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    roses with new fittings

    I take it the new light fittings you have are "fancy lights" and do not use the roses, if that is the case then you would be better off not using the roses at all and refer to the wiki on this site on how to connect the new fittings :)
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    roses with new fittings

    what do you mean by caps?
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    moving a cooker socket

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    moving a cooker socket

    even if you were to join it the join in the cable should still be accessible which would still present the same problem as before. Is it the cooker switch or a socket?
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    Meter Tails

    Are you 100% because all i ever see is 16mm tails and western power to do not question what we install :? thanks
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    Meter Tails

    is that a reg that the size of tails has to be 25mm or just an electricity supplier preference?
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    cables

    In the centre and where possible 50mm down and from bottom and leave at minimum double the diameter of the size hole your drilling gap for the next hole along
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    Lv or Elv lamps

    12v low voltage use more current :) alot more
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    What is wrong with rings

    the reason we do sockets rings is beacause a 2.5 mm cable can only carry 28amps of current but having it in a ring effectivley increases the surface area of cable allowing it to carry more. In a lighting circuit this is not needed as 1.0 or 1.5mm will be sufficient to bare the load as a radial
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    grey wire from extracter fan

    put the grey in the light in with the brown if you want it to come on when the light does
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    RCD & smoke detectors legal requirement

    LMAO! nice :D :D :D
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    Dare I say it.... Part P !

    All the courses in classrooms do not make up 5% of real experience. the best way to learn is to become an electricians mate on a saturday for a pay cut (i would expect) and learn as much as you can
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    Exam help (lost my notes)

    LOL davvy why don't you just go and sit the exam har har
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    Kitchen Plugs ?

    well the best way to make it safe is make the spurred points part of the ring so then if there ever is a problem or fault all the connections are in the boxes as appose to in the wall behind nice decoration :)
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    single switch required for a double pattress box

    why can't you just cahnge the double patress to a single?
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    Kitchen Plugs ?

    Are you sure both the fuse spurs and the double socket come off of just that one double socket. If it is the case then there will be a minimum of four cables in that one socket.... If your right then it is not very good practice at all
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    Central Heating Wiring Training

    Hi everyone, I am new to the site and can see there is a vast amount of knowledge that could help me :D. I am an electrical apprentice in my third year now and am just learning central heating wiring. I have been shown how to connect the various components but do not really understand the...
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