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When ELCBs are used in domestic situations instead of a 100mA RCD, is this compliant, ie can circuits still be added or would an RCD need installing?

Please can some one explain how to use adiabatic equation to work out main earth BS1361 Main Fuse 100A PFFC 1300A Meter Tails 10mm

My hoover washer dryer has stopped heating the water and also drying the clothes. Any suggestions please???

A Fused Spur is required to supply a Hand WaterHeater which is situated in front of a sink. Where can the fused spur be installed? The flex is to go in the front of it. Can it be placed above sink with heater or above draining board? Or does it have to be 300mm away from these?

TN-C-S 0.34ohms Ze 1.3kA PFFC 60A Main Fuse Main Bonding

Is it still ok to upgrade CU is main bond is only 10mm and customer not willing to pay to upgrade to 16mm because of mess it'd cause?

Were do you stand legally if you install your cables 1st fix in the required zones, and then later before they are plastered a plumber moves them to accomodate there pipes and there are no longer in the zones, but you know nothing of this. Then they get plastered hiding everything. If someone...

If supplying double oven and an electric hob would they need to be run from seperate circuits, is this the norm to run two seperate circuits for them?

When there is black coating on the copper when roving the insulation, what can this mean?

Can a garage CU be fed from the ring main? It has 2 circuits, 16A & 6A for sockets and light

Ive noticed recently that most integrated appliances are nearly 600mm in depth. This means sockets operated from FSU cannot be placed behind the appliance otherwise the plug will prevent the appliance fitting the gap properly. Has anyone else encountered this problem? What are the solutions?

So Dual RCD it is then!

Is it ok to fit a CU with just 1 RCD controlling all MCBs in a bedsit, where all rooms are on one floor, or is it still necessary to comply with regs to split lights from sockets etc?

Flat enough to put furniture on! Is there a building reg which states a tolerence???

whether a floor that has been laid by a builder is flat enough

How level should a floor be over certain meterage? IE 5mm over 3M etc Just to determind if floor is level enough

So Is it acceptable to use a 6 and a 10mm earth cable to have a 16mm? Also is it acceptable to have it clipped to outside brickwork along wall and into point were say stopcock or gas meter is?

So its not a fail then? What bout no RCD to Sockets?

Why not, but just asking if acceptable to regs?

How many Smoke alarms should there be in standard domestic situation? And where should they be positioned? Has this changed in new regs? I understand it used to be interlinked smokes on each floor, but are more required now?