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the drainer is 3.4 m from the light as is the washing machine hose waste pipe

Very funny :mrgreen: The house was rewired in July and the pendant (normal type) in the dining area of the kitchen/diner is 3.2m from the edge of the sink so hopefully this is ok regarding safe zones? The spark fitted a proper safe zone moisture resistant jobbies in the kitchen. I have...

Nice window joke! Do I need to check Ip rating for a lounge - its from B and Q? The dining room isnt in a safe zone either so didnt think I needed to check that as well?

I know that now - when you have a pregnant partner that needs her chandalier put up, that goes out of the window :mrgreen:

Sorry answered my own question Why didnt I get a shock if it was enough to cause a trip?

Thanks - I must have touched the wires as it was very fiddly Can I have a technical explanation but for someone who is clever but not with electrical routing etc? Why does the rcd trip with the breaker to that part of the circuit off? Thanks

I have a 10 way consumer unit When I turn the breaker for "downstairs lights" to the off position the lights go off downstairs. When I fitted a light in the dining room and one in the front room both times it tripped the main breaker with the "downstairs lights" breaker in the off...

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The cooker is on its own ring in the kitchen area I got the cable sizing wrong it was 2x2.5 t+e for the lights and I used the earth core from a 6mm t+e to make the connector I dont see what the cooker has to do with it, as the lighting circuit is seperate? Also the only dedicated "safe...

The cables coming down from roof space were 6mm t+e and I used the earth core from some 10mm t+e as the connector wire with a sheath over it to signify the earth I didnt want to use something too thin, is this right?

I have replaced a light in my dining room and would like some advice please? The cables Neut, Switch and loop have all fitted into the connector on the pendant (with a bit of fiddling the connector holes were very small) but the earth wires wont fit (too thick). I put them into one side of a...

it would need to be one where the "part that turns" i.e the threaded part is on the tap body not the union if that makes sense? and yes its a bar type

Does anybody know what is a direct replacement for a Bristan Artisan shower mixer? What I mean by that is........ I have undone the mixer from the wall (due to 2 x valve failures in 6 months) which leaves me with 2 x threads coming from the wall. I would like to install a more reliable...

Thanks for that John. If I have a switch with a fuse above worktop level is it likely to be a radial? I also have one for where the washing machine goes (i.e switch above worktop level with a fuse in it and a socket under worktop) Is there any way how I can tell if its on the ring or...

So if I dont have any places left on the board to put a new ring in for the oven, what do I do? Change the board? (please dont say yes it would probably cost loads!)

I have a seperate ring for the kitchen and downstairs sockets. It has a fused switch above worktop connected to a socket down below which has a single oven connected via a 13amp plug at the moment. Please could someone tell me what rating (in kw) I would be safe to change the oven for? At...

is this right?

Sorry my mistake, the wire is blue for the switch (I think from memory) with a mark up on the cable.

I have left the "terminal" part of the ceiling rose intact and this is where the cables from the void terminate. There are 2 x brown wires terminating in the rose, along with 2 blue an d an earth on the screw marked as your picture. There is also a switch wire that has been marked with black...

Is this ok? On the light fitting - three wires , live, neut, earth On the rose - three wires, live, neut, earth (this part of the rose is a seperate brass screw, much bigger than the others) Connected the live and neut into outside terminals of the block connector and connected the...