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It's 2 metres :?

nigelsz 8) Take no notice of "Silly" replies :?

Breezer :roll: "rolyatescort" is installing two sockets in his loft, So he/she will have to run two feeds from the socket circuit, As you are only allowed one twin socket on a"spur", Or extend the ring circuit to the loft :?

Please stop what you are doing right now, :shock: :shock: :shock: And call in a "Qualified Electrician" to inspect the wiring that you have already done :?

Hi chaps/chapesses 8) Does anyone know how I Can build a "Telephone Engaged" Indicator? I need to have some kind of indication to let me know when the kids are "On or Off" the phone or internet when they are upstairs, I don't want to run up & down stairs every 5 minutes to ask them, And I...

Thanks for your advice chaps, I was going to get them fitted anyway, But was just checking to see if they are mandantory, Your advice & comments where most useful :D

Is it "regulations" that I have to fit smoke alarms when I get my house rewired?

No BS No that I can see :cry:

No, :? They are not "Double Insulated"

There does not seem to be many electrical postings this past couple of hours, Perhaps you are all in the pub eh? :P Last year my partner bought a matching "Table Lamp" & "Standard Lamp" from a well know supermarket, Both of these lamps are made totally of metal (Excluding the bulbholder &...

Have you replaced the switches that have been made by the same manufacturer? (ie the same "Make" of switch) If So, Then it could be a design flaw in that particular switch? I have been on many jobs relating to "Burn Outs", And one of my most common ones was to a certain "Make" of consumer...

You can not make a good connection using "Crimps" on solid core cables like 1mm2 - 2.5mm2, Crimps are better used on stranded cables, And the connections still have to be within an enclosure, :?

Are you refering to my "Kitchen Sockets" Posts, As they seem to have disappeared off the forum for some strange reason :cry: :cry: :cry:

It's Still a Socket, And They Are Still Connected To Lighting Circuits :?

What About 2a Clock Connectors?

400v Phase To Phase, (It Used To Be 415v), We Used To Often Run 200 Metre Lengths Of 300mm2 4 Core SWA Cable From Our 400v/9000a (3.6MW) Capacity Substation To Rides That Where Scattered All Over a One Square Mile Theme Park, Doing a Tradesmans Job On a "Theme Park" Requires a Lot More...

As I Used To Remember It 8) Live = Black Neutral = White I Used To Rewire Lots Of American "Theme Park" Rides & "Attractions" That Where Brought Over Here To Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Some Of These Rides Where "Major Attractions" Taking 300a/Phase, 3Ph :Ph Arn't I a Clever Boy Then :roll:

One Cable In The Socket Could Also Be The End Of a Radial Circuit 8)

Bad Practice, You Will Be Splitting a "Radial Circuit" Into Two "Radial Circuits, And If Additional Sockets Where Added To This "Split Radial Circuit" At a Later Day, Then You Would Have a Circuit That Would Resemble a "Copper Wire Tree" In Electrical Installations, Radials Are Radials, Rings...

Section 537 of the "Regs" is for "Isolating & Switching Devices", But I don't see any regulation numbered 537-15 :? Regulation 476-03-04 "Every fixed or stationary appliance which may give rise to a hazard in normal use and is connected to the supply other than by means of a plug & socket...