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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...

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?

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

hi i am getting an extension build, 2 storeys, at the moment there is no ceiling on the ground floor so when i look up i can see that the some of the chipboard panels for the flooring above are not sitting directly on a joists/beam. i thought it would be best practice to have the joins...

Hi I am putting in 2 ovens, combi microwave/grill and normal oven that will both sited next to each other. my question is can i run both of these off the same cooker unit switch or do i need a seperate cooker switch for each of them? also for a new build is there anywhere that states the...

Is there anywhere thats states that the electricity company supply cable coming into the house, can this be run beside water pipes. Basically i am moving the meter and hence the supply incomer for the house into a cupboard which was going to house my consumer unit. Anyway i went back to the...

I am doing extensive rewiring to my house and wanting to move the incoming meters and a consumer units. Is there anywhere in the 17th edition regs that tell me where i am allowed to site the new consumer unit? I am wanting to put it in an accessible cupboard but there is going to be a bathroom...

i have a friend who is installing a new light fitting into an alcove but its is a metal casing so has obviously has 3 wires from the fitting but the existing wiring within the alcove only has 2 wires. does this require an earth to be run from elsewhere?

i am about to start re-wiring my house due to an extension being build. I was an electrician a few years ago so unsure about all the reg changes. For a ring circuit i know that it has to be within 100m sq. but is there a maximum length of cable? i have concrete floors in new extension so have...