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    Socket spur

    Had a ring circuit with a spur feeding a 2 gang socket coming directly from the 32a mcb. Ring main has since been stripped out and just left with the spur. I have now fitted a 2 gang socket in 4mm directly below the cu, is it still acceptable to leave the 2.5 spur coming off the same 32a mcb?
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    what classes as been connected directly to the origin?

    Hi Just a quick question relating to filling out niceic test certs. Is a d.b deemed to be connected directly to the origin of an installation when supplied via an rccb? Am I right in thinking that if over current protection to any d.b is provided by the main distributors fuse then it is classed...
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    Not connecting inverter directly to consumer unit?

    According to the DTI's "Photovoltaics in Buildings" document: "An inverter supplied from a PV array must preferably be installed in a dedicated circuit in which: no current-using equipment is connected, and no provision is made for the connection of current-using equipment, and no...
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    Swimming Pool Circuit

    I've been doing a PIR today and to my horror and surprise I discovered that the only device, between the 60 Amp main distributors fuse and the pool pump was a 30A 10mA RCD (if you ignore the henley block, the 16mm tails! and the SWA) Looks like some remedial work is coming up! Given...
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    Cooker socket location and BS7671

    Hi, I have a friend who has just bought a house to let out and wants me to pop round this weekend and replace a cooker socket for him as the old one is big and unsightly. The problem is that it is mounted directly ABOVE the cooker! Now, the only mention that I have been able to find in the OSG...
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    domestic ring main with FCU connected directly to the ring feeding sockets

    Hi I am using a fused spur unit fused 13A fed from a ring main in a lean too shed for additional sockets. Is there a problem fitting on the end another spur box fused 2A to feed a light controlled by a 1 way switch the load of equipment only comes to 5A, supplied off the 13A spur?
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    Lightning rod directly over aerial cables

    I've got a question for anyone who knows anything about lightning strikes & conductor rods: I live in a four storey council block (around 100 flats in building) in London. Recently the council hired contractors to install around 20 lightning conductors from the roof down to the ground (it's a...
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    Heat alarm

    i am just rewiring my house and am unsure about putting in a interconnected heat alarm along with the 2 smoke alarms. I have totally refirbed the property so am thinking i need a heat alarm in the kitchen. In the british standard and the regs it says this can't be mounted DIRECTLY above oven...
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    light directly above shower cubicle

    Can anyone advise? iv been asked to fit some new lighting in a customers bathroom, they want one directly above the shower cubicle as its an enclosed cubicle( i.e 3 tiled walls trap to ceiling and door) so not much light in there. what zone would this position fall in and what fitting options...

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