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FYI I left it not worth the hassle or the risk, Customer Refused my suggestion to upgrade the cable.

Nice one guys i knew you wouldn,t let me, down gonna push for an increase in cable size & go with RCBOs for showers -or leave it & walk away.

Hi guys thanks to every one who contributed to my last question re- moving cable for a new board, info was well appreciated, took on board & executed. DIN rails = its the future! Now info on the following please, New board required with RCD protection incorperating 2 x showers & a...

Hi guys info required, got to move a board In a garage but the existing cables may not Reach to where it needs to be situated, any Suggestions How to get round it ?

wife gone out in the car so i cannot see what the rating was. all the cabling looks good as only 2yrs old so what do you thing change to GU10 holders?

thanks andy, each lamp has its own 1.5mm cable to it which is connected to the tranny, a connector block with the lamp connector then completes the circuit on each fitting so if i replace the MR16 for a GU10 this would seem the easiest solution?

There are 10 altogether they were in 2 x banks of five with one tranny feeding each bank. Job could get messy & expensive to i doubt if they want to change the lampholders. GU10 holder change look promising where can i get them? ---------- Post Auto-Merged at 17:53 ---------- Previous...

Can anyone give me some info on this. Transformer gone on some downlights customer says its the 2nd one he has had in 2 years & has asked if i can convert from 12v to 230v Is there any difference regarding the lampholders? Is it as easy as it seems just reconnect to the lighting circuit...

just to close this one, United Utilities came out took a look asked me what reading i got & got back into his van, just before he drove off he gave me a leaflet regarding earthing for TT! So screwfix here i come for an earth rod.

united utilities are my local DNO & no there is no RCD as i am doing a board change

I will ring the DNO tomorrow the property is pre-war (ww2) so i doubt if it was TT there is an earth connection to the amoured cable which has a 10mm main earth cable attached to it & it looks as if it was probably re-wired about 25yrs ago. There is main bonding to both gas & water so it...

All isolated & locked off come on guys gimme some credit. When I say there is no earth I mean no Ze reading so no path back to the supply tranny. So will the DNO come & take a look?

Hi guys, did a quick Ze before installing a new ring & board but got nothing. Everyhing else looks to be ok i cannot see any work directly outside by contractors so not sure how long its been like that. How quick will the DNO come & check? Property is empty apart from a plasterer.

I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this thread & I will now nail it so it doesn't go on forever & a day. I will check out the load from the cooker & make the changes accordingly. After all it is in a special location & I do have to put my monocle on it. If it can't...

Nice one guys the cooker socket & switch Will be about 10 ft to where I need the spur. Many thanks Geffers

Hi people, can any one tell me what the regs are regarding spurring off a cooker switch ( I have attempted to find it) I need to add a kitchen socket in a plasterboard Kitchen & I am running out of options unless I employ a plasterer afterwards. As the cooker circuit is a radial would...

KTGUK Nice one i drilled 22mm hole on outside wall measured exactly where the cable was gonna terminate inside (spur of socket) knocked a bit of breeze block out from behind the socket, dropped a plumbers steel plumbline in the cavity & got it first timeusing a magnet to tempt it out! Even...

Outside light, any ideas how I can get the cable through the cavity from 2 metre drop to be terminated back indoors? I wanted to drill straight thru the wall & run conduit to the light fitting. Client would rather not have conduit. Any sensible answers considered

Ok i get it but it was worth a try. If i have any more harebrained schemes for saving money i will run it by you all.

Just a quickie there is a lot of old coloured cable on ebay & other sites for sale. So in these auspicious times, what are the regs regarding its use but putting new coloured sleeving over them at the termination points? Would they meet BS7671 standard?