my sister told me today that the office she works in was having a fire alarm system fitted last week. the walls are all plastered and painted white so when her boss seen red FP200 clipped to walls he hit the roof!!. but when he asked the installers (national company) to change the colour they...
When sleeving a 3 core 3 phase Brown, Black, Grey cable as a single phase cable, which core of the Black and Grey are to be sleeved as Neutral and Earth.
Some lads are saying Black as Neutral and others are saying Grey as Neutral.
I can't find a specific answer in the reqs.
Hi all, im wanting to buy colour changing spot lights gu10 which comes with remote control does anyone know if remote controls other spots or just the one it comes with or am i better buy rgb spot lights with flexi driver. Any suggestions would be great.
I have noticed that the colours of the leaves are spectacular this year, particularly the acer family - Maples and Sycamores and Judas Trees, Cercis Canadensis. Get out and enjoy it before it is all blown away!
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I have a client who wants to launch a new light into the UK, and they have sent me over a specification.
I have pasted some details below. I found out that R,L Type means resistive load, but i still dont know if i need leading or trailing edge?
Dimmable with R, L type dimmer (dimmer...
i was just wondering what colour boxer shorts do you wear,i wear usualy black or blue but never white as you never know when an accident might happen. does anyone admit to using white? what are your reasons ?
I use grey.
Brown for switched live or L1
Black for Auxiliary live or COM
Grey for Neutral or L2
Then in the switch you'd have 2 browns in L1, a blue and grey (both sleeved brown) in L2, and a black in COM.
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Hi Can anyone remember which came first, the change of cable size to metric from imperial or the change to brown for live conductor? I've come across a cooker supply cable with new colour code of Brown,Blue + Earth but it is 7 stranded. Difficult to tell it it is 7/029 or 7/036. Could be the...
I've just done an eicr on a house with a Wylex rewireable fuse 3036 cu. how old would that make it? The wiring was all red and black t+e. Just need to put a number on the report. I'm thinking 10-15 years?
I have just acquired a new MFT 1720 as my master meter.
Why are the probe/croc leads coloured RED,BLACK and Green.Why not BROWN,BLUE and Green.
The outlets on the meter are Red,geen(black) and blue.
On the fitted plug mains leads they are Red,green and blue !
What's the logic red and black...
Can anyone recommend a complete kit which has everything required for 10 metres of LED strip / ribbon accent lighting for around a feature recessed in the centre of a ceiling.
If colour changing is available this would be even better and controllable through a wall panel / remote control
Many...
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I am currently helping out with some outside arena lighting and have a dilemma to consider. Basically the issue is the first of eight circuits has been wired in single phase but using the grey sleeved as green & yellow and the black sleeved blue as Neutral. Now I know that it should be...
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I am looking to change all the lighting outdoors shining onto the building to LED light, I have seen the colour changing LED floodlights that can be remotely controlled but would I be able to control multiple Floodlights with 1 controller or any suggestions on how i could do this...
I have an ltc amplifier with 2 pin foriegn plug. Says china made on appliance. I cut off 2 pin plug to attach 3 pin uk and im not sure where to put wires as one is blue and 2 black ones? Theres also a socket for 12v use on rear of appliance .
Any ideas?
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My new (my first!) customer has had his builder in. Builder has been moving cables about and unfortunately re-installing some old colour cable in several places.
Builder wants me to do some further work and take on the electrics, and I'll end up owning the whole installation.
In the...
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