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  1. Vortigern

    External lux and movement sensors for external car park

    Can anyone recommend light sensors (independent) for a large car park. Must have lux and movement control. To switch around 20 lights on at a time. Load might typically be in the order of <750w. the car park is roughly 80m long and 50m wide, very roughly. There are a few corners Kind of like a...
  2. X

    External cabinet key

    Hi can anyone say what key or how to get hold of it to open this cabinet I have about 10 different types that I brought on Amazon but this one I can’t seem to locate
  3. C

    Garage door external key switch

    I have been asked recently if I could fit somebody an external key switch for there garage door - As at the moment they have to go through there house to push the available buttons on the unit inside the garage. I told them this is possible, but my query is finding a suitable IP rated key...
  4. cliffed

    Power point in external glasshouse

    Client wants 2g socket in greenhouse, obviously IP rated,will be supplied from Rcd, the greenhouse consists of metal frame work on the ground. Does this require MPBC
  5. L

    external socket cable

    I want to connect an external socket to a fused spur which is inside the house. I have 1.5mm 3 core cable but it is 16 amp. Can this be used ?
  6. Daniel DD

    Surge Arrester Installation and External Short Circuit Protection Device

    BACKGROUND I live in a small town where it is difficult to find ceritified electricians. In fact, electrician certification is not common for residential installations. I did find some experienced electricians but I don't think they are certified and know best practices in the installation. I...
  7. S

    External wall downlighters & conduit cable

    Need to run conduit on a wall with break out points for wall mounted down lighters along the way. But struggling to find downlighters that mount on conduit junction boxes or support conduit ingress / egress points. Most downlighters seem to cater for rear cable entry only. After some...
  8. N

    External led tape

    Hi all can anyone recommend and decent external 24v led tape please . The length is the issue I think at around 10.5 metres ish. Supply from 1m flex (fused spurr) I think the current might be an issue with only small cable in place ( ie a1mm flex going to tape transformer ) ??? 2x 5m reels at...
  9. R

    External wiring of indoor sockets in a SIPs garden room.

    Hello everyone, First time post here. I've been tasked with wiring a garden office, but the customers would like the internal sockets and the electric heaters to be wired externally - between the SIPs panel and the external cladding - as they intend to keep the internal chipboard finish of the...
  10. G

    External floor lights, WHY?

    Has anyone seen any of these last more that five years? Even then the work involved in resolving issues becomes crazy expensive. I think these are mostly specified by architects and no sane Spark would suggest them. Here's some I had the misfortune to be asked to "get working", yeah right...
  11. G

    Connecting a low voltage transformer using a external switch?

    Currently I have 4 small low voltage transformers connected to 4 circuits of low voltage yard lights. They are under my deck, and I turn then on and off using switches above the deck. I want to consolidate those transformers into one transformer...
  12. Rockingit

    Recommendations for external wifi repeaters

    I need to mount a pair of repeaters/extenders/nodes external to two metal roofed buildings to get signal from the first one (which is CAT6 cabled to from source) and then out again to another outbuilding about 50m's away where it can then be converted back to RJ45 as well. Without breaking the...
  13. cliffed

    Zs reading high on external lighting

    Fitted 2 new external lights onto existing cabling, their on a remote wall quite a distance from house. My mistake was not doing a Zs before I started the works. Finished & tested Zs reading 14 ohms. Its a Tncs supply quite a big install…the lights are supplied by a 6 amp C type MCB. Reported...
  14. D

    External floodlight

    Hello all I'm to add an external flood light with pir with a switch indoors to turn on & off I have a RCBO consumer unit Question is .... 1 - do I come of the lighting circuit into a swith then out to junction box to feed the light Or 2 - I have a fused spur, shall I come of this into the...
  15. D

    Power to external office

    Hi I've now had a quote and just would like some opinion on this. Its not that I don't trust the proposal. Just after some thoughts. We have an existing 2.5mm swa cable going to our outside office, the proposal is to feed of a 32amp RCBO in the consumer unit in the house (its an RCBO board)...
  16. D

    Twin and earth external use.

    Can twin and earth be used in an external twin brick cavity wall? In no way open to the elements.
  17. P

    External lighting control

    The site has 12 * 50W LED floodlights and they are controlled by 2-3 switches (changeover/intermediate) that operate a relay for the actual lights to keep volt drop down. As it has CCTV it would be handy to be able to operate the lights remotely as well. Had it been planned that way in any...
  18. T

    Wiring for garden office - can I spur off an external socket?

    Hi, I’m not an electrician so seeking advice as to whether my requests were actions correctly or if I need to arrange for additional / remedial work to be done. During the first fix of a renovation I told the electricians working on my project that I planned to put an office / studio in the...
  19. V

    PVC conduit at ground level external

    Quick one. Is there anything in the regs that state safe zones for external placement of pvc conduit ? I've looked and can't see anything specific. Reason I ask is the installation I'm doing is needing me to run conduit at one brick above damp course.
  20. F

    External Electric Sockets

    We are planning to have external electrical sockets fitted in our courtyard patio area. We would like to have flush sockets installed so that they are not protruding from the wall, where people might bang their legs on them. Our electrician says that he has never come across them before and...

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