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I had assumed that, whatever the original intention was, in practice RCDs force us to correct minor (if there is such a thing) or intermittent faults before they have a chance to cause real danger.

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One of the regulars here who, unlike me, knows what he's talking about said in: https://www.diynot.com/diy/posts/4171551/ that you can wire the whole house in flex.

I imagine Eric meant a "torch" (a word he uses near the end) .

I'd say that's 10189, but I'm happy to be told I'm wrong.

Oh dear, I can feel myself getting into JohnW2's bad books again. When he said (in entry 44): I believe he meant "not available".

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I'm always a bit sceptical of figures gleaned from the web, but wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_(unit) says (in the final para under "Explanation") "A source radiating a power of one watt of light in the color for which the eye is most efficient (a wavelength of 555 nm, in the...

Breeno said: "so it will be ok to wire the below LEDs into the mains without transformer? https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-fixed-fire-rated-led-downlight-brushed-chrome-240lm-2-5w-240v/5708f" Ban_all_sheds said (in entry 5): Obviously you need to make any changes in a safe manner.

If the poor woman, who died, had kept her seat belt on (loosely) then she wouldn't have been half sucked out through the window and would probably have survived.

Last time I looked in Robert Dyas and (in London) Ryness, they had carded fuse wire.

There's a good chance that would just be switching the Live, an Earth/ Neutral fault would still be there.

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A piece about this cable has gone up on the BBC's website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41391343

As long as you're careful about covering over the to-be-unused connection into the drainage system, I can't think of a good reason why you shouldn't connect the side drainpipe to the front one by using something akin to...

Just a thought from a total numpty. Would it be acceptable to put a 2 Amp socket (e.g. https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MKK0770.html) on a lighting circuit ? If so, that would give you a connection which could only be used for currents within the circuits capability.

I'm not a plumber, this is based on helping out at some neighbours whose CW tank was overflowing even though the valve, supplying the ball cock, was off. Their problem was found by a proper plumber. You say the HW coming on seems to trigger it. It's possible that comparatively high pressure...

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Markius asked "How did you do the maths to get to 540l/min?" I tend to imagine it's 60 secondsworth of 9l/sec.