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Dingbat, WO! Strong stuff! Be careful and let's not get onto Earthing & Bonding! The reason I brought this up may help others so I'll explain. Dimplex have brought out a range of heaters that require a seperate 'control wire' @ 240v fed from a seperate timer in addition to the normal...

Dingbat, It would seem that your reply DOES indicate that there is NO specific requirement in BS7671 for DP Switching in the situations I described. I find it quite surprising as I, along with many other electricians, believed the opposite! Still one lives and learns! This will be a good...

Please see my previous post. Are we to believe that 98 out of 100 electricians would be wrong! I accept this is entirely possible which is why I posted the query originally. Horaceg

OK, Here goes! 460-01-04 states: "....Except as required by 476-01-03, in TN-S or TN-C-s systems the neutral conductor need NOT be isolated or switched......" (476-01-03 states A MAIN SWITCH should interupt both live conductors) HOWEVER 461-01-01 states " Every circuit shall be...

Thanks, Dingbat, for the Reply. I have studied Chapter 46 at some length and there ARE some possible conflictions. To spell it out. The situation is regarding a wall panel heater and it's connection via a 3core flex to an 'Isolator' on the wall connecting to the fixed wiring. I doubt if the...

Hi Guys, Although it is generally accepted that a Fixed Appliance must be capable of being isolated via a DP Switch, the regs seem a bit contradictory on this. Can anyone actually point me to the regulation(s) that states that this must be the case, Cheers HoraceG