UK Referendum: It's Leave.
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With the Hungarian radial system the wiring is rated at 16A and there is a 16A mcb, so if you load as above and exceed 16A then the mcb trips and the wiring is safe.
The answer to your above load in Hungary is to have 2 radial circuits in the kitchen and all is safe. The answer in the UK is to run the lot on a ring main and hope that you never get a fault near one end of the ring main and so get a fire.
PS the fuse in a UK plug is to protect the wire from the plug to the appliance, which could get 32A in a fault condition and melt. A plug fuse is not needed in Hungary as it is reckoned that the 16A mcb would trip before an appliance flex would cause a fire.
Last edited by Peter_in_Hungary; Jul 22nd 2016 at 7:56 pm.
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The hassle I had yesterday in Nagykanzsia trying to buy some 4x2
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I found I couldn't buy tongue and groove floorboards or skirting board, I had to use planed planks for both jobs. The suspended floor is not so firm without the T&G but better than the old rotten floor it replaced.
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Tongue and groove is available. We had loads for our floors. Not sure exactly where it was bought though it would be in the Pest Megye/Budapest area.
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For skirting board you can get PAR boards but if you wanted something a bit fancy you would have to put some moulding on top.
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It seemed like the timber yards in Nagykanizsa catered mainly for farmers rather than builders so there were plenty of fence posts etc but not much else. I was with the husband of Rural Hungary when I fetched the stuff so I was guided by him about where to go. I did get some thinner T & G for panelling round the walls.
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[QUOTE=fidobsa;12011544I did get some thinner T & G for panelling round the walls.[/QUOTE]
Which, for those that don't know, is called Lambéria
Which, for those that don't know, is called Lambéria
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Tuzep also stock T&G. All the ceilings in my house are tongued and grooved.