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According to this table, there are different methods of cable installation. Which would be applicable to running a cable through wooden joists under floorboards in a house with no insulation under the floor, and in a vertical run of MMT2 plastic trunking for 2.4m? I merely ask as my sister...

The channels not to use will vary depending which transmitter you are using, as each transmitter in the country uses different RF channels to transmit the same TV stations. That's why if you take a working TV from Scotland, and try using it in the Midlands, it won't work, unless you re-tune it...

This was GREAT reading (informative too). Can the "discussion" not carrry on? Ding ding, round two.

B&Q are open 'til 9pm. They sell new sets of lights. Go there.

If your mates company are going to be testing it and signing that the work that you have done is up to standard, I would suggest they are by far the best people to ask what should be installed. After all if someone on this forum suggests something that you then do, and they think it is not...

BT cable is cw1308 which comes in 2 3 4 6 10 20 32 50 60 80 100 pair commonly. Other numbers of pairs are available though. For most telephone wiring, upto four pair is all that you'll see. BT seem to commonly use 3 pr most places.

Depending how the cable is run did you realize that a 10mm t&e cable is not capable of carrying 50A of current and therefore a 50 A MCB is not suitable (ie under-rated) for protecting this cable?

there isn't really any diference. Do what BAN said and install a 13a FCU, that will satisfy the minimum gap of 3mm bit, and use 2.5mm cable if you wish, but it's over-kill really. 1.5mm will be fine.

You should only upgrade your MCB to a 40A if you're sure the cable that it's going to be connected to is suitable for being connected to a 40A MCB. You wouldn't wire you power sockets in speaker cable would you? ......would you? If you've got 6mm T&E then the max MCB should really be be...

no, you wouldn't be right

how many connections are there in the JB? If there are four - red, black, earth and another red, or if you've got new harmonized cabling brown, blue, earth and another brown then swop between the red or brown you've connected to and the other. In a JB, there are likely to be a permanent live...

ouch - that's gonna hurt!

dtutton - if i were to say "harmonized" to you and was referring to electricity - would you know what I meant?

AEG are a European company selling stuff worldwide. I believe the standard rating for many appliances such as this are 15A in the rest of Europe. The UK has the best regulations regarding electricity, arguably in the world. Have you ever seen the state of some of the electrics in say France...

What does it say the power rating of the oven is? This will usually be in watts or Kilo watts. As long as the number of watts is less than 3000 or 3k watts then there won't be a problem with fitting your own 13amp plug top with some 1.5mm three core heat resistant flex (that you can buy from...

it was a four day course. With a half day practical exam, and then the C&G exam at the end. I failed the written first time, but passed second time, mainly because by the re-sit we'd done that many past papers, we knew the type of questions that were going to be asked, and in fact some were...

where possible I always try and keep the cpc longest so that if it's going to be pulled apart (yeah I know it should have mechanical protection) the cpc will be last to break contact, therefore providing greater safety.

Quite agree BAN I'm 2391 qualified and wouldn't know one end of a PIR from the other, as I never did or never have since done one. Just went ont he course so the company paperwork could keep its NICEIC stamp on the bottom, as we add the occasional spur for installing social alarm systems etc...

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!!.....if i have to read one more post about b****y retractive switches for those cheap c**p dimmer switches from homebase. dtutton - we've got the message....you know where to buy retractive switches - congrats. Hope your CASA dimmer brings you many years of...

I hate to think how many people who wouldn't have done so before will now try to attempt to install this circuit as a result of seeing this marvellous drawing! :lol: Of course people who are plannin gon referring to use this drawing - don't forget that the DP switch must be in the correct...