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    meter cabinet consumer unit

    Does a consumer unit for garden circuuts in an external meter cabinet need to be ip rated
  2. S

    UK Second empty meter cabinet for a consumer unit to feed several garden circuits. Can a standard metal csu be fitt

    I have a customer who has installed a second empty meter cabinet for a consumer unit to feed several garden circuits. Can a standard metal csu be fitted in here, does it have to be in an ip65 enclosure also or can a ip65 plastic csu be used. I get csu has to be non combustible within a dwelling...
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    • cabinet circuits consumer consumer unit garden metal meter second standard unit
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  3. J

    Odd CU cabinet

    Does anyone know how a full new CU would be fitted in such a cabinet, without ripping the whole thing out? Anyone ever come across and done one? It looks like no space for a new metal CU, as metal at the top impedes. Maybe move the meter to bottom right, near to where the LAP box is, but seals...
  4. C

    Under cabinet lighting

    Hi, am installing under cabinet lights as part of new kitchen installation. Would prefer to use 230V light fittings, but one,s I,ve purchased only allow one cable into them, so will need junction boxes. The junction boxes will be on top of the cabinets and lights on the bottom of the cabinets...
  5. C

    Kitchen under cabinet lighting

    Hi, getting a new kitchen installed and I will be installing under cabinet lighting on wall units. Is 240V appropriate for this or is low voltage lighting required ? Thanks
  6. A

    UK Metal bathroom cabinet with inbuilt shaver socket not earthed

    I'm a pretty competent DIYer and always try to follow the relevant IEE/IET regs. Recently I ordered an LED bathroom cabinet from Amazon to replace an existing broken LED cabinet (the mirror was broken). The new cabinet is made out of aluminium, has LED bulbs in the glass on the front and a...
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    Under Cabinet Lighting Wiring Solution

    Hello everybody! My kitchen is being decorated and i am planning to wire under cabinet lighting, which will be turned on and off from separate lighting switch. I would like to hear your advice, which is the best practice to wire under cabinet lights connected from switch? I become across...
  8. C

    Spur of a Cooker unit for under cabinet lighta

    Afternoon guys quick question It’s been a year after the kitchen has been competed and now I’m looking at doing led strip lights under the cabinets on the plynths. on one side of the kitchen I only have available 2 cooker isolating switches that I wired in for the induction hob and the...
  9. S

    Under cabinet lighting advice

    Hi, I recently decided to add some undercabinet lights to some kitchen cabinets and bought 240v robus undercabinet spotlights, but upon installation I found that they all flickered slightly - not noticeable from a distance but definitely noticeable close up, especially when doing something on...
  10. J

    12v cabinet lights into light circuit

    Please help, I have just purchased wifi TCP strip light for the kitchen (multi colour and dimmer ) With a plug. I was really hoping to have them controlled via a 3 gang dimmer switch which controls other lights in the room. The plug has a 12 v transformer built in so I’m guessing I can’t cut...
  11. A

    Can this fitting be used as an under cabinet light?

    Hello I hope you are all well, can this fitting be used as an under cabinet light in a kitchen? I assume as its an LED fitting heat won't be an issue? Thanks Andi https://www.toolstation.com/v-tac-led-weatherproof-fitting-ip65-6500k/p96140
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    Under cabinet lights to led

    I have 12v halogen lights under my kitchen units and the last one has now packed in. I want to replace with a led strip. The leds are 60pc /m 12v, 4.8w/m, 270/300 lumens/m and came with a miniature type jack plug but I didn’t buy the phone charger type plug to power them as there’s a transformer...
  13. L

    Under cabinet hardwired lighting.

    I have some old fluorescent 230v undercabinet t5 fixtures that are wired from junction boxes and operate from a single wall switch.Electrician will fit but i need to buy replacement. Im very confused what would be a suitable replacement. Want them to operate and wire them in the same...
  14. Carpe Diem

    UK How to open a meter cabinet?

    It might seem a simple question, but I have a meter cabinet with a SAFYBOX handle that I can't open. Online information seems to show a 3 point locking system behind the door, but no information on how the handle works. I've tried pulling, pushing, levering, sliding and yelling, but no luck...
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    Vintage Drinks Cabinet Lighting Problem

    Hi, During these tricky times I decided I needed a drinks cabinet and so bought a vintage Beautility from Ebay. It looks great but the interior cabinet light doesn't function. It's supposed to come on when the door opens and the top of the cabinet puts pressure on the switch turning the light...
  16. mattg4321

    63mm cutout cabinet lights.

    Anyone? I normally use sycamore Sirius which are great but they’re too small for an upcoming retrofit job. Need to be good quality 4000k. Around 2-3 watt ideally.
  17. UKMeterman

    Old Street cabinet BI Callender’s !

    Hi, I am trying to identify this cabinet, it has the trademark of BI Callendar's on the front and the lock on the door looks very 1950s. I have called out SSE and they say the wireing is dead and they think it belongs to BT. I am thiking more like old tramway or street lighting controls. Who...
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    Metal cabinet requires polarised plug

    My understanding is that metal cabinet needs to be grounded to the common or neutral 3 wire. Questions: When is 3 wire required and when 2? Why are some plastic cabinets polarized 2 wire or 3 wire? Why is this metal cabinet space heater that im try to fix, why its 2 wire and neither is...
  19. cliffed

    External compressor cabinet

    Supply to a nice look compressor cabinet,for pumping up tyres. 16amp 230 v. 20amp rcbo supplying the plug & play unit. Its outside ,does this require main protective bonding,personally I dont think so. Its extraneous but not entering the building.
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    Eicr code for spurs within bathroom zone 2 but inside cabinet

    Hi all Eicr being undertaken, what code if any would you consider for this scinario Small bathroom in a flat, with airing cupboard inside, no room for immersion and pump spurs (looks like spurs was inside airing cupboard at one point but cupboard has been made smaller to enlarge bathroom and...
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