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Evening Folks, I have a hypothetical question. If you were wiring a domestic lighting installation say for a single story flat. Is there anything either in BS7671 or in the Building regulations to prevent you from placing all the switches for every light fitting in a central location? I had...

I'm I correct in thinking that when calculating the current carrying capacity of a cable the grouping that can occur as multiple final circuits enter a CU can be ignored? If that is true what is a reasonable distance the cables could remain grouped outside the CU before the cables would have to...

Evening Folks, I've been looking at track lighting systems for my kitchen and wondered if there was any standards between the different manufacturers systems. Can I use one manufacturers fittings on an others track? :)

Yeeeeessssssss! My internet connectivity is finally working again. I've had a problem with the speed of my ADSL for about 2 weeks now and after 4 nights on the phone to various call centre folks trying to convince them there was something wrong. They managed to totally knacker it on Friday...

I've been reading up on calculating maximum demand and I was wondering how often in practice a domestic installation ever has more than a 100amp single phase supply.

I was wondering in the interests of creating a well dressed CU. Is it acceptable to shorten the Earth and Neutral fly leads of an RCBO to a more appropriate length which will of course remove the crimpted ends? :) Or should they be left alone?

Evening folks. I was wondering when you have a requirement to identify and label circuits inside a JB or CU for example. What would you typically use as labels. :)

Hi Folks, If a domestic installation that used Economy 7 and had a main CU and a separate CU for the storage heaters was being brought in line with the 17th edition. Would the "division of installation" rules that apply to the main circuits and dictate the use of a dual RCD board or RCBO's...

Hello Folks, I'm John some time Lurker first time poster. I'm not a spark but have in the past done lots of Electrical work over the years in my own house and have a reasonable understanding of the theory. I've recently started training with view to passing the c and g 2382 and 2391 exams...