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I am in process to removing the wall between our kitchen and dining room. The dining room has a double rad 620x 1450 and the kintchen currently a 620x500 double however according to btu calculation the kitchen rad is too small and should be upgraded. As I 'm going to remove the wall and...

Hi all, Not quite sure what to do for the best practice here, I am planning on removing an internal wall in my house between dining room and kitchen unfortunetly my consumer unit is on this wall so needs to be moved a few feet onto another wall. i have been upstairs and taken up...

Is it possible to replace a 45a cooker switch and single socket with a double socket,as i have a gas appliance and dont need it, dedicated for my tumble dryer and washing machine, therefore should anything blow/fuse it wouldnt knock all the house sockets out. The current set up is a...

I have found the ampage on my main supply fuse from the power company, its 60 amp, The fuse cover is upside down and its tiny printing into the fuse case itself. Is this why my shower mcb and fuse makes noise, because its on the verge of overload. I have contacted the power company and...

I have found the ampage, its 60 amp, The fuse cover is upside down and its tiny printing into the fuse case itself. Is this why my shower mcb and fuse makes noise, because its on the verge of overload. I have contacted the power company and arranged for a 100 a free upgrade, will this...

I'm embarking on a new project to make my car safe from the street boy racers and local idiots who bang cars for fun. I want to erect a hardstanding on the front of my house measuring 15ft l by 20ft w. The problem i have is that my garden to front of house slopes. I have calculated that...

I spent about 10 mins using the shower this morning. The casing for the supply fuse was warm to the touch although the cables weren't even affected. If i left the shower running for a continous period say 30mis or so, long sleep propped against wall would the fuse blow. I initially went...

I have seen a message here regarding establishing the main electric supply fuse rating to the consumer board. It talks about getting the supply cable to the meter and consumer box size, inc sheath??. The problem that I have is that the electric board say they don't know the rating however...

I don't think there is although its hard to tell, I'm pretty sure theres not. I noticed another message talking about the electric meter itself, does this have a bearing upon my consumer unit in terms of maximum power supply. ie noise more prominent when evrything is switched on in house...

A BIG THANK YOU FOR EVERYONES HELP. I have come to the conclusion that all the MCb's are as per the recommendation in size order along the busbar, I am confident that at present all the screws, etc are tight (although will double check at end of week) The noise , Humming??, from the 45a...

I have been told that if an earth sleeve exposed any bare earth then this would contribute. if so then I will double check all the connections to verify. advice welcome.

I have followed the advise given so far and moved mcbs and tightened,checked fittings. The initial noise now comes from the power company main fuse before the meter for a few seconds upon starting up shower, then the noise moves to a buzzing, humming sound from the MCb itself until about...

someone at work has told me that the mcb's should be in order of ampage along the bus bar however somebody else has said it doesn't matter. My current cofiguration is as follows: 45a, 16a, 32a, 32a, 32a, then elcb, then isolation switch. Please advise, I will go home and implement these...

I have recently put in a new shower circuit with 100mm t&e cable. I have connected the mcb with live and neutral as per the existing mcb wiring. Which side of my consumer board should i connect the earth. The connection block with all the other mcbs wire earths or the other earth connection...

further to above. Does the earth cable being contected near the incoming master fuse earth connection block make a difference as the other mcbs earths are on a separate connection block. does it matter?

?? I replaced everything that the original circuit had from shower thru to mcb. I basically changed wiring and mcb. I have not done anything different to the original set up.

Hi all, I have recently installed a 9.5kw triton shower. The property used to have a 7.5kw shower fitted with 6mm t&e cable, isolation switch and a 32a mcb to the consumer unit. The consumer unit is mk make with an isolation switch for main power and 2 rcd 80a 30ma which i think is split...