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A pendant set does not fulfil the requirements of IPX4, so yes it does.

You can't put a pendant inside the zones in a bathroom though can you.

Well I suppose so, in the same sort of way a socket can be installed in a bathroom.

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Do what? Refuse to connect up a cooker? Of course they can, in the same way an electrician can refuse to fit a pendant in a bathroom (for example).

Maybe not under BS7671 but the gas regs prohibit it, and it seems in the world of gas regs there's no such thing as a "guide" - it's black and white. If you had dual fuel provision in the cooker space, ie gas pipe, socket for ignition and a cooker outlet, then decided to change from electric to...

This was my thought as well. Sometimes meter fitters will take the off peak live out of the old meter and just leave it flapping about in the breeze. If this was the case all the storage heaters would be doing the same thing, ie only the boost element heating up.

When you replaced the alarm did you replace the base as well or try to clip the connector straight onto the new alarm? Aico alarms need to be clipped firmly onto an Aico base to work properly - there should be a positive 'click' sound when they are on and you won't be able to remove it without...

Welcome to the forum Mike!

I don't do that kind of work - I'm not Part P.

We could all sit here and say "£540 seems a bit steep" but that doesn't help anyone.   If your service contract is with British Gas then they should have been approached to fix the fault (which they were) then if your tenant wasn't happy with the work then British Gas should have been given the...

If you haven't altered anything in the switch which is now not working but it was working before then the problem probably isn't there.   The switch will be getting it's power from somewhere, ie another switch, so it stands to reason that the problem would be at that switch.

Chances are one of the connections is loose.  I'd turn the power off and check them.

Remember most low energy bulbs are unsuitable for using in this way - you'd probably need a rough service tungsten filament bulb.