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  1. ShockAbsorber

    Add timer to DB to control geyser

    Hi all, Thanks for checking out my thread. The tenant renting my apartment has complained about high electricity usage. I offered we add a timer to control the geyser instead of him manually handling when it goes on as he's not home a lot of the time. Please help me understand how the...
  2. RF Solutions Ltd

    Competition Time: RIoT-FOB Remote Control System and £100 Off Outdoor Lighting @ Lighting Legends

    Autumn is now here, it's that time of year where the clocks go back and lighting control moves forward. A time when UK customers with gardens want to light up their outdoor spaces earlier in the evenings; meaning they'll be looking for new lighting and a reliable method of wireless switching...
  3. RF Solutions Ltd

    Competition Time: WIN a FERRET Remote Control System & WISKA Goodies from RF Solutions Ltd

    Wireless switching can really simplify an electrical installation. The FERRET is an RF unit that can add remote control to applications. It's tiny size makes it perfect for fitting in small enclosures like the WISKA range. This month, @rfsolutionsltd have teamed up with @wiskaukltd to give away...
  4. F

    Switch on wire to control lights

    Hi.. Newby here.. I have a couple lights holders/bulbs on the end of a flex plugged into the mains 13Amp plug. I want to put an inline switch on the cable so I don’t have to unplug/plug all the time.. WHat kind of switch do I need & how to wire earth/live/neutral? Many thanks - Dino
  5. tmontney

    Access control and power failures

    I need to handle power failure for my electric strikes in my house. Of course, I can leave the keyed entry on the knobs, but what if I wanted to get rid of physical keys all together? All equipment (more than just access control) is already on UPS, but that will last a short time. Odds are, if...
  6. N

    Well Pump Control Circuit Troubleshooting

    I have a 4-wire well pump (red, yellow, black, and green) which just quit. Cycling normally, then shut off and never came back on. I've gathered that yellow is the common, red is the leg for the start winding and black is the run winding. I've got a couple ohms (4-ish on my trusty Harbor...
  7. X

    Remote Control Fix for "Always Hot" Outdoor Lighting

    Our electrician inexplicably wired outdoor floodlights attached to side of house over driveway as "always hot", no switch. We don't want them always on, nor timed and also not with motion sensors. We want to turn them on and off from a regular wall-mounted switch like normal lights. All the...
  8. B

    Immersion Heater add Wifi control? can you add simple wifi switch AFTER the existing fused spur.

    Hi, Have normal fused immersion heater switch. I would like to add a smart wifi switch to it so when my Solar is producing over 3k spare, going back to the grid (once the battery is charged) it can heat the water instead, save using the gas for the PM heat up. Will use Home Assistant. I know...
  9. Mark W

    Power station control room/turbine telegraph

    And now for something completely different! I have been after a power station telegraph for decades and due to the fact most would have been obsolete after the 1940's I assumed I would never be able to obtain one but........ The power station telegraph system is just like the ones found on a...
  10. CNCman

    Speed control for 230v motor

    I'm a DIY'er. Setting up a dual purpose shop-cooling and overspray fan. Bought this motor which reads "1.5 hp" but, looking at the amps, shouldn't it really be closer to 3hp? Anyway, I'd like to be able to slow it down occasionally because it will knock you off balance to walk in front of it. *...
  11. S

    UK Self Certification - Sending Completion Cert to Building Control

    As per Part P of Building Regs, once electrical work is performed by a registered competent person, the installation certificate needs to be given to occupier and also to building control. How does the electrician give this to building control? Email? Post? Do they confirm receipt? Do they...
  12. A

    Connecting A Quick Windlass & Side-Power Remote Control

    Connecting my Quick windlass to the Side-Power should be simple enough. The remote is only expecting 3 wires: Common Windlass in Windlass out See diagram: I presumed that the remote red common wire should be connected to the Windlass 4A fuse wire, but pressing the remote control up/down...
  13. I

    Ex Royal Signals Command and Control Bunker

    Hi all, haven't posted in 7 years but could do with some help? So I bought one of these https://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicle/,36,/96903/G3_Systems.htm To replace my shed/workshop. It's a brilliant cabin, a lot more than I expected, but I can't get my head round the electrics. I just want...
  14. RF Solutions Ltd

    Competition Time: WIN a NEW Switchlink-IP Rated System - Remote Light Switch Control

    Introducing the NEW IP Rated SWITCHLINK System! This system provides a quick and easy solution to a light switch when cabling is tricky, expensive or time consuming. Features: 868MHz System IP68 Receiver IP66 Outdoor Transmitter Up to 100m range in Buildings Up to 500m Line of sight...
  15. RF Solutions Ltd

    Add App Control to your RF Receivers

    Introducing the RIoT MINIHUB for Control... An 868MHz RF / Wi-Fi Gateway Enables control from anywhere via Wi-Fi Connects RF receivers to Smartphone App RIoT Control Apps available on Android & IOS Two control apps available: RIoT Control - Simple Preset Buttons RIoT Control Pro - Advanced...
  16. C

    Question about bathroom fan MORI dMEV II HT - humidity control version

    Hi, a few months ago this fan was installed in my bathroom, but it seems to be less effective than the previous one. The humidity setting is meant to be adjustable from 50% to 95% (i.e. it will come on either at a low or high level of humidity). Can anyone tell my where the arrow has to point to...
  17. N

    UK Timer control of outdoor socket

    Is it ok to control an outdoor double socket with a programmable switched timer - the type usually used for lighting? The sockets are for a pond pump and filter which use c 35w while the timer switch wd be mounted in a shed and on a 6a mcb. My sparky didn’t sound concerned - he basically said...
  18. M

    Remote control for Bell 801 door entry system

    Hi. Looking for help. My FiL has moved into a block of flats using the Bell 801 door release intercom for opening the main communal door to the flats. We have no opportunity to change the system for the whole block of flats. He is 80 and paraplegic and cannot get out of bed to let his carers in...
  19. D

    Can a wireless switch be used to control flow to an isolator switch?

    Hi there, (noob DIYer here!) Recently moved in and I have an inline extractor fan in my bathroom, which goes up into a crawl space in the loft then out the back of the house. For some reason, whoever installed the isolator thought it would be a good idea to have the isolator switch up in the...
  20. Aaron b

    Part F building control notification

    Hello, I understand that from the 15th of June testing and commissioning of vents and fans is now compulsory and that also since last year any works regarding fans needs to be notified to building control under part F. I assume that this can be done as a NAPIT contractor registered with EAS...
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