Archive for February, 2010

French Wiring – Lesson 1! The GTL, Consumer Unit and Wiring Regs

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

French Wiring – Colours! New installations should use brown for live, blue for neutral and green/yellow for earth.  The chart shows that these colours should have been used since 1977. The definitive reference on French wiring (the Leroy Merlin catalogue!) states that the live wire can actually be any colour except blue or yellow and [...]

Gaz Cylinders – Butane or Propane – Regulators, Connectors and Pipework

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Four companies have accounted for over 90 percent of the LPG sales in France: Totalgaz – http://www.totalgaz.fr/moving-to-france/gas-bottle Primagaz – http://www.bouteille-de-gaz.fr/majic/pageServer Antargaz – http://www.antargaz.fr/-2-4-5-5_Accueil_Particuliers_Nos_produits_Les_bouteilles_de_gaz Butagaz – http://www.butagaz.fr/Particuliers/tarifpart.aspx You need to pay a deposit whe