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    DIY Check: Adding a socket to the attic - spurring decisions!

    Hello. I am installing a CCTV system for my mum. It's a basic IP camera setup, with up to 4 cameras and a recorder. I plan to have the NVR in the side attic out of the way, so I need a power socket in there. The last few days I've been doing a bit of research about it. Trying to identify...
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    Kneeling Board For Attic?

    Im wondering if any body has used a kneeling board in attics. The kit I'm looking for was A kind of folding contraption like a mug holder for the wall. You could turn it into a kneeling board or push it narrow and it would become a walkway. First seen them maybe 8 years ago. Googles failed me...
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    Attic lighting not working - What's wrong with the wiring?

    Hi all, This may be one for the DIY forum, but I'm unable to post there, so I apologise if posting here is the wrong thing to do. I'm not a qualified electrician, but have taught myself how to changes light fixtures, switches, sockets etc - always after cutting all power from the mains and...
    • globalnic
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    • attic cable earth electrical work light lighting neutral not working switch what's wiring working wrong
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Loft / Attic space running cables

    Evening folks. Just out of interest I wondered what methods you guys are using in lofts / attics to keep your cables out of the mountains of insulation you can find these days? Are you running your cables under insulation against the plasterboard or are you trying to clip to the roof trusses...
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    Consumer unit in attic

    Hi all Went to a bungalow today to install a bathroom light to find the CU had been installed in the corner of the attic. The owner is a lady in her mid 50s. She has to claim into the loft (loft ladder) and across the attic to the corner (no boarded) to access the CU if it trips. Would...
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    Running conduit, attic

    Hi I am fitting conduit in my attic room ready for when i get it rewired so i can plaster up and have a finished room for the time being. I won't be running any wire. I have 2 x 20mm going up to a 35mm deep knockout where a dimmer switch will be located for a 3-way switch rig. Out of the top...
    • fogger22
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    • answer attic being conduit don't going running through
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Help and advice needed for wiring new lights in attic

    Ok, so I have made a diagram off the current set up in my attic for the current installation a pretty simple connection ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, I am not sure at all if this would be a correct /...
    • henrig24
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    • advice attic help lighting lights needed new new lights wiring
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Some upstairs lights have stopped working after work done in attic - Help please! :(

    Firstly I must apologize for not posting this in the DIY section, the post new thread button couldn't be found! I have been laying floorboards in my attic and now 3 out of 5 upstairs lights have stopped working. I am sure I have not screwed through a cable, Im a qualified plumber so laying...
    • Rich_uk87
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    • after attic electrical work help help please lighting lights please upstairs work working
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    FIRE RATED DOWNLIGHTS vs CHEAP HAD IN ATTIC DOWNLIGHTS

    Hi All, Im doing a job for a friend of mine who has a raft of brand new gu10 downlights still in boxes which hes dug out of his loft. As a member of the Niceic, I have already mentioned that they could do with being fire rated. 12 of them are to be installed in a flat roof with no habitable...
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    installing lighting in a attic convertion and worried about transformer location

    Hi everyone this is my first post. I have been using this site for a while and have learned a lot from reading other peoples posts. I'm a recently qualified electrician and working for an experienced spark. we have just done the first fix on a attic conversion and the client has some very...
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    attic smokes

    Given the ammount of dust and fibres in an attic what should I use, a heat dectector ? Pict
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    lighting in attic conversion with sloping ceilings

    as says above im after some ideas with lighting in attic conversion. my drawing says spot lights but if i remember correctly these are about 120mm in height where the the the gap is only 150mm max and not giving required room for heat dissipation.. any expierieice and ideas welcome welcome
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    attic conversion too 3 small bedrooms

    hi all.. have been asked to price for attic conversion and on my first look around today they say all the cables existing running around the ceiling need to be jigged around to suit new joists. the cables run mostly on top of a piece of wood where the truss's meet at ceiling level, and they...
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    Kitchen spot transformers in the attic!!!!!!

    lads, While i was working at a customers house the other day he asked me to look at 3 of his kitchen spots (12volt) that were not working. Anyway a VERY long story short i found the transformers.........in the ATTIC. A big bank of 60va trannys that do the bathroom as well. Now that means...
    • seb77
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    • attic aus electricians' talk kitchen transformers
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia
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    new home-turning attic into a managable place

    hey guys, im new to this forum as of today as ive come for some help if thats ok, i recently moved into my own first house wit the misses some weeks ago and am happy with the outcome,first few days were great until i started noticing small things that werent working to there full, first of the...
    • davebelcher
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    • attic aus electricians' talk new place
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia
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    FCU in attic for TV

    Supply for TV in my bedroom, I extended ring into the attic and my plan was to have socket and TV outlet behind the TV, when the TV came it is one of them slim LED ones that hang to the wall sort like a picture, there’s no way you can have socket and plug top behind it as it hangs so close to...
    • fascally 07
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    • attic aus electricians' talk fcu
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Australia
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    dual aspect split array with sunny boy 3800v? located in the attic????

    We are having to rush a decision on which of two quotes to give the go ahead to - both who can fit us in for install by end of november. Unfortunately our preferred installer (most reputable) couldn't fit us in. The chap we've so far given our deposit to (with a 14 day cool -off available)...
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    Strangest find in an attic?

    Once I was in an attic and I came across a 6ft racing snake!! :-/! Scary stuff!! ;)
    • Iggle Parker
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    • attic aus electricians' talk
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Australia
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    Cables in attic, whats the best way to board / insulate over them?

    I'm looking to board out the middle of my attic and was wondering what to do about the cables. The majority of cables are placed around the edge of the attic in the eaves so are on top of the insulation and are not a problem, but there are still some down the middle for landing lights and...
    • wacman
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    • attic aus best best way board cables electricians' talk hammer screwdriver whats
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Australia
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    Cable routing in attic

    Chaps, Is it OK, regulations-wise, to run my cable across the top of the ceiling joists in the attic or do they need to be clipped beneath the top line if running in-line with the joists and drilled through if running perpendicular? Thanks
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