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Yes you are correct in that I agree but damp-ish plaster around a Live metal back box in the wall for one thing is a good idea to avoid as is access to a part of the box touchable by dry plaster being exposed as does happen in real life, both are shock risks. A line conductor touching a back box...

I am sure that I do agree with that! Having seen, for some reason a couple of times, the fixing screws for the socket have been replaced with nylon screws therefore no continuity from socket to backbox. Although it might have been some event in the distant past to mitigate the lack of earths on...

Yes the manufacturer is attempting to guide you away fro extension leads for valid reasons so all good on them for doing so. You would not believe the crazy things we see done with extension leads and it is not just overloading we are talking about. With good sense and care avoiding the points...

Seems like a good result. Never assume that colour coding is correct - unless you have carefully done it yourself and rechecked. Blue (Black) is not always N. Brown (Red) is not always L. an L might be a Perm L or it might be a switched L (sometimes L sometimes not L (including that sometimes...

Yes I discovered something unexpected initially - as a humble Electrician working with plumbing/heating bods one job where once again I was asked to wire in the controls , this particular one was for our local Clown Hall, a rather big building so had some features that were not as simple as you...

I will not complicate it further by adding you could also have a central light switching from one or both sides of the bed in addition to another 1 or three at or mear the doorway/hallway etc

YES - Whichever solution you choose it is almost always a comprise between initial costs, running costs and best comfort/practicalities you are prepared to live with - everything in life is probably like that too. At least you have studied your choices and made an informed decision, once it is...

Almost the same - we did have solid fuel central heating and a back boiler in the fire feeding the immersion heater , so the fire was coal like in the main room and the cylinder in the bathroom aove got hot so the bathroom warmed up a bit and there was a little heating in the radiators but with...

Speaking only about RCD protection and whether two RCDs giving "In Tandem" Protection the main advantages/disadvantages are:- 1/ If we accept some theory that RCD failure (on a sort of averaged figure) might be around 7% then (purely arithmetical) invokes the possibillity that failure of two...

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You can have RCDs that are either Latching or Non Latching too on portable appliances so that can make a difference if your supply is switched off. In most circumstances you need an RCD to latch to on if it is switched by a timer, providing it is safe to restart (it would not be safe for a...

I do not like "A minimum of 2 or 3" or "A Maximum of 9 or 10" etc etc what the heck is all that about?

Is it Chint ?

Yes but were they actually producing steam or merely water vapour I`m sure most folk would want to know?

Hidden cables should be run horizontally or vertically in line with the extremeties of the accessory or back box (if surface type and is fractionally larger than the switch/socket etc. The larger the faceplate and/or the viewable back box the more area you have for cables choices when positioning

Hah Right, I remember 5A and 15A being common in my youth, and the porcelain"pepper pots" fuses as we called them, lots of folks electrics now looks like it belongs in an old horror film with Boris etc LOL Come to think of it I think that Flameport might have some such in his Dark Museum ...

Did not know a 10A Fuse existed or a 10A rated plug existed?

Well I think we all agree really then? A couple can mean two in some instances yet in other instances it can be intended to mean approx 2 or so in some contexts, we do not often say exactly two or approx 2 so it might be an indication of either by the user and by the listerner. No wonder we get...

Yes Agreed John, was my experience too, it was very common, it was at secondary school (and last year maybe last two years) in junior school when learnt to what was "proper" LOL

I must admit that I was brung up with the saying "Bulbs go in gardens and lamps go in lampholders" also plugs plug into a socket etc etc. An FCU is used (at either end) on a spur from a Ring Final or a Radial and could be Switched or Unswitched but you try telling folk that. A ring main is not...