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Ok, this also seems reasonable. Yes, practically the corner you specify can ONLY be reached IF you stand in the bath then lean over. There are actually taps in the way here on the side of the bath making this almost imposable, and if you do you would find if difficult to stand again. The...

Nice analogies. Whilst I appreciate this is not "to code" can I just confirm a couple of things. 1) As these were done prior to any regulation, I take it that there is no legal requirement to change them - especially as i am only add a shaver. 2) Although I can see the inconveniences -...

this is why I don't trust electricians. It seem that all of them have different ideas on what is allowed/not allowed. BTW - it's not tripping - except when the element in the oven started to breakdown, which is exactly what its supposed to do.

Now that's interesting. My basement electrical installation and the main electrical installation in the house were definitely done after 1991. the original was complete as part of a council grant work and both were signed off by the buildings inspector at the time. Each CU separate the...

Does this image show how the room should be zoned correctly? If so, are you saying that Dimension "A" should be greater that 600mm? I have never noticed any kind of splashing here and should find that this would be difficult - if not impossible. But I suppose this is the for ANY location...

The RCCD in my CU is a single 80A/30ma device. Again the main CU and wiring (which include that in the bathroom) is over 15 years old, and whist it may not comply with current regulation, it would have complied with regulations at the time. Do I have to change my complete house wiring...

Thanks. Was just about to ask that question - it would also mean that wireing to have to be extended dramatically.

OK. I would suspect that the vast majority of the house lighting wiring (if not all) is buried in plaster on the brick walls less than 50mm deep. I can't see that even those in stud walls won't be greater than 50mm. So I guess that the lighting circuits in this instance DO need to be RCD...

Does this mean that I would have to extend imaginagy lines from the side of the bath (I think i will put up a floor plan to show what I mean) The majority of the electrics we're wire around 15 years ago. I have been reading that lighting circuits SHOULDN'T be RCD protected, but in our case...

Hi, We are wanting to install a shaver socket and was intending to run the cable up the wall and across to the ceiling rose as advised by our electrician (although I sometime think that qualified sparks don't always follow code). However, our bath is an open claw foot thing and is...

Just a question on this old thread, if you connect to a lighting circuit (say at the ceiling rose), then where would place the 3amp switched fuse? For info, the shaver socket intended for use uses a "safety overload cut out device"

Ah, the benefit of knowing what you are doing! In the same way, I am an IT networking guy and will over specify network ports and cabling. Of course, i simply relied on the electrician to fit the best for what was needed. I really have no clue as to whether the CU is correct or well specified -...

Thanks for this very complete answer. I will be writing the supplier shortly. It's strange but the second CU unit downstairs looks very similar (almost exactly the same) as the one in the pictures, and was fitted by a different electritian well over 10 years later (in fact just last year)...

Thanks for this. One question - What is PME? How should it have been done so I can understand (in a limited fashion) what I should expect. The second CU downstairs which was installed last year doesn't look that much different from this one, however the one you see in the picture has got to...

Apologies. didn't mean to hijack but thought this would be a simple query that related the the initial thread query to which all others might benefit.

OK, here are the requested picture - hope they are of use.