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    External halogen light wired directly to hallway light circuit - No isolater / switch

    Hello Brianmoooore, Thanks for yor reply - Sorry that I did not see your message until today - the Forum replies notification emails about your reply and Member mainline`s went into my Spam folder which I don`t check often enough. Your suggestion [and Member mainline`s] makes perfect sense and...
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    External halogen light wired directly to hallway light circuit - No isolater / switch

    Hello James, Thanks for your message. The points you described are good news for my neighbour because as you mentioned he will just be able to connect the new Halogen Floodlight PIR operated light to the existing cable - obviously ensuring that the power to the existing light is definitely off...
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    External halogen light wired directly to hallway light circuit - No isolater / switch

    Hello littlespark, Thanks for your message. The front door frame where the cable goes through is a frame where there is a glass panel above the actual door so the frame goes from the hallway floor up to the ceiling. The cable for the halogen light goes from the light through the top corner of...
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    External halogen light wired directly to hallway light circuit - No isolater / switch

    Hello All, I hope that asking this does not annoy too many Members who think that the answer should be obvious to me: Last night at my next door neighbour`s house who is away on holiday for the next 12 days one of his external halogen PIR controlled lights above the front door came on and...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello oscar21, When I wrote about cables heating up I meant that IF a cable heated up that heat could not dissipate correctly if the cable was enclosed or contacting insulation. I would have thought that as we know some domestic electrical installation cables definitely do heat up - for...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello Felix24, The Electrical cables in the floor void of the flat above are existing. Depending upon their direction across the Kitchen area some are in holes drilled through the approximate centre of the joists and some that are routed along the run of the joists were just laying on the...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello again, The last thing that I wanted to do was to irritate you. I did refer to what you wrote about there being regulations about this for new build properties with cable types / sizes and runs being designed to allow them to run through various Building materials including insulation...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello Felix24, I have wondered for decades about ownership of the above ceiling / underfloor void from an upstairs flat - I have never been able to find the answer to any property despite over many years asking almost everyone that I know who owns a flat. I have asked some people whether...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello again, The reason why I thought that there would be a regulation about electrical cables and insulation is because during the last 30 years or more including at present existing cables are being enclosed / covered or at least contacted by insulation as part of energy efficiency...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Sorry - I usually do this on documents / instruction sheets when typing the title so it is a habit. Also tonight In thought thatit might make my urgent request for help stand out in the thread list. I will definitely try to remember not to use all capital letters in the thread title when I...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello nicebutdim, Thanks very much for your reply. I am surprised that there is no regulation to cover this situation even for high power draw cables supplying Electric showers or Immersion Heaters which I assume could become a fire hazard if enclosed in insulation ? I understand your...
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    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello All, I have just found out that a family member who is having some Building work done has been advised to insulate above the Kitchen ceiling of their flat with Rockwool type insulation - above their ceiling and into the floor void of the flat above. I have told them that Electrical POWER...
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    Can I use a 4mm T&E for a 7.5Kw shower?

    Hello wigwamabama, I worded that part of my reply to telectrix badly - what I was trying to describe was that the temperature rise from the very cold incoming Mains water was so poor that the people had to get into the Bath almost the minute that the Hot water from the Combi Boiler was run into...
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    Can I use a 4mm T&E for a 7.5Kw shower?

    Hello telectrix, I have regularly measured the temperature of Mains water to show people the BIG difference in Summer / Spring water temperatures compared to an average cold Winter day or night Mains water temperature - usually relating to them asking why their Combi Boiler or Electric Shower...
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    45 AMP DP ISOLATOR SWITCH TO IMMERSION HEATER QUERIED BY ELECTRICIAN

    Hello again Gentlemen, Thanks for all of your replies. I do know for a fact that there is a 10mm cable directly from the Consumer Unit to the Hot Water Cylinder / 45 Amp DP isolator switch because it was run when I was installing a Heating system [including a new Hot Water Cylinder] at the...
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    45 AMP DP ISOLATOR SWITCH TO IMMERSION HEATER QUERIED BY ELECTRICIAN

    Hello All, Sorry if this is a ridiculous question - as I am not an Electrician I wanted to check whether my initial thoughts were correct before answering a question from a neighbour I have been asked by a neighbour whether a 45 Amp DP switch with Neon indicator is a correct isolator switch...
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    With new laws/Regulations coming into affect for The rental market!!

    Hello All, I am not trying to irritate Members by posting on this [as I am not an Electrician] and I was only looking at this thread because I thought that the New Regulations would affect one of my relatives who rents out a Flat. When I read the Guide for Landlords Section 8 - This...
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    Gluing alarm cables to UPVC Window frames & Door architraves

    Hello again Tuxornot, Thanks for your message. I know exactly what You mean when you describe an Electricians Trade as not being easy - dealing with Regulations, Customers, other Trades, Admin, Competent Persons Schemes, LABC etc. I have been a Plumber, Heating Engineer & Gas Engineer for...
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    Gluing alarm cables to UPVC Window frames & Door architraves

    -- Hello again Tuxornot and DPG, To update this and perhaps also help future readers: I used this Superglue to attach the Alarm cables to the UPVC Window and Door architrave: Toolstation Industrial Superglue High Viscosity / Thick - 50G bottle - £2.65...
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    Gluing alarm cables to UPVC Window frames & Door architraves

    Hello Tuxornot, Thank You for posting your recommendation of Soudal High Tack Adhesive & Sealant and a description of how to use it to glue cables ans sensors etc. to UPVC frames. I am sure that it would be very helpful to any future readers of this thread if they persevere enough to get to...

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