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    Garden Driveway Lighting

    Many thanks for the replies. The light fittings are recessed into the ground and will be housed in a protective case. The waterproof enclosure is going to be housed above the ground. (Allowing maintenance of LED drivers, etc.) I really need to bury these cables as the area is going to be...
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    Garden Driveway Lighting

    Hi, Currently in the process renovating the garden. I have a couple of areas where i am going to put in LED ground lighting which will be set in concrete driveways and a patio area. For this i have run 2 3cx1.5mm sq. armoured cables which will go to a waterproof junction box. Here these will...
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    What smoke detector

    I am fitting mains powered smoke detectors around the house. But the question is i have a utility room just off the kitchen, with a separate door. in the utility we have a washing machine and a tumble dryer, whats the best detector to fit here? should i fit an ionisation alarm here?
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    Hob isolation switch

    the kitchen is approx. 3m x 3m the cabling from the CU is already installed underneath concrete and tiles
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    Hob isolation switch

    I am getting a kitchen island were there will be an electric hob situated. I am putting a DP (50A) isolation switch in a cupboard on the kitchen island, I ASSUME THIS IS OK?? can i just put the cabling form the hob straight to the isolation switch since there are in close proximity?
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    Isolation switch

    hi thanks for the info, i am struggling to find this enclosure online, do you have a part number for it?
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    Isolation switch

    so no ideas for a type of isolation switch that i could use. i used to be a sparkie, but have been out of the domestic side for a while this is why i am just trying to see what isolation switches that domestic sparkies use between the meter and the CU?
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    Isolation switch

    I am moving my CU to a new location and require the electricity board to re-route there cable but i was wondering has anyone fitted a isolation (trip) switch from there meter tails to the incoming 100A switch within the CU? essentially the switch would be next to the CU, i think its good for...
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    LV bathroom extractor fan

    please help whats the maximum height for FCU and also can i hide it in a cupboard?
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    LV bathroom extractor fan

    anyone??
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    LV bathroom extractor fan

    thanks whats the maximum height i can put the FCU at, just want it out the way, can i maybe put it in a cupboard?
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    LV bathroom extractor fan

    i am installing low voltage bathroom fans with a humidisat http://www.alertelectrical.com/Fans-And-Ventilation/Airflow-Icon-Extractor-fans/Low-voltage-12V-DCSELV-extractor-fan---white-ICON30S.asp do these require a DP isolator, and can the FCU be mounted at a height near the ceiling...
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    immersion heater, ovens switches

    i have a 3kw immersion heater, so i am wiring it with 2.5mm sq.T & E to a 13A DP switch then from here some butyl (or something similar) 2.5mm sq. cable to the heater box is this ok? also i have wired 2 ovens from CU with 2.5mm sq. T & E seperately(rated at 3.5kw and 3.6kw) but since it...
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    Cooker question

    i have 2 ovens going into a kitchen single oven - 3.5kW combi oven - 3.6kw what cabling would be put in place for these, with them coming out at 15.2A and 15.65A does that mean they can be run on a T + E 2.5mm sq., just thought i have never seen 2.5mm sq. cable for cookers. would it...
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    electrical safe zones

    currently refurbishing my home, for existing sockets where can they be placed from the edge of a wall, i know the safe zone is 150mm from the edge so i presume you can move the socket as close as possible to this 150mm zone. its not a new build so i believe that i do not have to be 350mm from...
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    How to install a dimmer switch on a 3 Way curcuit.

    hi i was looking into install these, are they any good? anyway you need a retractive swith for your other 2 switches i have been in touch with GET and they have given me the following info how do i upload a pdf???
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    bathroom extract fan

    thanks guys i just want to put the extractor fan on its own circuit can i site the isolator switch at any height, i really want to put it right up next to ceiling with the gap so you are supposed to have from ceilings i will take feed into isolator then to a switch situated next to the...
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    bathroom extract fan

    i am installing bathroom extract fans do these require to be isolated ie. from a Switch Fused Connection Unit? (does this require to be double pole or triple pole) can the SFCU be mounted at any height outside the bathroom? am i ok just to put the fan on its own ie. not on the light circuit...
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    light switch height

    hi all what is the height you are allowed to put in a light switch from the floor and also the distance from the door frame? i live in scotland
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    SOCKET POSITION

    Hi I am just rewiring my house I live in Scotland so i know that i am not affected by part M building regs. Is there anywhere that states the height of a socket and also how far from the wall is the socket allowed to be? I have read through the regs but nowhere does it state a height or...
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