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    DB in bathroom cupboard?

    Hi All, I will be carrying out a EICR on a property that has the DB in the bathroom cupboard. I haven't come across this before so am looking for some pointers of what to look out for. What are the general guide lines for this, it is ok as long as it's ......... thanks for any advice!
  2. C

    under cupboard lighting help

    hi i am at ajob and the customer has already fitted the under cupboar lights all of which are different which is somewhat annoying. i have brought the transformers for them and the are the correct rating. i just dont have a clue how to fit them. this is the first time i have ever had to fit...
  3. E

    Washing Machine not on RCD

    Hello all, This is my first post on this forum. I'm installing a new circuit in my bungalow to become approved (probably NIC). On one hand, I'd like to practise and prove all kinds of fancy things . . . on the other, I just need to do it cheaply. I've plumbed my washing machine into my...
  4. E

    Electrical cupboard?

    Hi folks, I've just bought a house and the door is missing to the little cupboard which houses the main cut out and meter, etc. Anyone know where I can get one from?
  5. S

    Moving clipped cable in cupboard.

    HiBit of advice please. Helping a chap on a job, just a tiny little hiccup for him, he's refitting a bathroom & is removing the airing cupboard...as I have done many times, the upstairs lighting circuit has been rewired (along with rest of house 15 years ago) making crafty use if the said airing...
  6. M

    Shower switch in airing cupboard

    Can I put a shower switch in the airing cupboard as there isn't a place that would be suitable for a pull cord
  7. C

    Under Cupboard Lights

    Planning a new kitchen and trying to keep the chasing and rewiring to a minimum. What's the "norm" for switching under cupboard lights? Not got the lights yet so can plan now and get it right! I was thinking fit an FCU off of the kitchen ring place high up under the wall cupboards then put the...
  8. S

    Best way to wire a FCU to switch to light

    What's the best way to wire an FCU that fed an old immersion heater now disconnected to power a light that is to be fitted in a cupboard upstairs. The FCU is halfway in the cupboard so a bit far to use a switched fcu for the downlight so I need to connect a switch near the door. Would this be...
  9. L

    Help with PIR codes for these items

    Doing a PIR in a two bed flat, Im wondering what codes to give the following: 1. CCU is in the Kitchen mounted just above the skirting at 200mm height from FFL. Cheers Mike
  10. S

    Installing equipment in meter cupboard

    Hi folks, external meter cupboard, thinking about installing Henley block, isolator and RCD to an outbuilding in it. The backboard has printed on it: Property of [elec co] nothing to be added" etc. Are there any rules about this? Can I add provided it's done properly? I want the elec co to...
  11. T

    Labelling and Identification

    In the middle of installing our system for MCS approval on my own house. I am sure we could have life a little easier if we had chosen a house without rosemary tiles and putting panels in landscape with a cruciform rail system. But I suppose it is better to learn and make mistakes here rather...
  12. S

    DNO meter cupboard - asbestos cement board base?

    Have a look at this folks... Does the grey base of this 1975 meter cupboard look like asbestos board to you? If it is, and new works are planned that would involve cutting into it, is the DNO obliged to replace the cupboard with something more modern? Thanks!
  13. P

    Boiler in Shower room

    Hello everyone, This is both intro and begging info! I’ve viewed threads for quite a while and it’s been very helpful so thank you. I’ve also recently answered a few threads for fear of being cast into the abyss following Dan’s warning email sent to all of us non posters! I trained a hell of...
  14. M

    Fused Spur Location

    Can anyone confirm or deny that the fused spur used to isolate the boiler and all associated controls has to be local to the boiler. It makes sense that it should be, but I haven't seen it specified on any of the wiring schematics. All the schematics that I have found still suggest that the...
  15. M

    External Meter Cupboard

    I have some main earth bonding to be installed to two flats and the only route is external on the wishes of the client. I will be installing the earth cable within some black conduit for neatness. My main question is can i install the conduit into the top of the extenal meter box which pertrudes...
  16. T

    Henley Block in meter cupboard

    Hi all This is my first message in the forum. I was wondering if it is ok to fit a henley block inside an internal meter cupboard then exit with 2 sets of tails vertically out from the top of the meter cupboard. Further more would I need to use stuffin glands to secure cables exit from meter box.
  17. R

    Location of cooker iso's in Cupboards

    Hey guys ! So on Job where they have converted a room into studio flat inc a Kitchen prob is its so tight in there its a real squeeze to get anything in. Basically got elec Hob and oven. both fed in 6mm to cooker switch and plate. one of each for hob and cooker. But they are located in...
  18. J

    Can cutout/meter be insider kitchen cupboards.

    Is it permissible to install a kitchen cupboard over the cutout/meter board? Is there any regulation regarding how far the sink needs to be from the meter?
  19. H

    Cooker switch

    Hi Guys probably a really simple method, but when you install a cooker switch, it is normally to the left/ right of the cooker, so do you guys put the cooker connection unit or a socket, directly below the switch in a cupboard, or do you put it behind the cooker? If behind the cooker do you...
  20. i=p/u

    adding socket of a spur

    i need to add a socket in kitchen for 2300w coffee perc machine. the house is bs 3036 fuse with no rcds, so was thinking just buying a socket with rcd incorparated. there is a socket above cooker hood which is a spur and would be handiest place to take from, as i can just run along the top of...

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