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Ha, I could get it for £2,840 if they weren't out of stock.☹️ The 50 year old at £19,000 may be a little out of my price range.😧

I think the jury is out on the use of crimps on solid cores in normal use, some say never ever do it and some say it is OK.  I note the instructions on the crimps never mention solid core either positively or negatively, but if the crimp is soundly made  and distorts the core then it should be...

I think I know I will find gaps. Simple answer and probably the easiest, not quite sure why the installer did not do this in the first place, it is only a lighting circuit.

Just thinking as I complete a domestic EICR what the forum's thoughts are on the risks and levels of danger involved in multiple solid core cables being crimped into one end of a through crimp to use as a terminal block. Obviously the crimp is not designed for this but will hold them together...

I love Balvenie but have not tried double wood, it must be a smoooooth flavour. Might have to try and get some now!

I have not tried one but it should work well.  The timing of the maturation is fairly short with only three months in the ale held cask so I would expect a limited change in flavour but probably a change on the positive side, the flavours should work well together. A pint and a whisky...

It sounds like the flow switch internal to the heater is not operating correctly, presumably blocked with scale or gunge. I would suggest that a plumber may be able to clear the blockage, from a non plumbers point of view!

Effectively the only time that the bonding not being up to size between different buildings would be a significant problem is in the case of an open circuit PEN conductor outside the installation that would then mean the bonding would be carrying load current and, if a remote building had very...

Electric vehicle charge points are a bit of a nightmare when it comes to earthing as the IET is being inconsistent and or ridiculous. I think there was a wiring matters article after the initial COP came out (with its wildly ridiculous requirements; all conductive parts separated by 10m (bigger...

The joys of bonding, you have got it in one.  The incoming supply for the whole installation is the defining factor as the bonding is all connected back to the MET at origin. Unless the earthing system is divorced from the incoming supply, by making the building a TT system, the main bonding is...

It is extremely dangerous to consider that an external light on a metal pole running at mains voltage would not need to be protected from the weather. Please do not attempt to see if it works again, it is entirely possible that the metal post may have a significant voltage on it. If the...

I think sidewinder has confirmed my posts and added the calculations. The SWA armour to function as a cpc is fine for all cases in the above described situation. If the bonding needed to be 25mm² then the armour of the SWA would not be sufficient csa and a separate conductor would be needed.  ...

But you seem to say that the distribution cable to the workshop is 50-70mm², this is not the cable size you are meant to be referring to to get the size of the bonding. The bonding should be sized by the incoming cable from the DNO (like that is ever available to test!) for a 100A supply fuse...

For PME supplies the bonding size is based on the incoming supply cable to the property; with a 100A service fuse the incoming cable is likely to be 35mm² (just a guess) and so the bonding, even at the remote building, would only need to be 10mm², assuming you have a PME supply.  The size of the...

Mira state the following: Shower cycles from hot to cold.  Showerhead blocked: Remove and descale showerhead. Hose kinked or blocked:  Check hose and replace if necessary Water pressure below minimum required for shower operation: Make sure incoming mains water stopcock and/or shower...

It sounds like there is an auto resetting overheat cut out and the element is overheating the water which then takes out the cut out and the shower goes cold, which allows the cut out to reset and then provide hot water until it becomes scalding. But this is supposition because it should have...

If the heater is labelled as Class II and the cable is entering the enclosure through a protected entry and no exposed insulation is accessible within the cabinet then the cabinet ought to be a random piece of metal and not part of the electrical installation, in this case the likelihood of the...

I think the intent of the OP is to install both a fused spur (feeding something, but limited to 13A) and also install another unfused spur, from the same double socket, to a single socket. Now this is nominally permissible, there are no regulations limiting where a spur may be taken from...

I am glad it works to your satisfaction, it is always nice to be able to keep it simple.

This thread cannot be a real situation; the terminals are fully labelled and you would only need to google images of consumer unit wiring to see where wires go. The approach and terminology seem to be designed to raise the hackles on any electrician, it would be best just to allow the thread to...