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by holmedwa04
Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:54 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wall Lights and Problem with RCD
Replies: 4
Views: 3663

Change of plan, rather than buy a new RCD, we have tried fitting a supression unit out of an old washing machine, this seems to have done the trick and everything is working fine now! Thanks for everyones help and suggestions.
by holmedwa04
Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:57 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wall Lights and Problem with RCD
Replies: 4
Views: 3663

Hi again, we have decided to wire the wall lights into the main consumer unit on the side unprotected by the RCD. We have done this, but apparently, even now the RCD in the secondary consumer unit is still tripping when the lights are switched off, even though it is not connected to it. We have deci...
by holmedwa04
Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:52 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wiring a gas hob and electric oven
Replies: 3
Views: 10944

I feel that it is best to still use the cooker switch and cut the plugs off, but if you do this, you will need to put a fused spur in between the juction box going to the cooker switch and the actual appliences, this then protects the flex on the hob and the flex on the cooker.
by holmedwa04
Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:04 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wiring a gas hob and electric oven
Replies: 3
Views: 10944

As for chopping the plugs off and wiring them in, I shouldn't imagine that this is a problem, because it is protected by the MCB, but I can't be sure, so I wouldn't do that just yet, until someone knows whether you can, but I know for sure that the cooked switch and spare socket is there so that peo...
by holmedwa04
Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:04 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Does cabling to our electricity sockets need 'conduiting'
Replies: 5
Views: 4450

Flexable conduit is used to one, allow cables to be fed easily from one place to another and two, to stop them from being damaged. I remember using some flexable conduit underneath a concrete floor, to feed the cables it was a case of sticking a fair size piece of tape to the end of a piece of strin...
by holmedwa04
Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:39 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wall Lights and Problem with RCD
Replies: 4
Views: 3663

Hi, Thanks for your reply, but on installing them we used a hair drier to ensure that they were dry before putting the glass plate on front. I have looked into the problem a bit more and it seems that because they are 12V they have a transformer, this has a capacitor in it and when switching them of...
by holmedwa04
Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:12 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wall Lights and Problem with RCD
Replies: 4
Views: 3663

Wall Lights and Problem with RCD

Hi, Recently I have helped install some wall lights, these are connected to a secondary consumer unit that powers everything related to the garden. We have used armoured cable to ensure that it cant be damaged and where the lights have been installed we have used the drainage pipe used on sinks to a...
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