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    Benefits of single grid switch?

    Hi all, Is there a benefit to using a grid switch if its only a 1 gang switch? Fair enough if you require a 3 or 4 gang grid switch but not if its only a 1 gang. I recently worked in a low risk mental health unit which used these. The building is fairly old so is this what was generally used...
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    Metal clad double sockets

    Got one for a job, from cef. connected bw gland 20mm into top centre face. Went to fit faceplate and isn't designed to accept gland in from top. Utter rubbish.
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    CU blanking plate

    need advice please, is the blanking plate for consumer unit one type fits all make.
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    HAGER db board parts ?????

    Hey all. been called to job for PIR, one of the problems is the cable entry on top of the db board has not been done tidy and is not that old. the board is a 3 phase , but 16mm armoured cable hasnt been glanded or anything but has just been dropped through the gap in the top of the board...
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    Induction hob and oven switching

    Hi All, As part of one of my jobs for NIC accreditation I'm fitting an induction hob (8kw) and double oven (>2kw combined) the customer has requested they have separate switches on the same plate but does not want the oven on a socket should they change specification at a later date, any advice...
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    3 gang switch options

    Hi, I'm wiring a 3 way lighting circuit along side 2 x 2 ways. I need a 3 gang switch that contains 2 x 2 way switches and 1 intermediate to suit all circuits and look like all my other light switches. Does anyone have any experience if switches of this type are freely available? Can I pick...
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    3 plate wiring

    hello chaps need some advice on 3 plate wiring, 1 of my bedroom lights wont work and all the others are fine , tried everything , bulbs , lampholders and no joy , any ideas as i think it may be the wire down to the switch thats the problem , any other reasons u can offer me please , thanks
  8. keniff

    Domestic cooker

    About to use one of those double outlets for oven and hob igniter just wondering what everyone's views are on connecting hob igniter straight in on the outlet plate as there is no way of over loading the hob cable. I normally fuse down with spur but this outlet plate looks handy and can both be...
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    Reuse old switches

    Ive just started a rewrite on a large grade A listed building and the client wants to reuse the switches as a period feature but I'm not sure! The switches are the toggle type with a brass face plate that goes over the switches and is held in place with lock rings. The back boxes are cast...
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    Flat plate screwless sockets

    yesterday went to look at a kitchen that had been installed by a wren kitchen installer ,problem was there spark installed 25mm deep back boxes then half way thru squeezing the sockets and faceplates on realised the boxes were to small and left them all unfinished ......what a nightmare had to...
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    Warning Lables on Grid Switch.

    I've been to an office block today to move some lights in a suspended ceiling and label the light switches with it's operation. There was a 12 way grid switch with 3 banks of 3 switches and an emergency light test switch. Each bank of switches was fed via its own mcb and on a different phase...
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    RCD FCU in bathroom

    Hi, i have been asked to install a towel rail in bathroom. Looks like there was already a towel rail there before as there is a blanking plate low level which has a feed in it from a fcu outside the bathroom. There is no RCD protection on the circuit (old fuse board). I was thinking of...
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    two way switching in three places

    i have a cosmetic problem that i am looking for an answer for. got a bedroom that has 2 way and intermediate switching in place at the main switch is the three core and the live and switched live at switch 3 there is the other end of the three core and also bedside light switch, which is 1 way...
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    White Astra Van. 53 plate.

    White Astra van for sale. CD player. Ply lined with fold down factory fitted seats in the back. Message me for more details. £1550 Www.aeskent.co.uk
  15. DaveyD

    6mm T&E to Cooker Switch 6mm to outlet plate for Hob AND Single socket

    Hi Guys Any solutions for an outlet plate for hob and "plugtop" cooker. I see click do a duel outlet plate but I need 6mm to outlet plate and socket for the oven. (I do not want to run the oven off the kitchen circuit, hence the question) Thanks in advance Regards, David
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    cooker connection plate with more room

    hi can anyone recommend a cooker connection plate with good cable access when cable is coming from the top? just fitted a click 45A cooker plate with the recommended 35mm backbox, but the existing cable was only long enough to feed via the top, and the room available was very limited even for a...
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    Replacing LAP 'Clip-on front plate with cutting edge design'

    Any trick to replacing the front covering after removal for wallpapering? I got the fan switch cover back on, but the light switch cover just keeps popping off. LAP 1-Gang 2-Way 10AX Light Switch Brushed Chrome Product Code: 68137 from Screwfix. I have four more to go!! Many thanks.
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    cooker outlet plate and socket

    hi guys after a little advice, customer having new cooker, he has told me that they have a 6mm 32amp cooker circuit and CCU (incorporating socket). which feeds a double socket below the counter. the old cooker and ignitor for the hob plugged via plug top into the double socket. The new cooker...
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    Will flat plate double socket and spur switch fit in dual box??

    Evening all, Ive first fixed a double back box and single box together with one of those box spacer things. Someone told me that the problem with these things is that socket and spur switch will not fit together if they are the flat type as they are wider. I this true?
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    Light Switch horizontal to Junction Box then vertical into ceiling?

    Hi there, I've just had a sparky come round and do this work, but i'm not sure it's correct, or even legal. But i'm no spark. Please see the attached picture. The junction box is where the light switch used to be, but we've put a fake wall up and as such needed the light switch there and this...

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