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Hi John, Yes, sorry I meant neutral! It's clear now thank you again! Kind regards, Simon

Brilliant thanks John! Ideally I'd like it to be easier to change than the old school timers, our front lights are on a timer and it takes me months to change it! I'd also like it to change itself according to sunrise/sunset. What you just explained is different to my initial understanding so...

Hi all, @JohnW2 I hope you don't mind me tagging you again. I'm going to be installing some low power external soffit lights as well as internal downlights. My plan was to install a 2 gang switch as per my original diagram with the common of both bridged with a small piece of brown wire...

@JohnW2 Thanks again for all of that information. I've done a few calcs and it's throwing out between 0.7 and 0.9kw with a few variables. A 2kw with a lower setting is a great idea. It can run at full whack when it's really cold for a little while and revert back to the lower setting throughout...

Forgot to ask actually. Working off a 2kw heater taking around 9A at full wack. Would it be worth going for a smaller heater? As I said the room is only going to be 7m2 and there are quite a few 1kw heaters that can heat a bigger room than that?

Thanks for all that, that's really helpful. I've just been out looking again and it would be a pain in the backside so it might be worth trying the fused spur first. I can always upgrade. I didn't realise that the fuse would only blow with 22A. Is that continuous or a surge of 22A? Doesn't...

I've just done a quick measure and it would be around 30m cable to get to the consumer unit. Or if I could extend the cable that's already there in a junction box then an additional 20m would be easy

As John mentions below it's a fused spur from the ring inside the house. Ahh right I'm with you on the size of the box, I'll see what's available with a bit more room inside. In terms of running inside the house, this would probably be more difficult, fishing new wires through the house? I...

Ahh I forgot about the gland . Can this be done with a 20mm hole saw through the unit assuming it doesn't have a ready made knock out for a gland? Thanks for the info on the cable. So really the 3a FCU is superfluous as you suggest. Even if there's nothing necessarily wrong with it. To be...

Thanks for that, you're right it probably would look neater. Thanks for the advice. Would it be that difficult to terminate 6mm cable into a FCU? I've never done it but the terminals should be able to take it? Or am I in for a shock ( no pun intended). Cable is already buried now but I've not...

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of building an outside office in the garden. Due to the distance from the consumer unit I'll be spurring off a socket inside the house with 6mm SWA. I chose 6mm just in case we decide to go to the consumer unit in the future. Because it's only a spur and...

In the garage it will be used on the side of the garage which will be for household storage and fridge/freezers. It's also the side the consumer unit and solar panel installation is so it won't be subject to any bangs or tools etc. In terms of RCD, it's got one in the consumer unit yes. Thanks...

Thanks for the advice. I did wonder about conduit, is it safe enough in a garage to just have it clipped to a wall? Whilst I'm on the subject I may need to run some outside at some point, what conduit would you recommend for 2.5mm t&e?

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Thanks. Just checking whether that is notifiable or not? Also, in order to add more than one socket should I start with a 13a fused spur as it will be a radial / spur or is this not required when coming straight off the MCB?

Thanks. Presumably that literally entails adding a new live/neutral and earth to the corresponding parts of the consumer unit that are associated with the garage circuit. So instead of 2 wires in each there will be 3?

Hi, Thanks for the reply. It's a ring final, assuming there aren't two radials running from the same MCB. The cable is 2.5 T&E and the MCB is 16a for the garage.

Hi all. I want to change the layout in my garage which means moving my freezers to the other side of the room where there are no sockets. The easiest way for me to add power to where it's needed (in my opinion) is to create a fused spur to feed 2x double sockets. All this seems simple enough...

Hi all. Wasn't sure where best to put this, so I've gone general DIY. We had a leak recently in the heating pipes behind the skirting board in the conservatory and as a result a bit of the flooring has had to come up which I need to repair. The flooring is made up of tiles, 18mm wooden sub...

Thanks. What would the primer hide? Presumably it wouldn't hide any of the bumps and lumps and just give a uniform colour? Would that not achieve the same result as sealer and paint?