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    Best Way To Supply Electricity To Summerhouse In Garden

    Hi All I am new this site so please be gentle with me. May I first state I am not a qualified electrician and have hired one to do the job however I have been misguided by previous sparkys that have ended up costing me a lot more to put right. job to do is to supply electricity to...
    • shepped0
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    • best best way electric electrical electricity garden supply
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  2. L

    Garden Hot Tub Protection

    Hi Guys, anyone with experience in installing hot tubs? Had a call from a client asking to install hot tub and before I head round the house I'm just thinking about best means of protection. Any thoughts are appreciated
  3. bigspark17

    Garden power and lighting supplies

    Been to see a job where a customer wants various lighting in a medium sized garden. Wall lights spot lights, decking lights, pateo lights socket along wall. Jacuzzi supply! I could wire from internal switch to outside adaptable box and take swa/hi tuff from here to lighting points and spur...
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    DIY Garden - Solar Lighting

    Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum but hoping to gain a little help. I want to purchase a solar panel that will power around 15 led's in a homemade garden lighting project. I don't really know where to start in terms of what components to buy - there are tons of solar panels out there and...
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    Heavy Duty Extension cable idea for garden and pool use

    I have recently bought a 10ft pool with an electric filter and heater. Its an intex brand. I have a garden power reel that I use for the lawn bower and strimmer etc which works fine, but its not performing too well on this heater and filter pump situation. The whole reel heats up a lot and the...
  6. W

    Garden design lighting

    Hi I have been asked to price an outdoor lighting project by a land architect and have been sent the plan. All lights are led in wall and slabs. obviously these all come with 1m of flex on them. Can anyone suggest the best way to connect these altogether? im thinking armored and galv conduit...
  7. J

    Power supply to garden workshop

    I am developing a prototype garden workshop design that has an off-grid power supply. The current setup is 300Wp PV, MPPT charge controller with 20A rated discharge current, 266Ah (C100) deep cycle battery and a 3000W (6000W peak) modified sine wave DC 12V to AC 220V inverter. This setup happily...
    • janliber
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    • battery electrical work garden inverter kettle power power supply supply supply to workshop
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Solar PV Forum | Solar Panels Forum
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    Mains Garden Lights Cabling

    My second post I am getting brave:blush5: I am estimating a job this week for a customer who wants three garden lights mounted on his fence approximately 75 metres, so each light at approximately 25 metres. The plan is to run from the consumer unit either 1.5mm or 2.5mm twin and earth through...
    • Vitesse
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    • cabling garden garden lights lighting lights mains
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    HELP: Exposed Un-Isolated Buried Armoured Cable Discoved in Garden

    Hi, I've just come across this forum so I hope someone can help me quickly on this. We recently moved into our new build home in April 2015 and have been here for 2 months roughly. I was mowing the rear lawn this evening and kept getting the mower stuck on something in the lawn. Not thinking...
    • exactmax
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    • armoured buried cable exposed garden help
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  10. Tuttle

    Garden Lights + Power ... Which SWA Cable / How Many Cores?

    I need to supply power to a couple of garden lights and a 13A socket in a longish garden. The requirements I've been given so far are a bit vague - the socket needs to go at the end of the garden, the lights will probably go somewhere along the side of the garden, and I'm assuming that they...
    • Tuttle
    • Thread
    • cable cores garden garden lights lighting lights power swa
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Hatton Garden Robbery

    I think the hatton garden robbery is the best advert for HILTI core drills ever Google Image Result for http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article5571838.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Hatton-Heist-drill.jpg Crimewatch Hatton Garden heist RECAP: £20,000 reward issued as police hunt for robbers' drill -...
  12. S

    QUESTION: Garden Light On a Plug

    Got a general question... I have been asked by a friend to install a light in his garden. The light will most likely be a 220-240V 150W halogen floodlight fixed just above his back door. Now I understand that the best way to supply power to this light is either off an RCD protected lighting...
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    6X4 Garden Shed

    I have contacted a Scheme with regard to becomming a Part P Electrician, I have my 17th and My pat testing one day certificate, now a Scheme who I won't mention for legal reasons has suggested if I can produce a Certificate for an installion and I pay the 400 Sobs they will have me on board...
  14. O

    Light in garden shed

    The shed is about 3m from the house so ill gaffer tape the extension leads to the washing line but what lights do you guys recommend?
  15. cliffed

    Garden spike lights

    Advice on connecting these external lights,they are 230v,with trailing lead,client not accepting a weatherproof socket at each one.Theses will be connected via a swa cable into a ip rated box,my hassle is what to do with the trailing lead,bury it with some protection or leave it on top of...
  16. D

    LED tape under edge of garden steps

    Evening all, What is the best way to discretely install LED tape under the front of stone slab steps like this: Is it best to run flexible conduit from the corner of the underside of the step (during installation) back to an area where the the transformer and connections can be housed and...
  17. D

    How locate SWA cable during garden landscaping

    Hello - My garden is being landscaped - once in a lifetime job. Various walls are being built where lighting, power sockets & adaptable boxes have to be mounted. The cables will be laid prior to the walls and their foundations being built. How do I locate/lay the swa cables, in preparation...
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