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    What power cables go into light

    Hi. I have two red, two green and two black cables. The greens look like did shades. I want to put up the light. The light has a E by the green and an L by another hole. Is it - green wires both into the E, black wires in the L and one red into each hole?. Thanks alot.
  2. G

    Adding outside light and moving cables?

    Hi, I have removed a canopy from above my front door in preparation for a new door and glass panel being fitted. I’ve come across some very poor electrical work which I’ll need to tidy up. But to cut a long story short. The cable before to the outside light was run in the canopy then dropped...
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    Running cables in insulated floor void

    I am planning a rewire of our 1960s bungalow, for power sockets running cables under the floor. There is a 200mm floor void over a concrete oversite. I plan to insulate under the floor, 100mm under joist and 100mm between joists. I know cable is best not run within the insulation. If I...
  4. J

    Fitting a new Cooker Hood, moving the supply socket, and chased cables

    We have had a new cooker hood delivered, we needed to unbox it and get it hung to free up space. The new hood is a different design to the old one, and when mounted at the min. height above the hob, it covers the existing supply socket (hidden behind the hood's chimney). So, the supply socket...
  5. G

    can anyone tell me what this crimp connector is called for caravan battery

    can anyone tell me what the four crimp connectors are called, (the lower wire in the picture) as I need to get new ones for upper - just need to know what to search for, they are for a approx 10mm cblestranded wire to enable both cables to fit in a caravan battery connector-as you can see they...
    • gz1234
    • Thread
    • anyone battery cables called caravan connector crimp fit get new wire
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  6. Q

    Reference method for the old sheathed single core cables run in attic spaces with insulation

    Good morning I am just wondering what reference method is suitable for the old single core sheathed cables if they at some point enter an attic space under insulation.ive had a read through the regs book but still unsure Cheers for any responses Harry
  7. Q

    Short circuit bypasses mcb and trips submain mcb

    Good evening A cable was loose in a ceiling void causing a short circuit this didn't trip the 10 amp 6ka type b mcb but tripped the 50 amp type b 6ka mcb that supplied that board back at the mains. I am wondering why this occurred other than me thinking the local protection isn't very...
  8. M

    Quadplates and LAN cables

    Hi, Looking for some advice on the best way to do this. We are looking to add quad plates and LAN to rooms throughout the house. Most rooms will have more than one quad plate and LAN points in each room. For example: Living room: 3 quad plate points and 3 lan points x4 in each corner of the...
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    UK I can see the internal cables, is this safe?

    Hi. I’m a non-electrician looking for some guidance. I hope you can help. My mum has had two new down lights installed in the bathroom. I’m also putting insulation around and over the lights. I’ve got a down light protector for each light but I have a question about the wiring. Firstly, in...
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    Help, I’m sure someone can answer this very quickly

    Sorry, I’m new to this. Can someone just explain how I should wire these cables in the ceiling light unit as per images, there seems to be a lot of cables,
    • Pjs412
    • Thread
    • answer cables ceiling explain help images light someone these unit
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Can I run this coax cables through this patress box?

    I've ran a coax cable through the trucking and patress box containing 230v dual gang socket. It's a satellite feed so does have 18v switching PS from the receiver. Is there anywhere in bs 7671 that says this isnt aloud?
  12. littlespark

    Don’t let your kid help stripping scrap cables

    She wasn’t. She was at school cleaning utensils after home economics class. Dried a knife the wrong way.... luckily still has all movement in her thumb.
  13. B

    UK Running conduit in walls to knockout boxes for low voltage cables?

    Background I'm running some low voltage cable (e.g. CAT6A data cable; coax cable; HDMI cable and speaker cable) to a number of rooms of the house and would like advice on the best way to do this to avoid plastering the cables into the walls - to give me flexibility to remove / pull new cables...
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    Multiple cables in place of one

    Under what (if any!) circumstances is it permitted to run two separate cables to make up the conductor surface area of a larger cable (which, in this case is impossible to install... Need to change 2 6mm radials for a single 10mm, but it's going to be near enough impossible to draw through a...
  15. Z

    Are my x2 2.5sqmm cables suitable for a 5kW E/W system?

    Hey guys, Firstly just to say that the PV system is being installed by a certified company/electrician, so this query is just to satisfy my own curiousity really. Also I’m based in Ireland and I know our regs will be slightly different. As I was slowly renovating my house I had in mind that I...
  16. S

    UK Data Cables Running in ACO Drain

    Hi, I am a surveyor and we are currently managing some refurb works on a property. This property has an old Clipsal lighting system and a wired network installed in the past. This isn’t specifically electrical, so I don’t know if I am allowed data questions in here. I am sure there is plenty of...
  17. S

    Chasing Cables for Shower Advice

    Hi, we are having a shower fitted - the electrician has run the cable vertically over the top of the noggins, meaning when we make the wall good the filler will encompass the 10mm cable he has pinned to them. I'm certain this is not correct, so I'm tempted to retrospectively cut the cabling into...
  18. S

    Chasing Vertical Cables for Shower Advice

    Hi, we are having a shower fitted - the electrician has run the cable vertically over the top of the noggins, meaning when we make the wall good the filler will encompass the 10mm cable he has pinned to them. I'm certain this is not correct, so I'm tempted to retrospectively cut the cabling into...
  19. Vortigern

    SWA supply cables between buildings will not disconnect in required time

    Doing calcs on swa supply to building as sub main from main three phase squard D board for single phase supply off of TN-S supply. I used cable mate from jarsoft and looked up various tables for disconnection times. In all case scenarios it tells me it will not disconnect within the required...
  20. Midwest

    Securing cables & trunking to prevent premature collapse.

    Just wondering how your guys observe the reg, for preventing premature collapse of cables in plastic trunking, when securing to plasterboard, i.e. dry lined or plasterboard stud walls? We’re having some additional fire alarm work carried out, and they mention some ‘clips’ to comply. I was...

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