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That doesn't really have an impact here. The "normal" way to implement "two way switching" only impacts the wiring at the switches. Your fitting has a normal "loop-in" wiring setup. The only thing that is a little confusing is that the label stuck on the terminal block bears no relation to what...

Theres double pole switches and theres double pole switches. At least click's 20A DP plateswitches seem to be made to BS EN 60669-1, which afaict BS7671 regards as suitable for functional and emergency switching, but not for isolation. Don't know about other brands. BS 7671 does consider FCUs...

I don't think there is any regulation that would explicitly require such but it is absolutely something you should consider. Personally I would not trust a normal plate switch for isolation, and if using a FCU for isolation I would remove the fuse in addition to turning off the switch.

My understanding is that with traditional plaster, 16mm (which is only suitable for lightswitches) would be roughly "plaster depth" and 25mm and 35mm would both require "digging out", whereas with dot and dab 25mm would be roughly the depth of the adhesive/plasterboard/skim.

And also in terms of actually physically getting the wires in there.

My understanding is that fridge-freezers tend to be especially problematic, because most of them rely on one refridgeration circuit for both the fridge and the freezer portions. Seperate fridges and freezers are much less likely to have issues.

A LED/Neon indicator tells you whether or not there is power. A mechanical indicator tells you whether or not the switch contacts are open. In certain situation this distinction can be rather important. In RCDs with a toggle, the toggle acts as a mechanical indicator, but in push button units...

I wonder if the left indicator is not a LED, but a mechanical indicator. Certainly I've seen such mechanical indicators on RCD sockets in the UK.

AIUI with AU/NZ plugs and sockets a smaller plug will fit a larger socket, so you can plug a regular 10A plug into a 32A socket, though my understanding is that such sockets are quite rare and watching some videos I get the impression that typical socket circuits there are 20A. Ultimately, each...

Digging out enough space for a timber plug and cutting one to size sounds like even more effort than drilling/plugging/screwing to the bricks was.

Yeah. Pretty sure the screws were either 3mm or 3.5mm and the wall plugs were the "yellow" size.

The nails in cable clips are suppposed to be masonary nails. However, my experiance was that the masonary in my property was not compatible with said nails. The bricks were too hard (the nails bounced off) and the mortar was too soft/powdery to hold anything. I resorted to pulling the nails out...

For an appliance connected to an outlet box by a non-fixed cable, this seems pretty obvious to me, the outlet box is the point, the appliance itself is irrelevant. But what about appliances that are fixed to the wall with the fixed wiring terminated directly? I would agree that interpreting the...

I cynically suspect manufacturers who say this are trying to work around the plugs and sockets safety regulations. If they say it is suitable for use on a plug they have to supply it with one fitted, but if they say it is not designed for use on a plug and socket they don't.

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