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Im converting my garage into a habitable room and utility room. I want to put in a linkable smoke alarm into both rooms so if there is a fire in the utility room then that alarm sounds and so does the alarm in the habitable room. I want a mains wired option. Can anyone suggests an option or a...

Thanks fellas, 7.14 of AD B says exacly what RF has explained.

Im converting my garage, an internal studd wall has been made with fireline platerboard on one side. (all done with building regs) . I need to place cables through this wall at high level to connect to a CU on the other side. Whats the best method for maintaining the firelines protection. I know...

more water this morning, I checked after the heating went off last night and no water, I got up especially early this morning before the heating comes on and water all over the place. So its venting when the boiler is off that's for sure at some point in the middle of the night. The water is...

Good, how come its peeing out water is it just kaput or something more worrying?

Is that bad then?

I don't have an answer to this but hope you do Got a Baxi and every day just after the heating comes on it leaks about 1/4 l of water from some mystery location. The water isnt coming out of the pressure valve thingme pipe as its dry. The attached pic shows the case of the boiler (reverse...

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Supercool. Thanks fellas

I work in A/C and am the duty holder/qual supervisor for any electrical work carried out. my firm holds approved contractor status with NICEIC (defined scope) but on the back of that we have full Domestic Scheme approval. I hold 17edition and 2391 etc. I am currently doing a garage conversion...

Thanks for the reply 123

Quick Earthing Question From MET to CU you use 16mm Earth, that is understood. Today I saw the following: MET was wired to Earthing teminals of a 100A Switch fuse using 16mm Earth Switch fuse to CU (located 15m away) was ran in 2 core 16mm SWA cable The armour of the SWA was then...

123: Yeah I see your point about the photo cell should have guessed that one, most security lights with photocell switch themselves on for a short period if you knock the power off and switch them back on again. I guess the bottom line is that discharge lighting as you point have a high...

Spark 123. I will have to double check the size of the flood and advise later. You say when the photocell is powered on it may close for a short period, Im not following you here can you elaborate. As for Electrical safety the whole installation has had a recent PIR and is in good condition...

We have a large floodlight (Discharge) outside our wharehouse. It has a photo cell on it and comes on at night as you would expect. I only want it on when people are working so really I want it to switch off at 7pm. At the moment the floodlight is supplied by a fused spur and I want to add a...

I have a Small Garage CU, Im using a 40A RCD as the incoming Main Isolator I have a ring 32A in the garage. 6 A For Lights (including external PIR Floods) I have a 10 A radial for the Freezer (Non RCD hence a seperate circuit Please dont give me jip about that. Im not putting a freezer on...

right I am totally confused now. I want to drain my washer, the current soak away is not adaquate and leaks all the way down my drive. There is a stench pipe close with knock outs, should I put it in there?

So do you recon the house guttering will be soak away as well?

Cheers John, now get back to the electrical forum where you belong :wink: