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You shouldn't need to carry on the circuit in 6mm² cable - 4mm² is fine for a 32A radial circuit, and will be less hassle to terminate. If you want to you could even change the MCB to a 20 Amp and continue the radial in 2.5mm². It really depends on what you're likely to use the sockets for...

I still remember when my cousin moved into an old farm in Cornwall about ten years ago. It had been owned by one of the old estates as long as I can remember, and the previous tenant had been there his whole life. The farmhouse had never been connected to mains electricity. Everything was...

Hmmm. Good point well made. Of course it wouldn't. Obviously in my rush to post and get a new beer out of the fridge I didn't think that one through properly :oops:

The other thing to bear in mind is the capacity of the ring circuit itself. Turning off the main switch would isolate the house from the mains supply, but it would not isolate the ring circuit from the other circuits in the house as they're all connected to the common busbar in the CU...

If you do this then I'd suggest that you make sure the cables are run in continuous conduit for future re-wiring. The wiring in my entire house was run loose in the cavity at the time the place was built (before my time I should add!) and it makes it near impossible to work on. There is no way...

The only abuse I can see in this thread is from you spudorange. Nothing Jasonb wrote could be termed as abusive, in fact as far as I can see it is good advice. You came here and asked for help. People here have taken time to reply to your post. If you don't like the advice you're given, take...

I've got the same situation in my house between the tiled kitchen and the wooden floored hall. I just planed down a strip of hardwood to make a ramp between the two levels and screwed it down across the door threshold....

I don't know if this might help. Never seen one myself and I suppose whether it has any effect or not depends on what the cause of the problem is in the first place... http://www.showerright.co.uk/offers_triton_t40i_booster_pump.htm

For such a small project (assuming you've got nothing else in the pipeline) I'd have thought you'd be better off buying the wood already cut to size, and saving on the cost of buying the power tools. Most timber merchants and I think even some of the sheds (B&Q) would cut the material to the...

Sounds like you're about to attempt the worst job known to man. I did my kitchen floor about a month ago and I still have nightmares about it. In the end I used a heat gun to soften the tiles and then prised them up with a scraper. It's hard work though, and you'll probably end up with your...

Don't run over the cable! :P But seriously, I'm surprised that you didn't blow a fuse or trip a breaker somewhere. In future as a minimum you should be using some sort of RCD protection on any electrical equipment used outdoors. A plug in RCD would be better than nothing...

Was it a Hager catalogue you were looking through? IU2 is their product code for a 2 module Invicta enclosure, and the /D means it comes with a door. Could just mean that it's a 2 pole type C MCB which comes with it's own enclosure...

Cut/remove the lug from a spare box, stick it behind the stripped lug so that the holes line up, screw on face plate as normal, job jobbed! Just make sure that you cut the lug near enough to the box wall that it's unable to spin if it comes unstuck once the screw is in. Alternatively you could...

1) Sparky ish! Actually a building services engineer with electrical bias, so I deal mainly in three phase, HV substations etc. I'm pretty up to speed on general wiring / 16th edition / C&G 2381 stuff as well though. I've been known as MarkySparky since I was about ten years old, so the nick...

Hmmm. I've never seen this type of setup before (never worked on block of flats). Without seeing it it's hard to know an acceptable way of solving the problem assuming you're stuck with the incoming arrangement as it is (non co-operative DNO etc.). How about mounting an RCBO in a separate...

Something along these lines? http://www.timeguard.com/details.php?product=19 (Also sold by Maplins IIRC) This type of switch is fairly easily available, normally sold as security light switches. I should think that most electrical wholesalers would be able to get one for you.

Some of the cheapo exterior bulkhead fittings come with this type of thing fitted. I'm not a big fan myself - I'm never satisfied that the connection is sound. They actually seem to grip quite well though. I still remember the first time I saw these and thought I'd shove the nearest bit of...

Might be worth fitting a door as well. It'd make access easier :lol:

The earth cable may actually be ok. I've got a 2.5mm wire to my earth stake at home on a TT system. Wiring regs say that this is ok in some situations on a TT system, ie when the Zs is high enough that the earth fault current won't exceed the capacity of the cable. Of course the only way to...

Hmmm, me too! Currently I've got a lovely shiny new monobloc mixer in my kitchen, which takes about five minutes to fill the washing up bowl with hot water! I do however have a Grundfos UPA 15-90 booster pump ready to fit, which hopefully will solve the problem. I think non-return valves...