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  1. sythai

    After some ideas please... to light up house driveway sign

    Hi Guys We've got to light up a house name sign for a job we're on. Sign approx 450x300. Any ideas please of what would work ? modern/ contemporary style/ costal proof. Something high end/ decent like Collingwood. Cheers Sy
  2. R

    Best JB to bury - driveway lights

    Hi I am looking to install some driveway up lights on my new drive way, either side of my drive is grass/gravel (soft dig) I have spoke to a couple sparky mates and they have done it with galv conduit t boxes, wagos and magic gel (or similar) with gaskets/box lids. SWA between the boxes and...
  3. Lee42

    ksr calanda installation

    Hi all. I have a job of wiring 3 lights on a tarmac drive with a block border. The customer is set on the ksr calanda bollard. Problem with it is there is no way you are getting 2 swa into them fittings. Either side of the drive is neighbors driveways so not possible to have swa on a post...
  4. HappyHippyDad

    How to terminate pillar lights along a driveway?

    My customer wants pillar lights x 4 along his driveway. The lights will be on the grass and all cable will be in trenches on the lawn, no concrete needs to be dug. Usually with garden lights I will have a junction box next to the light on a wooden stake or suchlike which I can terminate the SWA...
  5. F

    Driveway Leds - better with Parallel PIR or wireless?

    Hey All, I have 11 low voltage outside led lights in a line on the driveway , I want to PIR them at the bottom to trigger when I come home and a PIR at the back door to trigger them when I leave the house. I believe if set with enough time delay then this will allow me to come home , trigger...
  6. H

    Driveway alarm with security lighting and audible chime

    I'm looking for some driveway security, The plan is for a gated front garden, with sensors to active all the security lights and an audible chime. Best to stick with wired products as the driveway is being done anyway.
  7. A

    Hiya, can anybody recommend any decent 12v/24v drive over light fittings please for an upcoming driveway job? Ta

    Hiya, can anybody recommend any decent 12v/24v drive over light fittings please for an upcoming driveway job? Ta
  8. S

    UK Driveway light

    Ive got a driveway light on armoured cable. The cable comes into the house under the stairs. Can I put a plug on this cable and plug into a RCD socket.
  9. markocosic

    Preparing for EV charger: cable and earthing before driveway?

    Hi, Can I ask some advice on what to bury please? This is the the front of my house in plan view. House at the bottom. Porch at the bottom left. Driveway at the top. There's a fence between the driveway and the lawn. The incoming electricity supply runs underground down the left hand side of...
  10. D

    Driveway (walk over) Lighting - HOW TO?

    As part of a current project I am looking to install uplights in the ground at the end of the drive which I believe are also known as Drive over lights or Walk over lights. S crewfix and Toolstation sell them and one I have purchased to look at is from Screwfix (5548T) which is a GU10 Enlite...
  11. gazdkw82

    Driveway audible alert ideas

    Has anyone got any recommendations for a wired driveway audible alert? A friend has a large drive and wants a PIR to turn brick lights on upon vehicles coming up the drive and also an audible alert at the same time. I doubt there is a device that does both so probably a separate PIR and then...
  12. W

    Driveway Lights

    Hi All, My Customer want electric lights down the drive, approx. 60M. 6 lights in total. Not a problem until I saw the lights, Pillar lights which have a transformer on them with a standard plug. Usually I would put the transformer inside the light column, cut the plug off and hard wire but with...
  13. R

    Installation of recessed uplighter in driveway

    Anyone every installed uplighters in tarmaced driveway ,great idea but terrible to install ...iv been presented with some uplighters but the design is rubbish ! They have 40mm space before it hits the ground .... Meaning that an underground joint must be made if useing swa cabling ,im driven...
  14. T

    driveway electrics

    having our driveway block paved at the moment,missus just informed me that she may want remote controled swinging gates installed at a later date also some kind of outside low level lighting and maybe a outside socket! i hate women these guys seem fine but as in every trade you don't need a...
  15. C

    Automatic driveway lights

    Client wants lights down his drive to be automatically contolled from either end, so they come on when a vehicle leaves the house or enters the drive from the road. There is an existing new 2.5mm three core SWA under the drive which will need to power the lights and any controls. So my thoughts...
  16. S

    Driveway lights

    Hi Has anybody here had much experience installing drive way lights and external lighting, had a couple of jobs come up and would like to know best method to install. One is to install drive over lights which come with about 2 foot of flex on so i need to find out a way of joining to this...
  17. S

    driveway lights

    Hi Has anybody on here installed LED drive over lts in a driveway and if so whats the best way to go about it? the client wants 6 drive way lights operated by a photocell and the bloke laying the drive wont core holes.
  18. M

    Driveway lighting controls.

    I have only just recently joined this site and this is my first post I could do with a little help or at least a nudge in the right direction with a problem I have. I've been asked by a client to install lighting to their driveway. They want them to be illuminated when their automatic gates...
  19. D

    Driveway Lighting

    A customer is having her driveway done in Indian stone and wants 21 LED uplighters setting into it, has anyone any hints on the best way of laying the cabling ie use SWA or rubber in plastic conduit (the stone is being layed on a cement bed on top of compressed aggregate) and do I need to put a...

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