mm T&E through many battens in a dry lined wall. It has gone past a few sharp nails inside the wall which has scratched the grey outer cover in places. The worst scratch very slightly shows some blue of the inner cable (less than 1mm - no bare wire is showing, the blue...

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Hi, I've hit a snag. Now I have cut out the plasterboard for one socket, I see the plasterboard on that wall is 32mm deep - and no good for dry-lining box. Unlike my other outside wall which the plasterboard is about 16mm deep, this one has two layers of plasterboard. I don't think a 45mm...

So, just to check, I use a piece of terminal block to hold just the one earth wire coming from the T&E (there will be no other earth wires in the dimmer). Also Do I cut a bit of red wire off (from spare 1mm T&E) and make a small link between the Live connection of one switch inside the...

Thanks for all your help Plugwash. I ordered that dual dry lining box from the link you gave me (and most of the other things I need) and it all arrived today. Great recommendation. Just making sure of one point; you said Does that mean that I cut a bit of red wire off from the T&E...

Hi, here's a link to the photo of the two double sockets which I referred to: http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1453/p1010443plugsru4.jpg They both have 2 cables going into each one, the left one has cables coming from above and the right one has cables emerging from beneath it. I want...

If the first FCU has a switch then does that mean I could switch the whole lot off in one go? It would be useful at night-time to switch 3 lights and a fire off at once - or would it look dodgy? I was considering remote control dimmers so they wouldn't look odd at low level and would be...

Hi Plugwash! The heater is wall mounted and has an accessible on/off switch. I will check the wires in the sockets a little later as I suppose I should switch the power off (even if I am just looking). Maybe I can post a digital photo if I am unsure - is that possible? Someone told me I...

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This sounds like great advice, but please bear with me, I'm only a girlie and have already had to look up FCU. It seems like 4 separate boxes would need to be cut out. Is that overkill? Could the fire be directly connected to the first FCU (perhaps through a hole at the front and maybe...

I don't know how to do it properly, but I'm up for a challenge. There are two wall lamps each with 2 x G9 230V 25W frosted hologens (so 100w halogen in total), one uplighter with 2 x 40w candle bulbs, and 2Kw electric fire. All close to each other and all about 2 meters around a corner from...

I'm considering a dry-wall lining box to hide more of the flexes behind the plasterboard. I also have an electric heater cable to tuck in. If I put the Dimmer switch in one dry-wall box and wire a flex from it to another dry-box next to it, and in that one joined the lights and the electric...

I have no idea, but would love some help on how to hide these cables. Can you use a wall dimmer switch (usually meant to replace a standard double light switch) fitted with flex and a 3 pin plug? I would fit it to a pattress fixed to the wall and with lamps wired into it. They are...

Thanks for your reply Isn't that the last resort though? I wouldn't know how to put a new one on. Does anyone know if they can just be fixed in-situ please?

Hi Hope you can help. The last couple of times I boosted my heating for 1 hour - it stayed on for hours! (although the programmer had switched off after an hour as normal). Can this be down to the mid postition valve? On the side of it, it has a switch marked W M H, and was still on H...