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    Socket outlet in a toilet?

    Hi all, just wondered if there is any specific guidance in the regs with relation to socket outlets in toilets? Just in the process of doing a full rewire and the client has requested a socket in an outside toilet, ( new one on me and god knows what they want it for but hey, who am i to pry! )...
  2. A

    socket outlet

    A microwave oven is to be installed above a built in oven in a tall kitchen unit, is it ok to have the socket behind the microwave inside the unit? or is it better to make a hole in the back of the unit and have the socket outlet on the wall. If I remember right the part of the unit which...
  3. J

    Maximum size MCB on a 16A socket outlet

    Hi guys this is my first post asking a question so here goes! I'm currently having a debate with my boss who is adement that you can only have a 16A MCB on a 16A socket outlet. I'm sure I've seen somewhere in the regs or OSG that the maximum size MCB is a 20A on a 16A socket (Don't ask me why...
  4. J

    Different phases for a 13A socket outlet and 5A socket outlet 2" apart

    Hi all. We're currently wiring a large domestic dwelling that has a 3 phase supply. We would like to balance phases as accurately as possible, but due to the lighting control system we have a situation where we have a 13A socket on one phase sited next to a 5A socket on another phase. These...
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    E&N Wired Incorrectly - Socket Outlet

    Last week I came across a double socket that had the neutral wired into the earth terminal and the the earth wired in the neutral terminal. I understand the concept of why it would still work, however because the return current from that particular load plugged into that socket would flow back...
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    Socket outlet from a lighting feed?

    Pretty sure I know what you will say but I wanted to run it by the forum before I give the client an answer...... I've been asked (for some reason) to install a socket in their loft. The problem is that the only accessible cable is the 1.5mm T&E permanent feed for the loft light. Is there...
  7. M

    socket outlet near a sink in a school science classroom

    I wonder if anyone can help? IM testing a school classroom and they have large sinks with RCd socket outlets above them. I'm sure this isn't right but can't find a reg. Number to prove my
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    4gang socket outlet

    Please can someone tell me where I can get a 4 gang socket outlet? I have searched high and low and only one place I got a replacement one from before seem to supply a batch which develops a fault with the switches in the socket. It is a standard white one I am after which will fit to a 4 gang...
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    Domestic PME, Radial socket outlet problem

    Domestic PME, have two 2.5mm t&e on a B32 mcb, if this was a ring at sometime then the continuity is broken somewhere and i cannot locate the break. No access to underfloor, no spare ways in the CU, has RCD protection to 30mA. I'm thinking it is not compliant to put two Skt Radial cct's on one...
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    IR Testing at a Socket Outlet

    Anyone give me some advice on IR Testing a domestic install at a socket outlet. I've been asked to replace a light fitting, so wanted to perform an IR test on the lighting circuit as part of my initial verification. The CU is packed and quite hard to access it in the cupboard it's been boxed in...
  11. N

    socket outlet 50mm from edge of hobb but 350 mm high?

    Is this permissable or could steam form on the socket face plate or on a cable plugged into the socket and run down to say the kettle or a toaster? I believe the regs recomend a min 300mm? The installation is split load and rcd protected. many thanks
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    IR Testing Domestic install by Back testing at a socket outlet

    Can anyone give me some advice on Insulation Resistance Testing a domestic install by means of 'Back Testing' at a socket outlet. I'm writing this with regard to MW and PIR - As a retired Sparky told me recently that if i test between L&E then N&E with all Fuses in or Mcb's on in the CU...
  13. W

    Changing a single socket outlet

    I have been asked to install a fridge guard on a plug in a chemist so that the firdge can not be turned off. The socket is mounted that close to the underside of the worktop that I can not do it without either moving the socket down approx 5 inch or turning the socket 180 degrees so that it is...
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    Is it ok to have a socket outlet very close to the consumer unit?

    I have recently fitted a Wireless alarm system for a friend. Its not hard wired to the mains its just got a plug in transformer that plugs into a socket outlet. He wants the alarm unit itself just above a small cudbard where the consumer unit is. unfortunately there is no socket outlet near...
  15. i=p/u

    broken socket outlet

    yo, went to fix socket outlet tonight, and what has happened is the wings inside back box has broken off, so faceplate wont screw back on. dont want to try get box out as is tiled. has any of yous just put large screw right through back of box.or have a better soloution.. thanks
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    The Evolution of the Socket Outlet - New Biz Opportunity?

    Hi Guys, Just read an interesting article from the GSM group, it says all the big mobile phone players have all opted for a standard usb connection for all their phones by 2012. My electrika update CD arrived in the post today and one of the new products highlighted in the mag was a single...
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    socket outlet on a lighting loop..! (6 amp MCB)

    Crawling around a loft today.. found a surface mount single gang socket outlet powering a TV antenae booster.. So I was preparing myself for the usual conversation about the fact that its not to regs etc etc.... however when i looked at it closer, I saw it was wired from the loop in the same...
  18. sythai

    13a socket outlet near a sink...?

    Hello again, Half way through kitchen job at mo, customer now wants a socket in utility room but only place it can go (units/work top already in) is right next to the sink. Would it be ok to put at above head height 2000 from FFL directly above sink (even though it will look absolute cr@p...
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    Socket Outlet max demand with diversity

    Hi all, I know this is true: Power - 100% of the first ring circuit + 40% of all other circuits But in real terms, lets say I have three ring final circuits, one with 5 double outlets and two others both with 3 double outlets: Is the max demand therefore 10 x 13A + ((12 x 13A) * 0.4) = 192.4A...
  20. K

    socket outlet

    Been to a customers house today she wants a TV putting on her bedroom wall so she will need a socket point behind the TV. Customer does not want carpets lifting or holes in the walls, the wall with the TV on is ok as its stud and I can get to it from the loft to put the power in there. So the...

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