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    Access-only Areas Of The Forum - How Do I Gain Access?

    I've posted to the DIY area in the past. I can see my posts but I can't reply to them or make a new post. I think the rules have been changed but I'm not clear exactly what to do to regain access. Any advice welcome.
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    Wiring lights with unlabeled wires, please help

    You're right, I'd assumed they were in the UK. Let's see what type the OP's sockets are.
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    Wiring lights with unlabeled wires, please help

    See what the pros think first! It's hard not to buy from China, but the thing I bought with the switch in the neutral (so it stays live even when off) I complained about to the UK supplier and trading standards and it seems to have been taken off the UK market. Don't like to do that but it was...
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    Wiring lights with unlabeled wires, please help

    A DIYers point of view. You can shoot me down from a regulatory compliance point of view but I hope you'll think this makes sense from a practical one. The three wires look two core to me. I'd guess that they go to lampholders of a sort that is symmetrical like a GU10. You can buy a 'bare'...
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    New member introduction

    So if I buy all my materials from B&Q and read all their instructions, then I won't need any advice from here?
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    Thanks to all for your advice. I think there are several valid options but have gone for a 20A DP switch with flex outlet and cable grip replacing the FCU that will go up to 16A.
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    OK Midwest, so that's a 45A switch feeding a Scolmore Dual Cooker Outlet Plate. I'll link them with a short length of 6mm cable behind the back of the kitchen units. Both can fit on the existing surface boxes or I could get the longer box for the dual plate. Is that what you had in mind? It...
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    Here's the current setup. I think the main cable must be 6mm and the one joining the two switches 2.5mm.
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    It's way thicker than 2.5mm but I've just learned there's such a thing as 4mm. I'll have a look to see it's properly connected. I'll probably upload a couple of pictures but may be a while. If I was just replacing the switch with another switch I'd do it myself, if it needs a new cable run...
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    I've just got through to Bosch, they say it can be connected to a 32A radial circuit so long as total load is under that (which it is). So they're not specifying a 16A fuse. This was an addition to a previous reply which I see is in a moderator queue because of a link, but I hope it means I...
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    It specifies 16A current, not that it should have a 16A fuse. But I don't have it yet so no installation guide to say for sure. I was thinking I could put in an unfused cooker switch or just a cooker connector with flex outlet. Would that be OK or must it have its own radial circuit? The...
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    New member introduction

    Now you mention it, I see that there is one fuse per heater. I'm now doubting my memory of doing the wiring myself, but I must have as I remember getting the electricity board to test and connect the new consumer unit tails. This is well over 30 years ago! My first question (unrelated to the...
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    Thanks. It's 3.65 kW, 16A according to the spec. Comes with 150mm of "electrical supply cord" so needs a flex outlet connection.
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    New member introduction

    Hi all, a new member/Old DIYer here to ask a question. I've done some of my own home installation in the past but the biggest was installing a storage heater ringmain on a new consumer unit. I have one simple question to ask and later another not so simple, both of which are really asking...
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    Hi, I'm replacing a microwave oven rated at 13A with one rated at 16A. This plus a conventional oven are fed from a 32A MCB in a consumer unit, via a single 6mm2 T&E cable to two 13A fused flex outlet switches. The original installation was professionally done seven years ago. Can I replace...

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