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    Cupboard lighting push switch

    Hi all. I've just bought a cupboard push switch to turn the cupboard lights on when I open the door. It's just a single in-line switch in a plastic housing. The switch will be switching 240v mains taken from the lighting circuit but what are you thoughts... should I wire and switch the live...
  2. S

    Appliances in bathroom cupboard

    Seems to be a lot of conflicting views online about this. Know someone who’s getting a new bathroom and are keen to put washing machine and tumble dryer in a cupboard in bathroom. My question is does the partition & door class it as another room? Outside zones? Tried to upload picture but won’t...
  3. El Kid

    Installing RCBO-Surge Protector inside Meter Cupboard

    Hi, need your advise please as need to take supply for Electric car charger from the meter cupboard. This meter cupboard has an isolator and already has Henley blocks from which supply can be drawn to feed the RCBO-SPD device. I have made a mock up of the intention in the image below (RCBO-SPD...
  4. robertl

    Consumer unit in cupboard in Shower Room

    Hi All, looking for some assistance on this as finding different information wherever i look. We have a garage external to the house, which we are turning into a small 1 bedroom flat, due to the layout the shower room will have to be located in the corner where the garage consumer unit is...
  5. LewisM

    Triangle Under cupboard lights

    Hello, can anybody recommend some triangle under cupboard lights if pre wired preferably a 2-3m flex
  6. Shaun-

    Metal Supply Cupboard Used As MET

    Hi, first time poster, long time lurker. Guess I'll have to start getting involved... Just looking for some advice really on something I haven't come across before (I don't usually work on farms). So I'm working on an installation that is TN-C-S (PME too) and I'm putting in a new TT sub-main...
  7. EmmCee

    Under cupboard lighting - question about socket type.

    Hi there, I've just moved in to a new place, and it looks as though there's been some under cupboard lighting installed previously, but I've never had it and don't recognise the socket type, and which lights (and where to get them) will work with it. VERY basic question, I know, but it's one I...
  8. W

    Cables clipped direct in cupboard

    Wondering what everyone’s take on this would be, cables coming out the ceiling inside a cupboard clipped down the door facing then along the skirting and into Consumer Unit, I know this is acceptable but would you guys be fitting a mini trunking if you were Upgrading the consumer unit or would...
  9. M

    Wardrobe Cupboard Lighting

    Hi Guys I've been asked to install Wardrobe Cupboard Lights to switch on when the customer is selecting their clothes. I was asked for normal downlights but they would be far too bright for the space but the centre of the roof has a beam in the way so its a no go anyway. Has anybody got any...
  10. C

    electrical accessories in boiler cupboard

    Hi, getting a new kitchen installed and noticed we have a single socket and spur unit within our existing tower unit where boiler is enclosed. Is there any regulations now that affect this ? Thanks
  11. D

    UK Consumer unit in a meter cupboard

    Can a 1-way unit be installed in a meter cupboard? My meter is at the rear of the property and consumer unit at the front. The meter is due to be changed in a fortnight's time and wondered if i could ask that room is left to accommodate one. The reason i ask is that i ordered an EV in October...
  12. M

    New DB in old council block cupboard?

    Hi all. Go easy on me never changed a consumer unit that needs to fit in meter/consumer unit cupboard for old council blocks. Have attached a video thought I had taken some photos seems not. Have seen wylex boards used before but not sure what the best options are at the moment. Any point in...
  13. T

    Strange noise from electrical cupboard

    Hi I live in a one bed apt. We've got a utilities cupboard with boiler, fuse box, and a large maybe 2ft x 2 ft sealed unit which is linked up to the fusebox, so excuse my ignorance but presume thats something electrical.. Anyway, maybe one a week for a few hours strange noises come from it...
  14. M

    Gas meter in cupboard and electric outlet proximity

    Hello, I just hired an electrician to check and move an electric outlet to go under the TV in a cupboard adjacent to a gas meter, they did do it (attached pic). I was assured it was legal and safe (now not entirely convinced because of what I read about 1.5m rule). So if anyone could advice...
  15. Dartlec

    Skeleton board install in Mantel cupboard and extending single insulated cables

    Had to do a CU change in this lovely heat, so naturally it was a bit of a bugger... Replacing a Wylex skeleton board with Type 2 breakers for a Wylex skeleton board, as client wanted it to remain hidden. The previous board "enclosure" was made up of the nasty brown plastic front (always...
  16. M

    Novice needs help!! Under Cupboard Lighting

    Help!!! After trawling the web for LED under cupboard lighting and getting totally confused, I thought I would join the forum to see if anyone can suggest my best options. I have 2 runs of cupboards on opposite sides of the kitchen,each measuring 1.4mtr. At the moment I have a 221mm S15 LED 5w...
  17. T

    Micc tails from meter cupboard

    Hi all,been to look at flat today and it requires a new Consumer unit. Its an old porcelain type of fuse holder and shield and some of them are damaged. The flat is in one of these 60's built blocks with a meter cupboard on each floor. In the meter cupboard is the service head, meter and an...
  18. S

    UK Fuse link

    Hi folks, Can anyone tell me more about a fuse link (I came across several in a communal cupboard today) . Was not expecting this and immediate thought was Bodget and Scarper had been here. Best described as a brass link similar to a piece of galv pipe inserted in place of a BS88..hence my concern!
  19. B

    Electric metre cupboard

    Looking to run some power to my shed, my metre cupboard is opposite my shed 5 metres max, I have a smart metre and DNOs isolator, if I replaced the DNOs isolator and put a new 3 way metal unit in there so I’m changing the isolator like for like and then I’ll just feed an MCB from bottom of...
  20. RapsterUK

    Kitchen under cupboard lighting wiring

    Hi all, we recently moved into a house that has a recently fitted new kitchen. One thing that was never finished was the under cupboard lighting (under the top cupboards to light the worktops) We were told the wiring was already there and connected to an existing switch. There is indeed wiring...

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