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Dear EricMark, Many thanks for your response. I thought that running "standard" twin & earth cables channeled into plaster on stone was standard fare in older houses! In fact, I would not expect the ring main to carry more than 5 amps, with brief periods ( a few minutes) of double that...

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Ericmark, First, thank you for your detailed response. There is a 100ma RCD on entire consumer unit, so I suppose I am "safe" in terms of burying wires. Yes, I do not have a 5kw switch, but a 45 amp dual pole switch, so that is easy. I do not remember where I saw the "2 meter rule&quo...

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When running 2.5mm or 4.0mm cables through a channel cut into stone walls - there will be capping and plaster over them - is there any limit to how many cables can run in one channel? i need to run from the consumer unit to a ring main AND a spur. Also, when cables are running on the surface though ...

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I understand that I must have a 5KW double pole switch for a demand under-sink water heater, and that it must be within 2 meters of the device. But can the switch be in the same under-sink cupboard as the heater, or must it be visible and easily accessible? Lastly, the consumer unit has an RCD, must...

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