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    Wrong number of wires in my ceiling light?

    Yep !!! Just to be safe, turn off your main switch in your consumer unit. Select the continuity test, put your probes together and it should read close to 0.00 ohms (probably 0.01 to 1.00 ohms). Next pick a pair of red and black, put a probes on each one, flick the light switch, have...
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    Wrong number of wires in my ceiling light?

    Do you have a multimeter ??
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    Wrong number of wires in my ceiling light?

    Normal if it's the last one on the circuit, one of the blacks should be sleeved in red tape.
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    4 outdoor lights + 3 PIRs with wired override backfeeding

    Lectrician and Bernard You are both very talented people
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    Voltage drop issues

    The tolerance is 230 Vac +10%−6%, which is between 253 and 216 Vac
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    Easy way to make downlighter hole bigger?

    Drill a 75mm hole in an old piece of plywood/mbf/chipboard,ect make sure that the board is big enough for you to place your hand next to the hole. Hold the board with lots of pressure on the ceiling and drill your enlarged hole.
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    17kw range one requires 32amp fuse, the other 45amp?

    I just made the table in Excel whilst refering to the BGB CCC tables !!! (My Christmas evening is very boring !!) I don't want to prove ANYONE wrong, I just want to know if I've been doing things wrong for years. Why can't you use a cooker switch with an integral socket and does that only...
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    17kw range one requires 32amp fuse, the other 45amp?

    If I'm wrong then I accept it, but... is the following correct or incorrect ?? COOKER CIRCUIT WITHOUT INERGRATED SOCKET ON ISOLATOR Gareth
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    17kw range one requires 32amp fuse, the other 45amp?

    Last week I installed a 10.6Kw cooker, new circuit back to the c/u 10mm cable on a 45a MCB As I was finishing up the lady said to me "Just in time for Christmas dinner, I'll probabley have both ovens and the hob full !!"
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    17kw range one requires 32amp fuse, the other 45amp?

    Isn't Diversity to do with the suppliers cutout fuse ? So on Christmas day I can't turn on everything ?
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    Stupid customer your opinions please

    I would never interfere with the smoke alarm circuit. The smoke alarms are there to save lives. I know it might be a pain to get a live and neutral from the existing light switches, but it my opinion, this would be the only option. You should not have put a non-essential item on this circuit.
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    Conduit bends in wall

    What about something like: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BHEF20.html The corrugations might cause a slight problem though...
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    Conduit bends in wall

    Ahhh right, I must learn to read properly !!!! Phatboy have you got a photo or diagram ??
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    Conduit bends in wall

    It is unlikely that you will be allowed to bent the conduit it the wall. Cables must run horizontally or vertically to an accessory. Search for: Safe Zones
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    Inline Extractor Fan with Directional PIR ?

    What your after is an occupancy or proximity detector
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    Cable size

    Could you use trunking instead, with single cores inside it ??
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    Fire Rated Lights

    I posted my reply to try and help the OP, what have you done but pick holes in it ?? I’ve just Googled “define: fire rated downlight” and this came up: http://www.net-lec.co.uk/blog/fire-rated-downlight Seems I’m not the only one who uses the word “withstand”
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    Fire Rated Lights

    :roll:
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    Fire Rated Lights

    So then they do "withstand" it, by the means of the intumescent component which swells up and closes closes off all the holes when there's a fire.
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    Fire Rated Lights

    Hi Staningrimsby You have made a common mistake in thinking that a fire rated downlight produces less heat. The truth is that a fire rated downlight can withstand a fire for 30/60/90 minutes if a fire breaks out in the room that they are installed in, they don't "absorb" the heat of the...
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