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    Outbuilding appliances

    Hi all, Currently replacing all wiring and the CU in an outbuilding with a new Metal Clad fully wired with SWA. There is currently a tumble dryer and fridge freezer plugged into the same double socket which forms part of a 3 socket ring circuit. My plan was to use a spare way on the CU to have...
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    If You Have A Tumble Dryer Read This

    TUMBLE DRYER sorry about the title seems they are causing fires with a fluff build up on the heating element and a lot have been affected Creda, Indesit and Hotpoint see link below 'Significant number' of Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda tumble dryers 'pose a fire risk' - ITV News
  3. Q

    hand dryers

    Hi I am wiring 3 x 1650 w hand dryers would a 4mm radial circuit on a 32 amp mcb be suitable ? Thanks
  4. A

    Outside Sockets Tripping But Inside Sockets Fine?

    Hello, Just had new consumer fitted during recent kitchen revamp. Had a couple of external sockets fitted as well. One fixed to the rear exterior wall, while the other one is fitted inside the garage. The Consumer Unit is Wylex (NHISS10SL) 10 Way Dual RCD The Sockets are storm weatherproof...
  5. C

    Body Dryer !! for inside a shower cubicle

    Morning, has anybody ever come across 1 of these things ??? Local plumber has asked if I can wire 1 up not seen it, yet, but don't like sound of it. an advice Cheers
  6. JD6400

    Electromagnetic effects , star / delta motor wiring ?

    I occasionally come across reasonably sized ( not for some of you , I know ! ) star delta motors that have been run in 2 x 3core swa . Now after looking in to this in the past , it has been suggested that as they tend to be only on motors up to 30kw or so , and as the loading per phase will be...
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    electrical hand dryer for sale

    here for sale are 2 electric hand dryers eflows they come with installation instructions and fixings etc can deliver for a fee of £10 open to offers these are valued at about 300 pound but im open to offers heres a link which are identical to these eFlow Hand Dryer - from PARRS UK please feel...
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    Tumble Dryer+oven+extension Lead=pop

    Not easy to see in the image but the Live and Neutral are fused together. I ripped the top off to see what happened. It was in a B and B house kitchen.
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    Bathroom Hairdryer

    Hello All Wise and Wonderful Persons!!!! :rofl: (only joking!) I am currently working in a house which is being complete refurbished. Whilst walking through the job with the client, he asked if it was possible to have a power supply for a hairdryer within the basin unit in the bathroom, so...
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    dryer wont work

    Hello. I got a new clothers dryer and before I attached the wire to the dryer I stupidly attached the wire to the wall!:banghead: then touched the other end of the wire to my fingers, and pow! I didn't feel any pain luckily. The end of the wire that attaches to the dryer was burnt and I had to...
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    Wet room shower area

    Done a periodic test and failed a spur unit which was supplying a hair dryer hanging up in wet room in a commercial building the spur was less than 3 metres from the edge of zone 1 so this is why I failed it gave it a code 2 now the client has questioned it as they don't want to move the hair...
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    Do hand dryers require RCD protection

    Guys i'm doing an EICR at the minute. Do hand dryers for public use require RCD protection? Wired in singles in earthed steel pipe, no bath or shower in the room........
  13. K

    RCD for hand dryers

    I've had a few recommendations from other contractors from recent EICR's stating that there should be RCD protection to hand dryers and water heaters in toilet areas of commercial buildings. There are no showers in these areas, the wiring is mostly surface (plastic conduit) and its not domestic...
  14. J

    Hardwired hairdryer in a bathroom

    I have been given a spec for a pretty high end bathroom and the thing that jumped out at me was a hairdryer is to be hard wired into a drawer underneath the sink. Id always though that it was only fixed equipment such as heaters that could be hardwired but having had a scrawl through the regs to...
  15. S

    Hand Dryer

    Hi there Been asked to look at replacing hand dryer is campsite toilets. Looking online for suitable ones, and found one that says suitable for ZONE U Where is Zone U Thanks
  16. S

    Electric Hand Dryers

    Got to connect 4 x electric hand dryers tomorrow in 4 x different toilets. Was going to spur off the nearest socket point for each one, with an rcd spur by each dryer, via trunking/conduit. Silly question, but do they need to be rcd spurred, if there is no shower??? Believe it or not they come...
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    hand dryer distance from sink

    good afternoon, does anyone know if there is a minimum distance required between a hand dryer and the sink ? thanks in advance
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    Tumble Dryer Tripping Rcd

    I have a 3 month old condensing tumble dryer, which has recently started tripping out the RCD (63A, 30mA) within 30 secs of being on. I've tested the RCD, which was going out at 18mA, and the tumble has an earth leakage of 1.17mA. I have now changed the RCD, but still continues to trip, within...
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    Hair dryers

    Don't laugh!!! Client wants a socket in a small bathroom so they can use a hairdryer. Bathroom is too small so its a no, no. So the alternative is a class 2 unit using the shaver point for the supply - so as I know absolutely nothing about hair dryers are there products on the market for this...
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    Hand dryer

    Hi guys, wondered if anyone could be so kind as to recommend a decent hand dryer suitable for domestic use? Customer currently has 3 small ones fitted in his property but they are pretty useless, ie insufficient drying time making them pointless. Looking for something reasonably fast without...

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