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    Bathroom ceiling spots recommendation

    Thanks Mike. Fully agree re dropped bulkhead look. Smart and makes wiring up dead easy. In my case it definitely needs IP65 - I have read the regs carefully. It is a barn conversion and this room only has a ceiling height of circa 2020mm once I've laid the stone floor. It's not even enough...
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    Bathroom ceiling spots recommendation

    Thanks all. Oldboy, the client is my wife. Aesthetics is critical. If I don't provide satisfaction certain privileges get withdrawn.... It's our own house and we would not normally want sixteen to eighteen down lights in a bathroom, but it's a former kitchen and that is the number it had...
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    Bathroom ceiling spots recommendation

    Thanks guys. I have an account with TLC so that helps. So, just to get this straight, are you saying that what really matters is the quality of the LED bulb and the light fitting does not matter so much? Is it better to avoid the sealed units with integrated bulb?
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    Bathroom ceiling spots recommendation

    I have 16 ceiling spots to be replaced in a room being repurposed as a bathroom. Some will be over a shower, basin and bath hence need to be IP65. Past experience with sealed unit (ie bulb cannot be replaced) bathroom spots is that they fail long before claimed lifetime and are then difficult...
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    Repurposing a cooker radial?

    Thanks. Current 2018 Hager board has 2 RCDs and 8 MCBs each side (not all used). My intention is to ditch this in due course (later this year or next year) and replace with a full RCBO CU with surge protection and possibly AFDD.
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    EV charge point 6mm cable??? Help!

    Just some thoughts as a user. We have both original and type 2 Tesla units installed. They are both limited to 32Kw and that is set on the charger unit and also by the in car system. We were early adopters and it was clear that a TT system was essential. I have no expertise on cable sizes...
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    Repurposing a cooker radial?

    We have a room in the house that was the kitchen. That has been relocated to a different area, so the old kitchen has been sold off and the room will be a bathroom. I’ve studded out the room and lined with cementitious board ready for tiling. All first fix plumbing is done. All sockets are...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    CONCLUSION (Couldn't see how to edit title) It was not belting it down with rain today, so lifted the manhole cover. The pump is about 2 metres away from the socket and down a brick built chamber around 4 or 5 feet deep. It's fed from various storm drains and then pumped out to a large pond...
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    Is this legal to install in the UK?

    This may help a bit. Practically all Koi (ornamental fish) ponds have UV steriliser devices fitted. The tube fittings and end caps etc are always enclosed in a plastic or alloy tubular container with rubber O rings. 13A moulded plugs fitted generally. Evolution Aqua is a reputable brand...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    Thanks everyone. Was cut off in mid sentence as I suddenly felt ill and have been asleep. Anyway, thanks for the patience and help. I have learnt quite a lot. Mainly that I know less about domestic wiring issues than I thought! The guidance here has been very generous. I am in the process...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    OK. Thanks for all the help. I can't test the pump right now because the wire goes through an underground tube between the plug (to external socket) and the pump itself which is 4ft deep in a manhole inspection chamber. It's a set up I inherited with the house. It's chucking it down with...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    Right. Checking the pump is not so easy as the inspection hatch is a two man lift, as it is an inspection cover filled in with stone. However, I have reconnected the ring main back into the CU temporarily using Wagos and it has not tripped so far.
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    This is so confusing! You guys are so helpful. Right, I have connected CPCs back to the earth bar in CU. Put both live and both neutral from the ring into a 5 way wago, with a new wire out from it to test. Put green lead from Megger on the CU earth bar and red onto the lead from the wago...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    OK, so what am I looking for?
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    New results on full circuit Left side L-N 0.01 M ohms L-CPC 42.0 N-CPC 15.1 L+N-CPC 29.0 Right side L-N 0.01 L-CPC 13.7 N-CPC 29.8 L+N -CPC 29.1 Bemused. Will break the circuit at a socket now.
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    Ah. Brainwave. Thanks for the prompt, I have just realised that the circuit must feed an outside socket that has a rainwater sewer over flow pump connected to it. Float operated industrial grade motor. Also neons in the switch. Will unplug that and test again.
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    Thank you. That is really helpful. There is no chance of a fridge or similar being connected as all that stuff runs off a totally new RCBO CU with totally different feed from meter. But, as I don't know exactly where this circuit runs, it is possible that there is something connected that...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    Doing this in breaks from work so a bit slow. No - so far I have just split it at the CU. I don't know where the furthest part is really as the circuit seems to run through part of the upstairs. However, I will now remove a socket some way away from the CU and do the tests again. I presume...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    OK. Here is what is happening to me. I have disconnected all six ends from the CU as I don't want to test the whole board, just this one circuit. Neon bulbed spur is switched off (this feeds an outside socket). Nothing is plugged into any socket as far as I can tell. (Do I need to worry...
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    Fault on Ring final circuit

    :cool: I will definitely fix it. But please remember I am an amateur at DIY electrics and to a degree have to learn (courtesy of YT vids from GSH etc) as I go along. Hence it takes me ages to do what you guys would regard as obvious. Naturally I want it all to be safe. Obviously I will get...

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