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  1. L

    SDS or Combi drill?

    Hi all, I am looking at buying a decent drill that can cope with everyday drilling tasks such as drilling through brick,metal and wood would it be better buying an sds drill rather then a combi drill to do these tasks? I've used the- Bosch GBH36V-LiCP 2.9kg 1.3Ah Li-Ion Cordless SDS Plus Drill...
  2. J

    DIY LED Aquarium Lighting - Is this wiring correct?

    Hi everyone, Very new here, but could do with some advice. I am in the process of designing/building a LED aquarium light using 3W power LEDs. I am using 6 cool White and 6 royal blue LEDs and running them from a 12 volt driver in a set of parallel series strings, as in the following...
  3. M

    Forklift driver dropped a switchboard

    Waiting on the forklift driver to drop off a switchboard today... Around 2m high 4m long and had no spotter or strapped on and the bloody thing only tips over.. Estimated $45000 board going for scrap. Bad day for this fella he's now looking for another job..
  4. truckster

    Led drivers brain fart

    Am I having a brain fart?? I fitted 4no. two gang sockets fed from a 5A fuse in a shop for display lighting. The shop fitters arrived some time later and fitted a bunch of LED lights. Each driver states input as 1.2 amps and there are sixteen of them?? However each driver is only supplying...
  5. polo1

    12v MR16 to LED

    Hi guys, this feels like a bit of a "simple simon" question and despite having fitted hundreds of down lights, don't think I've done this before... Customer changed existing 12v MR16 lamps for MR 4.5w leds. Didn't change the transformers though and is suffering from the leds flickering when on...
  6. D

    Looking for drill and impact driver. This a good deal?

    As above, is this a good deal and if there's anything better about for the money I'd welcome your thoughts. Toolstation > Power Tools > 18v Drills > Milwaukee C18PP2B Twin Pack cheers
  7. D

    Insulated Terminal Driver arghhhhh

    Guys I'm gutted I've lost my britool insulated terminal driver 3.5mm. I can't seem to find a replacement online any where. It was brill as it was a dead long one 150mm shaft. Anyone know where I can buy a new one I can't see them anywhere online ****ing devastated had that since started my...
  8. B

    Bathroom LED mirror

    Hi all. Firstly sorry if this is posted in the wrong section - I'm new so please be gentle! :) A few years ago I bought an LED bathroom mirror from the Bay of E and it's been working fine until now. It has two rows of LEDs, a heat pad and motion sensor switch. I've popped the back off and can...
  9. H

    MR16 LED's

    Hi, I was in the wholesalers last week and was getting MR16's to use as a demo for a client. I was going to get the driver to go with them, however the sales rep said that you can directly replace the current halogens with the LED's. I did as he said and they seem to work fine. I thought that...
  10. B

    LED downlight connection

    Hi all. Noob forum member here. Can I ask what is considered to be the correct method/s of connecting the tails from several LED downlights to the driver. Specifically I have just found a constant current LED driver in a cupboard of my new house. It supplies power to 8 x 1W downlights in the...
  11. T

    Driver Blinking detection system HELP!!

    Dear all tech people i am trying to build a driver blinking detection system with the aid of infrared. i have come up with a idea of a block diagram for this and my circuit has no software involved. the infrared emitter emits low light infrared towards the eye and the detector detects the length...
  12. T

    Light switch

    Hello everyone, I want to build a lamp with 2 different light bulbs. There can only be one light bulb switched on because otherwise the driver will become way too hot. So I want to make a switch that immediately switch a light bulb off when the other one is switched on. As you can see I don't...
  13. R

    DIY LED Light Unit - DRIVER HELP NEEDED.

    hello everyone, i am in process of making some led light units for my aquarium, i have made a diagram to show how i have set out the circuit, i have a 12V driver thats powers the lights but i dont think its the right one and i dont want to leave it on for long periods of time if it is the...
  14. R

    Diy led - help please

    please delete this thread i have started new one as i think this one was unclear hello every, new forum member, so hello! im currently building a led unit for my fishtank. i have put it together will add some pictures later on, i need advice on the power driver my unit consists of 27 1w LEDS...
  15. N

    Led's

    Hi guys This main seem like a silly question but I'm not that up to date with all the led's etc A client has asked for 3 led spike lights at the bottom of his garden. Are there restrictions as to what length of cable you could run from a driver ? For instance could a driver sufficiently supply...
  16. S

    Polarity of LED 12V MR16 downlighters

    Hi all Was asked to fit two transformers for shop window display. there was 8 12V down lighters in total split into two circuits and both switched through a timer, The owner wants to replace the 8,12V dichroic MR16 bulbs with 12V MR16 LED 1.8w bulbs. The reason he wants to replace the dichroic...
  17. R

    led driver question

    Good Afternoon all, Customer has bought some (endon) enluce 10033 12v led strip lights which has a 3.8w plug in driver included. However the customer does not want a plug and would rather have an independent led driver/transformer. Can anyone recommend a reliable make and i am i right in...
  18. G

    Led driver question

    So, to the reason I've visited this forum before I start training again next month - I was in the bathroom last night and I heard a kind of pop sound, similar to when a light bulb blows. It was above and to the left of me. In that vicinity is a downlight, an extractor fan wired to the light...
  19. W

    please help work out driver size for led.

    Good evening everyone. Im wanting to fit some leds to my aquarium. Im looking at two rows of white and one row of blue. I have found the units i would like to use 20pcs 5050 SMD 4led plastic waterproof LED injection module. 20 white poss 30 and 20 blue. Ideally i would like to be able to...
  20. uksparks

    Impact Driver or Combi Drill?

    Hi, I know this has been discussed many times on here, but am about to buy one and don't really know which to be honest. At present I have a Makita combi which is ok, but I wanted something that was a little more meaty and had more go. Then I read on here that people say get a impact driver as...
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