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I'll let you know exactly how these switches are wired sometime in the next few days when my order comes through for MK 6-gang & 2-gang plates. I've already been waiting a week from my local electrical specialist so bear that in mind if you have to get yours ordered in. Don't forget all the...

Just found this thread which suggests going through a box is okay: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11591&highlight=pass I get the impression it's a bit of bodge mind you. :oops: regarding those tables. So how do I translate from single core to T&E as the outer sheath must...

If you're going to use a wall-mounted switch it's much better to put it just outside the WC. Well so the kids keep telling me as Dad's quality time is plunged into darkness :lol:

Meant to say I am now going to use conduit for the horizontal runs outside of the permitted zones and not capping. My understanding of the regs is evolving all the time and I can now see that capping is nothing more than a means of containment and protection from plaster. I was going to sit...

I don't think it's so much how deep to do it (though I believe 1/4 in is supposed to be the minimum) but what you fill it with. I think there's something called bonding plaster to pack the chase out to just below the surface and then use finishing plaster feathered in to the surrounding area to...

Wow, those tables certainly suggest you can pack a lot in there. Way beyond what I even thought was physically possible, eg 8 x 1mm²,4 x 2.5mm² and 2 x 6 mm² in a 20mm conduit?? Good shout anyway - thanks. BTW Is that 'can't' on the routing question because you don't know or a diplomatic...

Actually I'm wondering if I used the wrong term. By bonding I meant a single earth connection. Is bonding extending this connection to related metal? Thanks, Robert

I'd like to have 2 sockets (switched from a grid switch) vertically aligned with each other, maybe a couple of feet apart. Is it safe and within regs to run the cable of the upper one through the metal back box of the first? In one instance the first box reached would be the cooker plate with...

This probably isn't the answer you want but I'll supply it as the 'Rolls-Royce' answer. One day all houses will be wired like this as sure as most homes now have a telephone (which can also run over this ystem). I'm fortunate enough to be doing it myself at the moment. With 2 crucial ceilings...

The plumber started to move the kitchen sink and associated plumbing today. He got half-way through and won't be coming back till later in the week. The new plumbing (minus sink) has no earth bonding yet. The old sink is fully disconnected from the plumbing but still earth-bonded. a) How...

As part of the kitchen re-fit I am replacing a centrally-heated radiator with a plinth heater. This is also plumbed in (wet, I think they call it) but has a small electric motor to force the heat out. The motor is not permanently on, it is controlled by the built-in thermostat and will be turned...

Tips? I was going to lay the lights out equidistant in a grid starting 450mm from the egde of the worksurface. This was observed from the numerous show homes I've toured for ideas. I'd okayed the quantity of lights and spacing using the light coverage diagrams in the Wickes leaflet. I was...

I decided a while back to abandon the DIY sheds for this project and go to to a small, friendly local supplier for this kitchen project. So I went in there earlier. Having found out that the transformers are only a fiver each (as are the fittings) and that they just sit loose (didn't fancy...

Thanks for the replies. The kitchen is fully dismantled for a total re-fit, including ceilings down so I have the luxury of doing it how I want. On this basis I'd just like it to be a part of the main lighting circuit without a seperate fuse. Are your replies saying this is legit (point about...

Going on the Wickes info leaflet it tells me to establish a new 5 Amp fused connection to the CU or a 3 Amp fused connection to the existing lighting circuit. Well I don't want to have to go back to the CU and I don't really want to look at a fused unit/switch. Is there another way or any...

My reading of the regs is that since I can't run by cable within 150mm of the corners or 50 mm deep that I should contain everything within metal conduit and that this should be earthed. So how do I make the earth connection? Is this made between socket box and conduit and conduit to conduit...

Thank you. Just out of interest, is it possible to buy fuse modules for grids and link them to the corresponding switch in the upper gang? Also, how is the ring daisy-chained between switches in a grid? Is it by small lengths of cable installed yourself or is there actually a live power...

I'm trying to understand why I would want an FCU connected to a wall-plate with hard-wired connection for my kitchen appliances as opposed to a switch only connected to an unswitched socket where the fuse would obviously sit in the plug? I can only think of ergonomic reasons: 1) There may...

Could someone recommend a definitive guide to use of low voltage lighting (in the kitchen)? I've seen lots of snippets and the Wickes leaflet is pretty good but it seems like a minefield and I want to get it right. That said, could anyone recommend a good UK DIY electrics book - Collins or...

Having first seen these things in the kitchen of a showhome, I figured these would be a neat way of saving cabling runs (more importantly chases in the wall) and having lots of individual FCUs dotted around the place. Presumably they can incorporate fused units and aren't just for on-off...