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I know this topic is over a year old, but it's an important one. Your two separate appliance circuits must have their own earth - no sharing is allowed under NF C 15-100. To run both sets of 3 x 2,5mm² (i.e. 6 wires) in one conduit you need to use 25mm ICTA (the ribbed flexible stuff), or...

Such a junction box is only allowed in Volume/Zone 3 of a bathroom. As a general rule all junctions must remain accessible i.e. not sealed away under plaster or inaccessbile floor or wall voids etc. This is the reason you will come across many shapes & sizes of flush mounted junction boxes for...

Under French wiring regulations you require 1 x 32A circuit for the induction hob & a separate dedicated 16A socket circuit for the independent oven. The 32A circuit can terminate in either a simple cable outlet that the flex from the job wires directly into, or you could use a (very bulky) 32A...

Bit of a late reply, sorry. If things have been wired in the usual way then..... Yellow/green = earth Blue = neutral Red = permanent live supply Black = "fil pilote"; this is an optional control/signal wire from a central controller situated in your distribution board to provide...

Apart from your attempt to potentially draw 10,7kW on a 6mm² cable (not advised......) your devices should not be sharing the same circuit under French regulations. The induction hob should be on it's own 32A, 6mm² circuit (via a Type A ID/RCD) & the oven on its own 16a/20A, 2,5mm² circuit (via...

In France wiring colours are as follows: Earth = yellow/green striped Neutral = blue Live = anything else apart from plain yellow or plain green - these are now banned. Generally red is is used as an unswitched live in single phase situations, with orange being used for lamp returns...

Yes, you select the size of your supply, which is then set by the electricity supplier by adjusting the main supply trip. There's a bit of leeway; a typical 45A (9kVA supply) trips at about 51 amps. The widespread use of electric heating in France has given rise to a device known as a...

In France if a property is effectively new (even if it's a renovation like yours) it will not be allowed a permanent connection to the grid until it has been given an "Attestation de Conformité" by CONSUEL (http://www.consuel.com). In other words your installation need to be complete, & actually...

It sounds as if you have an EDF digital meter. If so you need to connect to A1 & A2 (though these are more usually marked C1 & C2). You should have a 2 amp breaker in your "tableau" that feeds mains voltage back to the meter where is passes through a switch contact that closes during the...

This is a common source of worry, but..... The "grey"wire is actually a very pale blue & is the neutral. The brown is live. The black, as the previous poster says, the "fil pilote" & is the optional remote control wire. This knowledge comes from first hand experience of fitting these...

JohnD: You're right, but BADGER is the name on my birth certificate..... :?

I have finally become a fully registered & insured artisan electrician here in France (based near Vire in Calvados, lower Normandy). I totally concur with the advice about the book "Installation Electrique" - short of reading the NF 15-100 it's as good as it gets. It's also another way to...