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    Unswitched FCU in bathroom on rcd potected circuit outside of Zone 2

    I have been asked to put a panel heater in a bathroom which I had planned to put on an unswitched FCU within the bathroom but outside of Zone 2. Now that I have read the OSG Table 8.1 I am not sure that this is permitted. Do the regs class the FCU as a socket or am i allowed to do it. I was...
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    Can I connect an outdoor pir light to socket circuit via fcu

    Due to building layout I am finding it difficult to get a cable from the lighting circuit to power an outside light/pir coachlight combo. Is it ok to take the supply from a socket on a 20a radial (on a rcd). via a FCU fused down to 3a, and then 2m of 1.5mm to the light. Is this permissible in...
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    FCU in attic for TV

    Supply for TV in my bedroom, I extended ring into the attic and my plan was to have socket and TV outlet behind the TV, when the TV came it is one of them slim LED ones that hang to the wall sort like a picture, there’s no way you can have socket and plug top behind it as it hangs so close to...
  4. 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...
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    Does an IP66 FCU with built in timer exist??

    Hi all, As the title says, I'm looking for an IP66 FCU with a built in timer, so far I haven't found any, if anyone is aware of one I would be very grateful. It's to run a garden lamp post that has a photo electric switch, I only want it on for a couple of hours but with the current set up it...
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    Oven on FCU? But what size fuse?

    I've just been to change an oven tonight, should have been a straight swap. Large cooker isolator, fine, MCB at 32A, no RCD protection. Not brilliant, but OK for a like for like. Isolate, remove oven, then find the old oven is plugged into a double socket, with the hob ignition in the other...
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    Boiler FCU Spur question

    Hi Just wondering what your opinions are when it comes to installing an FCU for a boiler? 1) On its own circuit? 2) Off a lighting circuit? 3) Off a ring main circuit? What are the pros and cons if any etc? I am about to do one and was wondering what the general feeling is about it. Chris
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    FCU fault?

    Evening everyone Hope everyone is well. Just to make it clear i am not a qualified electrician. A friend of mine who is a Gas service engineer has mentioned that he went out to a job yesterday to upgrade an old boiler for a new one. He says he he had switched of the FCU and removed the fuse...
  9. Goody

    Is there any such thing called a double socket with FCU built in?

    I am planning to draw a supply for an attached garage from the existing ring in the kitchen. Ideally I want to have a FCU coming off the ring at the existing twin socket in the kitchen to feed this supply but the kitchen is tiled and the owner wouldn’t be happy if the décor gets damaged. So...
  10. S

    unused fcu in kitchen

    Some advise would make my life alot easier and get my wife off my back. ok here goes I have an unused fcu in the kitchen but it is still live. I want to know if it would be safe to tape up any wires so i can replace the front cover with a blank so it (looks better. its my kitchen)...
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    Loads on an FCU on a spur

    A friend of mine has recently asked me to help him do some work in his house, data cabling etc. and wants to put up a small data cabinet in the cupboard... The cupboard already has a double socket on a ring mains, and he is looking to connect this to a FCU which leads onto 2x 6-gang extension...
  12. C

    adding fcu to existing spur

    Hello I have a spur off the ring main via a junction box which supplies a double socket in the kitchen. I want to add a spur from this to supply a single socket for a fridge. Is it possible to add a fused connection unit into the existing spur wiring prior to the double socket , then take...
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    Spur from an FCU to an FCU?

    Evening all, Just been to look at a job and a little unsure how to handle one aspect of it: Client wants an outside socket and outside light put on their extension. In the extension is a cupboard housing the boiler. The cupboard has an FCU feeding a socket. Initially I thought of taking a...
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    Acceptable spur length from fcu

    Putting a final ring in kitchen and will have a fcu on the ring for the cooker hood. I want to then run from fcu up wall to a flex plate. Due a window above the fcu I can't run straight up and it also wouldn't be where the outlet needs to be. I can run down from the fcu, under the floor...
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    Washing Machine Into A Fcu?

    Been asked to take 2 fcu's off a ring main at the same point to supply a combi-boiler and a washing machine. Customer wants to have the washing machine connected directly to the fcu and not via a 3 pin plug. I'm not sure about chopping the plug of the washing machine, although I can't find...
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    fcu and 20amp dp

    Customer wants two 2.5kw heaters which are fed via a dedicated curcuits and protected by15amp mcb's sockets changed as another electrician said they need to be on 13amp fcu's and not 20amp double pole switches. Is he correct and would you replace and charge?
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    Single FCU Spurred from Spur?

    Another take on the 'spur from spur' questions. I'm in the middle of having an installation done and my contractor has taken a spur for a single FCU (for a cooker hood) from an existing spur (double socket). From the distant days when I used to do my own simple electrical work I thought spurs...
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    switched fcu question.

    switched fcu installed on a ring main. what would happen if one leg of the supply live was crossed over with the load live. am i right in thinking that the appliance would always be powered on ?? or would it be dependenat on the switch as if it was wired correctly? are they DP switched??
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    Fridge and freezer on one fcu?

    Hi this is a bit of a silly question but i'm not sure about it . can i run a d/socket off a fcu to feed a under worktop fridge and freezer ?
  20. telectrix

    FCU etc. in Bathroom

    fitting FCU in bathroom, for 600w element in towel rail . Fed from ring main, which is RCD protected. No probs. so far. Prob. is, cust. wants a vanity unit with integral shaver socket and light. If I supply this from the upstairs lighting, I will have to RCD that circuit as well to comply. The...

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