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a new cooker on the opposite side of the kitchen to the original.it's a double oven,it's rated at 3.4kw,can i get away with plugging it into a socket,i know it should be up to 3kw to plug in.

thanks spark,i am asking the questions for my own understanding of the new regulations. you said that the installation won't comply with the 17th edition,i understand about the cables not being deep enough and should be protected,but are you saying a landlord having a pir,for example are going...

thanks luminaire,what sort of faults would be different under 17th compared to 16th.thanks

just been reading a thread discussing a pir for the sale of a house,it seems that the regs are not retrospective so you don't have to upgrade to 17th. a mate is thinking of renting a house,and has been told he has to have a pir certificate before he can rent,his wiring is is about 15 years...

thanks for the reply sherbertlion,do you mean crimping.won't it look a bit untidy,and would there be room in a small wylex cu.

thanks for all the replys,a bit clearer now, it looks like the general solution with a wylex rewireable cu,is to put a rcd unit at the side of the existing one.but what if the original ring cables won't reach the new rcd,what do you lot do then?

thanks for the replys, (1) so if the installation is not under the supervision of a competent person,running a cable down to a socket/light switch in a safe zone is no longer acceptable,unless protected. (2) how will you bury conduit in a plaster and brick wall, (3)earthed metal covering,is...

been reading the threads on the 17th edition regs,bit confused. if you add or move a couple of sockets in a room,or add a light switch,and the consumer is the old wylex rewireable. if the cables are run in the correct zones do they have to be rcd protected or be run in the metal...

i posted asking about small storage heater,but did'nt have any answers,so would a 2/3 kw wall mounted fan heater,create enough heat in a conservatory about 3mt x 4mtr,only need it heating for a couple of hours when needed i:e having a meal etc.

anyone know if there is a storage heater about 15" wide,dos'nt matter about height.smallest i can find is 22"

thanks gremlin, it do'snt look as though the soakaway has been built to those regs stated.are these regulations or guides?

thanks everybody.it's an icos condensing boiler,i have asked my mother to recheck the outlet pipe,she now says it is a narrow plastic pipe,which i assume is 15mm,going into the 32mm pipe.is this ok,but i will contact the supplier to sort the soakaway,

i have a combi which has the pressure relief valve output routed outside via copper pipe. my mother has the normal boiler that heats central heating and hot water tank.there is a copper pipe behind the boiler that is connected into 32mm plastic drain pipe,which goes through the wall and down...

what would cause the oven to switch off after about half an hour,it stays off for about 10 min cools down then comes back on again.the oven light goes off as well. the normal oven stat is switching on and off as normal up to the point that it goes off. could the overheat stat cause this problem?

thank you both,will pass on the info.

thanks johnd,i was just chatting to someone who is having the work done,he is'nt contemplating renewing his cu,so i said i would ask on here,does he have to have the sockets rcd protected?,could he have a a shower type rcd box fed from his spare fuse,or as mentioned rcd sockets,

new ring into kitchen would be protected by a spare fuse in a rewireable fuse box.do they have to have rcd sockets fitted to all of the outlets,or can they just be normal switched sockets.

the electrics were already in the shed when i moved in. there is no ulterior motive other than curiosity. when you quoted "usual RCD and PME earth export considerations" because i don't fully understand,i now need to find out what it does mean, you say that a shed can be supplied from a fcu...

it's hard work getting a simple answer, i have said in previous posts that electrics have always interested me,i thought i had seen in a forum that you could connect into a a spur,{which it seems i am mistaken}so it made me think,would it be a new installation,as it would be going to a shed...

I AM NOT HAVING THIS WORK DONE. it was just a query,wondering if it would be new installation or addition. so if it was too difficult to get back to the house cu.is there no other way to do this,