zones

  1. happysteve

    Another OSG error I haven't seen mentioned... RCD and zones

    Eh up :) We all know about the duff max Zs tables in the OSG (Table B6) and GN3 (Table A4)... in fact, I've only just recently updated my GN3, and I'm pleased to say they have reprinted it and it now has the correct tables in. I've noticed in my (early-purchased, with dodgy table B6) OSG that...
  2. uksparks

    Heating controls

    Hi, can anyone advise... i would like to ideally use Honeywell. i want the stats and programmer to be wireless. it needs a frost stat it also needs two stats and a programmer and it needs three channels / zones any ideas on how to achieve this?
  3. S

    Mechanical protection/ Safe zones

    Hi all, Just after a bit of advice from all you domestic installers out there. I've been asked to do a job in a house which involves running a cable in a wall. The cable needs to run vertical the entire height of the wall. However I cannot run it where the walls meet at an angle due to...
  4. B

    Ttv aerial point and safe zones?

    :smile5:Hi, does the installation of an TV point create a safe zone in the same way say a socket would? Just been to look at a job and seen a 2.5mm t+e running down a wall above a TV point and then turn to feed a socket. Never seen this before and it got me thinking whether this is allowed or...
  5. B

    cable outside zone. is it a big deal? EICR code?

    A 10mm cable supplying shower is chased down the bathroom wall (in correct zone) and is then chased from celing height down the wall in the kitchen below. The cable pops out of the kitchen wall below contertop level making the rest of the journed to the CU on the surface but cannot be seen...
  6. L

    switches in bathrooms

    is it possible to use an outdoor weatherproof switch in a bathroom. looks ugly but came across it in a rented property,not sure if against regulations.please help
  7. J

    Prescribed zones

    Just wondering if the prescribed cable zones still applies to the outside of a property? Client wants two extra outside lights on the rear of the house after the walls and ceilings have been finished etc. Lights will be either side of a doorway so thought about running up from existing light...
  8. I

    safe zones

    Hi all I am fitting an external socket to the outside wall of a domestic property. I am proposing dropping a cable down through the living area stud wall and then out to socket. Because there is a socket on the outside wall does this cable routed down and through the internal wall constitute a...
  9. driverman

    Bathroom wall light switch

    Hi Guys, visited a brand new house today and had a nose round as you do. I know it's sad but I'm looking at the electrics. What I noticed in the bathroom was a normal wall mounted light switch by the bathroom entrance door within the bathroom. The isolation switch for the extractor fan was also...
  10. S

    Running cable behind wood cladding in safe zones

    Hi I am cladding a room in wood panelling and need to move some wall lights and sockets. The cables are RCD protected. Is it allowed to run them along the "horizontal safe zone within 150mm of the top of a wall" and then vertically down to the light switch/socket? Do they need mechanical...
  11. T

    RCD on bathroom lighting

    Okay, I'm preparing to open myself up to some abuse here, but I have had a good read of the BGB before I posted this and I just want to make sure I had things right as I think the regs are perhaps open to interpretation. I've just done a bathroom makeover with a plumber mate which involved...
  12. M

    Extension exposed floor joists and safe zones

    Hi extension kitchen with exposed beams. Walls to be dot and dabbed. Requested not to drill joists. in theory the bottom of exposed joists would be where plasterboard goes. So the 150 mm safe zone can be taken from the bottom of the joists? If so the cables can be run in oval against wall just...
  13. F

    Installed cables within safe zone then moved by others.

    Hi all, hope someone can help. I've completed part of a new install in a clients new build house. The cables have been installed in safe zones or in line with accessories and routed via holes drilled in noggins and are all protected via split load RCD 17th Ed Consumer unit. The plumber...
  14. D

    Zones and exposed beams...

    Is the 150mm taken from the ceiling, ie floorboards or the bottom of the exposed beam? need to know if I can run a cable horizontally under the beams.
  15. S

    Gardtec alarm

    Hi All,I have a gardtec alarm, when I set it all well and good, when I come in the entry exit zone it beeps for me to turn the alarm off, unfortunately I didn't make it this certain time, (nothing to do with the beeeerrr!!!!) the alarm went off, but strange thing is that the bell box did not...
  16. C

    prescribed zones

    So much for them! Just drilled thru the upstairs lights supply while fitting a stair gate, nowhere near a zone I'm aware of and the house is only 15 years old! Can think of better ways to be spending my Sunday, 'buss mans holiday' springs to mind!
  17. E

    S plan system with 2x under floor heating zones

    Good evening all, I'm first fixing property and customer is having splan system with one rad heating zone, hot water and an additional 2x under floor heating zones. I've taken a thermostat to 3 different zones. What I'm not sure of is how many cores will I need at the programmer? The under...
  18. 123

    Underfloor heating stat locations

    Been asked to look at an underfloor heating system which isn't working the best. It's only installed on the ground floor of the property, and has four zones. Is there any rule of thumb with regards the location of the stats - location and heights? Parts of the zones are open plan as well...
  19. F

    Wet room shower area

    Done a periodic test and failed a spur unit which was supplying a hair dryer hanging up in wet room in a commercial building the spur was less than 3 metres from the edge of zone 1 so this is why I failed it gave it a code 2 now the client has questioned it as they don't want to move the hair...
  20. grumpyjohn01

    galv conduit in bathroom

    Hi all, just canvassing opinion re the use of galv conduit in a special location ie bathroom. Cant think of any particular reason why not, my main q being, what could the IP rating be considered as if it were to pass through zones 2 or even 1? I mean a continuous run with no joints through zone...

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