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    A good sparky works with one hand in his pocket

    Hi fellas, I'm Tom and I'm new to the site, be great if we all could get along and share work experiences, work advice etc. The above quote is an old one I believe my old man told me it. Thanks for adding me to the site there is lots of useful information. Tom PS anyone noticed how...
  2. A

    socket outlet

    A microwave oven is to be installed above a built in oven in a tall kitchen unit, is it ok to have the socket behind the microwave inside the unit? or is it better to make a hole in the back of the unit and have the socket outlet on the wall. If I remember right the part of the unit which...
  3. R

    unexpected day off with sad reasons behind it

    I woke up this morning to find my whole road cordoned off and police everywhere after my neighbour was murdered this morning. Police wont let us move any cars and forensics are everywhere. Rather annoying that i lose a days money but nothing that i can do about it. Apparantly an arguement was...
  4. S

    SSO behind a cooker

    Hi Guys I would be grateful for some advice. Can you spur off the cooker outlet in 10mm to a sso to be used for plug in cooker or a ignition for a gas cooker. If it was a normal size electric cooker the sso would not be used but if it was a plug in cooker/gas ignition the outlet would not be...
  5. M

    New stables behind house/garage

    Hi Ive been asked to fit some lights and a socket in a new stable yet to be built but its giving me a bit of a head ache. I haven't done a stable before so i just want to check with people in the know whats the best way of going about it. First of all there will be two stables sited in a paddock...
  6. A

    Going back to college to get an electrical Trade behind me

    Hi all, Im Aaron new to this site, i am going back to college in September and will be doing Electrical Engineering.I am currently working in a warehouse and need a change will be doing the evening classes around my job.I am from the South East,and know a few people in this trade,i was talking...
  7. B

    twin socket box found behind shower tray!

    Hi Guys need a little help here! My uncle has had a leak from his shower which has in time got worse - in fact it has started to drip through the ceiling. He decided to remove all the tiles above the shower tray approx 1 mtr high to expose the problem - in doing so he noticed that these tiles...
  8. M

    Plug sockets behind stacks of rockwool slab insulation.... Safe?

    Hi all Just wanted to run this by the experts and see whether it would be a problem.... I have a small home studio and in the corners there are stacks of "Rockwool" (it's actual Knauf Rocksilk RS60)that look something like this: My DIY SuperChunks Plus & Soffit Corner Traps (Pics) -...
  9. O

    Cable grouping within capping behind dot and dab

    Is there any restriction with regard to technical or regultatory issues as to the number of cables which can be contained within 1" pvc or metal capping behind plasterboard. For example either: a) Two 1.5mm lighting cables b) Two 2.5mm c) One 2.5mm and two 1.5mm (cables will be touching) -Are...
  10. Energetic

    The numbers behind the Chinese panel prices.

    The details of what we've been hearing all year. China's solar energy high-flyers defy financial gravity
  11. S

    Skirting trunking

    Hi, I've been looking at ways of routing cable around a room perimeter behind a skirting. I know that the skirting is not a safe zone so therefore 522.6.101 comes into play requiring mechanical protection of some kind. How therefore does pvc skirting trunking comply? Could I hide the trunking...
  12. vjsmarwick

    items under work tops ?

    Can I just ask how many of you hard wire your appliances under the work tops these days or do you use the plugs ? I hard wire everything just for the fact with the 13A dp above the counter there is no need of the plug below and you don't want to have to pull the items out just to change a fuse...
  13. M

    Socket behind washing machine near drain pipe blown fuse

    Hi, I have a socket behind a washing machine near the the open washing machine drain stand pipe. I am guessing that the pipe was blocked and the water overflowed and leaked onto the socket and blew the fuse. The machine is new so I contacted the landlord who sent an electrician around, he...
  14. T

    Intake behind bath taps

    Anyone ever seen this before? The intake at the back of the bath just behind taps, and fuse board just above bath taps in a cupboard.. Would you code this? It's hard to see there but there's the supply cable coming up from floor, a 6mm earth onto the armouring, then tails from the cut out, this...
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    Switch spur behind fridge what can you do

    I installed a switch spur behind fridge customer was not impressed, but what can you do in this situation I assured him it was perfectly fine, no cupboards next to fridge only way round it to make the fridge sit flush anyone else had a situation like this.
  16. J

    Trim ring / spacers for behind switches ??

    Hi all Im looking for the plates that go behind switches, bringing the switch off the wall a few mill and they look like a very small picture frame Fitted them n the past but now they seemed to have disappeared Anyone know where I can get one ? Preferably chrome Thanks Jack
  17. N

    Cable Behind Skirting Boards?

    Hi all, just wandering what the view is on running a 2.5mm radial circuit behind a skirting board when it's fully protected by a new 17th ed. RCD protected CU. thanks in advance Neil
  18. V

    Would an RCD have save these?

    Would an RCD have saved these poor mites or were they 3 blind mice? This was a CU I had to check over today.
  19. B

    Wallpaper behind sockets and light switches

    I have noticed that professional decorators cut out the wallpaper around switches and sockets so that the edge of the paper can be seen around the fitting. I have always removed the fitting, wallpapered then trimmed the paper to the edge of the back box and replaced the fitting, this way looks...
  20. T

    how close to pipe work

    pic shows some pipework enclosed in trunking can i route cables over pipework enclosed in mini trunking? thanks

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