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im am currently installing a pump for a water feature and also so low voltage lighting in the garden, i have run a length of 2.5mm swa from DB to a MK 2 gang water proof switch on the outside wall at the back of the house, i plan to run some 1.5mm flex from this switch to the lights and pump all...

hi, i recently started noticing that i couldnt completely turn off my shower, there was a slight drip,fault page in handbook pointed me towards seals in slide valve, have dismantled cleaned everything up seals looked good put back together but now cant set the flow up its just full flow...

found out today the main bedroom in my house has no part of a ring but three spurs taken from the ring in the next bedroom, so have decided to split the ring crimp together(crimps in back box) and loop back so main bedroom is part of ring, sound ok?

hi installing a mini grid in the kitchen and have come across this designer range from click, the modules they sell are DP 13a resistive 10ax phoned there tech guys up and he said these are good for installing in a ring main to feed off to appliances the modules are marked with i.e(freezer) so...

hi installing new oven and ceramic hob oven 3.4kw and hob 6kw, used 6mm cable from cu(4 mt away) on 40a breaker, kitchen has now been dry lined plastered and kitchen going in this week, problem is iv only just oredered appliances today and just realised that the oven is 3.4kw thought it was...

hi, i have a 6.4kw hob and 2.8kw oven to wire up using 40a mcb and 6mm cable to ccu and then down to a 45a outlet plate using 6mm to wire into the hob and another 6mm to supply side of a fused spur to wire into oven with 2.5mm from load side has anybody had trouble fitting 3 6mm cables into a...

sorry another quick question i know safe zones are horizontal and vertical from appliances, but how does this work for example when you have sockets in cupboards for appliances. i for example am using a 4 gang grid switch so will be going horizontally with cable and then 90 deg to vertical to...

hi just had my plans back for my new kitchen so now can plan where all sockets,switches etc are going,where the freezer is going is against a side wall and on the other side the ven is virtually rightnext to it(20mm approx gap) and there is not enough room behind the appliance to fit a socket...

iv decided to use a grid switch set up for the appliances in my kitchen im going to bring my incoming ring into first switch and then loop in other switches using 2.5mm singles is this considered ok? im goin to run my2.5mm cable then from each dp switch to a single unswitched socket by the...

when installing these appliances i want the sockets to be hidden away beneath the work surface is it ok to spur off the ring straight to the hidden socket or do i need to have a fcu above the work surface before it goes to the socket?

hi im installing a cooker with seperate hob i have a 6mm cable from cu to the cooker ccu, im planning to run a 6mm cable from this too a cooker connection plate connect the hob up from here and then run another 6mm cable from the connection plate to a single socket for the cooker to be connected...

hi, currently have a scratch coat on my house and want a travertine finish on the final coat, im planning to use 6mm paticles to get the finish my question is are the particles added when mixing and if so what is the ratio? thanks Nick

hi, recently finished re-wiring my house what price range would i be looking at for supply and fit of a 8 way split load cu and test of the circuits? thanks Nick

sorry bout all the questions lately just want to get this installation right. with regard to my downlighters which are double insulated what do i do with regards to the earth, i know your not suppossed to cut it back but there is no room in the termination box of the downlight to leave it...

anyone what these junction boxes are rated 2? cant find what they r rated 2 on the website, want 2 use them 2 loop in and out of downlighters and then loop power 2 next room 2 take away the accesibility problem

hi, halfway through re-wiring my lighting circuit just finished upstairs using junction boxes for each light/switch in the attic is this acceptable as i have read a few posts that it is no longer legal and may not get passed off because if this when i come to get it tested? this is also the way...

noticed today when wiring in lighting circuit that i only have 1 ring main, is this a problem, is there a test i can do 2 check that the ring is ok, what values will i be looking for?

is there a max number of spurs you can have on aring main?

hi currently renovating house the lighting circuit has no cpc except in the extension would it be ok for me too connect the cpc's from the extension to all lights and switches in the rest of the house as i really dont want 2 go the rewire route it would cause a lot of disruption at this stage...