Ok oilman, point taken, ill give my opinion, use mk, they are the best brand, if you kill yourself, burn your house down on 'oilman’s conscious be it'
good luck on doing it properly. please do not take this as an offensive remark to you, but i wouldn’t want to hear that you have become a statistic. here is some things to consider:
metal is stronger, if earthed properly it will make it impossible to get electrocuted from the casing
Use mk, wylex or mem, if you buy cheap, you get what you pay for
how old is your wiring? no good changing the board leaving in old cable
do you know what size and type of mcb’s you should use?
consider adding extra sockets whilst you have the chance to put in extra circuits
leave at least 2 spaces in the box, buy the next size up than you need, ie if you have 9 circuits, buy a 12 way
don’t forget bonding, main earth also now must be 16mm
and oilman:
Have you never watched someone doing a job, and asked if the association of components or materials, which may appear incompatible, are in fact perfectly satisfactory?
No i haven’t
Claiming that someone is implying what is, in fact, something you have inferred, is what barristers get up to in court. You need to tip-toe carefully around to find out what someone means, when they say something.
why? im giving my opinion, if he had said he felt competent, and looked like he had a sound knowledge of electrical infrastructure, i would have felt more happy about giving him advise, a little knowledge is a killer, he didn’t say he wouldn’t do it himself, im simply trying to tell him how badly things could go
Sounds ok in theory, but in this case it did not answer the question, which MB did, so are you saying MB is negligent (Apologies MB for bring you into it, it is only to illustrate a point)
No im not, and ok in theory? i would hope that safety goes further than theory in your book.
Would you use the same logic, if one of your non-driving, non-licensed friends asked what was a good low pollution car to buy? Then refused to tell them because they didn't like the idea of LPG in the boot of a car?
no because 'green fuels' is not my field, so i would be happy to say I don’t know, and he isn’t asking what else to look out for which would imply he does not know what to look for!
This is a rhetorical question, again used by barristers to elicit a particular answer, but which usually undermines the credibility of the argument being put.
it is not in any way rhetorical, but you don’t answer my question, so what’s your answer?
your field is oil boilers right?
just for a second its gas, so if someone asked you a good easy to install make of gas boiler, would you tell them knowing that the way they ask implies they intend to do it them self? and you would include no warning against it?
same for a pressurised system, knowing it could have catastrophic consequences?
i still stand by my post, i would rather know that he is safe and is not going to kill himself or even his neibours and family, than that there is yet another unsafe electrical installation some ware, see too many as it is, the uk needs no more
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