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Hi, So during the night one of my ring mains tripped (OK - RFC then!) the RCBO. First time it's happened. Tried to reset, got a bit of a spark and RCBO apparently not happy. Possibly I didn't flick it back fast enough? Anyway, switched off all the sockets, RCBO resets fine. Then go around...

Thanks John and Andy - much appreciated :) All makes sense and I will get the crimper and ferrules and do it proper!

Thanks - So in due course I would end up with a loose connection?

Hob supplied with 5 cores coming out of it. I was surprised :)

So the new hob comes with a 5 core insulated flex. 2 cores together for live, 2 together for neutral, and one for earth. Only thing is they have taken off a silly amount of the outer insulation. Sparky says soldered better than not and doesn't mention ferrules. So I cut off the nicely...

Thanks for all the replies folks. Makes an interesting thread for me and certainly seems to cover all bases :) . This really is a great forum. Sharpend - I was originally thinking all on the splashback but with the number of bits she who must be obeyed is wanting I would have ended up with...

Thanks folks So the accessibility bit of it has got nowt to do with a user not familiar with the location of isolators being able to switch off something quickly?

Hi All, Finalising new kitchen... Is there any problem having isolator switches in a kitchen cupboard? At the moment I've got an isolator switch for the induction Hob where the splashback will go but the rest are to go in a cupboard next to the oven.  Sparky says it's OK but just want to...

Cable run all of 3 metres. No insulation involved. Have some .75mm 4 core heat resistant which theoretically would be fine - just wanted to save myself a trip out :)

Got a ceiling mounted extractor box that controls/powers an external extract fan via a plug in connector. The extractor box is supplied by 1.5mm cable with a fused isolator. Connecting it to a Solar and Palau TD500 fan - max consumption 50w. Does this part classify as a "control circuit" so...

Well I've got the UPS for my important stuff - my computers :) If the wife wants to watch Corrie during the power cut there's always the exercise bike with a dyno....  On the derating question does anybody object to me following Evans and Binky and ignoring the specific derating calcs - as...

You serious Badger? If so I don't feel so bad :)

Yes - a basic 4 bed house... Average over 2014 at 3.6amps.... Will go up a bit when the wife gets a kitchen :)

Hi, My slowest refurb in history continues. Sparky has run all the cables, replaced the CU, and wired some of the circuits so we have power where needed. I'm now doing dogsbody of clipping all the cables before the ceilings go up. Being probably overkeen on avoiding any nuisance tripping I...

If you are looking at home automation and keen on knowing all about it then you can look forward to serious brain strain!! Trying to future proof it is simply impossible.If you were to design a system now and then go through the same process in just a couple of years time it would be very...

Hmmm. Zano maybe not so good then. My understanding is that leading edge dimmers are generally ill suited to LEDs and reduce their working life. I know specific triac compatible drivers are becoming more widespread to help with retrofit applications but a ways to go before everything is a simple...

This new LED dimmer might be of interest - claims to dim up to 250W LED load www.zanocontrols.co.uk Not cheap but might save some rewiring...

Anyone got recommendations for 2D LED retrofit replacements for 28W CFLs?

Just noticed Steptoes comment on max MTU of 1492. That's the max for a connection using PPPoe. 1500 is for PPPoa.

Nice to see that Draytek keeping their menus clear and well laid out - unlike the cpra boxes that O2 send out.... On the MTU question a router setting of 1500 is indeed fine for virtually all situations nowadays. Above 1500 is not - that takes you over the normal Ethernet limit and into jumbo...