Hi, diyer here, only for laying cable!!!
Before the builders arrive to clad my house with exterior insulation and rough cast I plan to attach a 1.5mm armoured cable to the house to future proof for a security/floodlight. The cable will run approx. 7m before entering through an old vent.
Is this...
How to fix or disable a photoelectric sensor in an exterior light fixture? Mine is broken in porch so that the bulb light never turns on regardless if is night time, Thanks
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i just installed a new garage door opener. Does anyone know of a way to get my exterior garage lights to operate when the garage opener lights are?
currently the exterior lights are just controlled by a switch in the garage. Thanks for any information.
Hi all,
Having a brain fart...
Looked at a job today, have multiple exterior lighting circuits (4x MCB'S). Can see why there is multiple, as previous electrician was worried about cable lengths etc as the property is quite large.
But seem to have multiple Photocells and timers controlling...
I am running a conduit of cat5 inside, from basement of a house going through the exterior wall to a detached garage. I was just curious as someone in a home depot store had mentioned in order to seal the hole, made in the exterior wall of the house for the exterior electrical box, it needs to...
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I'm after some advice regarding exterior lighting. We have installed some plug and play 12v lighting into a clients garden via the ecisting external sockets. In the same garden in a different area the client has a ground level floodlight which is wired via an external switch on an...
Hi, I’m planning on installing a double socket on outside wall coming off my main in living room. I’m using black 20mm conduit for my 2.5 cable for running along exterior wall to exterior socket.
My question is will the fittings tower-female-adaptors be ok for waterproof situations with pvc...
Thanks for the add. wanting to add an outside light to a house but very limited access and they have only just done up the interior with new carpets etc so don't want to make a huge mess. the only supply near to the location is a spur off the downstairs socket circuit going to a SFCU for a...
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One of my regular customers has a requirement for some directional lighting. He'd like to light up some trees from the house, so we're looking for some kind (preferably LED) of directional exterior lighting that can achieve good illumination with a spread of around 30' at a distance of...
I have a job where the client wants a 7kw car charger 50 meters away from his house. The problem is there is a 6mm that's been pre wired 10 meters through his house from the main consumer unit to an exterior wall and sealed up. So I would have to use that and join onto the 10mm exterior and put...
Forgive me if being thick but have issue with some exterior LED lighting on a barn for friend.
Have run with twin and earth the light switch is opposite end to the power supply.
So have run the live all way to end in switch then run neutral in and out of the lights on way back.
Have issue...
We're looking to have some uplights installed across the side of our property, I've purchased a few of these:
Garden Trading LABV01 Bovingdon Single Adjustable Outdoor Wall Light - https://www.dusklights.co.uk//garden-trading-bovingdon-single-adjustable-ip44-outdoor-wall-light-p7135/s7145...
I'm installing a 32A socket on a PME system.
The socket itself is indoors and is on its own RCBO.
The intention is to use the socket for power for outdoor events.
My technical help line says that I should disconnect the earth at the socket then TT it. It seems to me that that would make it...
so I have an ip rated double socket outlet on the side of my decking. It's spurred from a double socket workshop which is fed from the house CU (SWA)
Iv fitted some decking lights which have a standard socket fitting. I'm looking at options to have the lights automatically turn on around...
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I have been asked to swap an exterior tube lighting thing to 4 wall lights over a shop front for a friend. My question is what would you guys use for the neatest and tidiest way of splitting the cables e.g. From light 1 to light 2 etc etc? I cant do inside the light fitting as they just...
Hey all, I have a tricky elderly customer who needs very old and defective wall mounted lights replaced or repaired if possible. Thing is they are BC lamp holders set off a mount of a black arm screwed to wall with an approx 200mm / 8" glass sphere on top which is tinted/smoked glass.
I have...
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I need to replace some of the wires to/from the electric fence energiser. The existing wires look to be normal PVC insulated wire like you'd use in auto electrics or inside a piece of equipment. Over a few years the insulation has faded and hardened so the wires are now quite brittle...
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I am a member of the shed organisation and we are moving into a new building for use as a workshop (240v power tools only). The cable supply is run under ground and surfaces 15ft from the building and run along an exterior wall. Before testing the circuit and reinstating...
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