Hi all,
I'm in need of a bit of clarity on this decision.
So, long story short... have been asked to quote for the installation of some electrical services. Property is a small holding, my bad, but didn't check existing earth as there was a lot of items discussed (given it's location, I...
Hi all,
New to this forum. I have a weird scenario and wondered if anyone might be able to help.
I have a Grasslin timer socket switch (not digital) in my garage. This powers 4x lights outside my house. I have 70 Watt bulbs in each. When they are set to come on, at 6pm, it trips the...
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My inlaws have a new garden hut arriving in three weeks to the bottom of their garden which is around 103m from the house. It has various electrical appliances including a 8.4kw electric shower (!). The company making them do an EIC measured on their supply before transporting it to us. The...
Just wondering which sockets you guys tend to go for, your typical plastic units for internal no brushed steel effect types, as well as your external 1 and 2 gang 13 amp.
Based on price low to hi, brand perceived view (high quality through to Chinese crap) and ease of installation has good...
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I am looking for an outdoor junction box for a night flood light. Most boxes I see have openings from sides of the box only. I would like the junction box to be installed on top of the wire coming out from the wall and have one wire going out from the top to light. Any ideas which box...
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Had a bit of a flying visit to property earlier to look at something completely different, but was asked to have a quick nose at the outdoor lighting sensors.
There's multiple halogen floodlights controlled by these multiple sensors throughout the property, 2 x sensors in...
Hi, could someone please let me know whether the attached pictures is safe for step lighting?
From what I can see, the contractor has cut away the insulation from the cabling that was suplied by the manufacturer and used standard junction boxes wrapped with electrical tape.
This doesn't feel...
Hi Guys,
I need to supply the gate control fitters with a 10a supply for the control of some new electric gates im having fitted.
The supply would be on the outside wall of what is my Dining room.
My plan is that I was going to come off of an existing double socket into a new fused spur set...
I recently bought a new build house and asked for a socket to be put on the outside of the house but the builders put the socket in wrong posistion so moved it to another part of the house they have left the part installation of the socket, the wiring was left and covered with a white box , this...
Hi guys,
Just need some advice.
I want to add a couple of security lights to the front of the house off one PIR. I have a porch ceiling light which I want to 'tap in to' to supply the power. Is this possible? If so, how would I do it?
The issue I am thinking is that the power to the outdoor...
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I currently have a waterproof box out in the garden which is fed by an armoured cable from the house. This currently provides power via switches and sockets for a small pump in a water feature and a few lights around the garden, both of these items run off transformers within the...
Evening all,
My client is installing an outdoor kitchen in their garden. This will consist of a bespoke steel frame which will house the cooking equipment. The frame itself will be sat on a concrete floor. There will be a stainless steel gas burner (mains gas - copper pipework) and sink...
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Firstly, I am not an electrician but, two of us are starting a electrical contracting business in a niche product area. Our newly qualified electrician is saying that if he fits, for example, outdoor sockets, that he has to do a ton of testing of other circuits in the house to verify...
Just stumbled across this on YouTube and I have to say I agree with this guy... how can this fitting be suitable for outdoor use??
I had a quick surf and found the fitting for sale at Screwfix and they state IP23 and weatherproof.. how can it be IP23 AND weatherproof, the two things contradict...
Hello all,
Got a bit of a situation with my new garage, I've got a 2.5mm cable coming out of the house consumer unit for supplying mains to the garage, there is an armoured cable inside a conduit that goes underground and comes out in the garage. Inside the garage, it goes into its own consumer...
Dear all,
We need to install Outdoor lighting system in Oil treatment plant. For the that please guide, in the selection of lighting suitable.
Regards,
Aamer
Hey guys,
I'm getting an extension and new patio. I want to have some nice lighting but outdoor lighting is a bit new to me. I work with low voltage mostly, alarm engineer. Can I run mains in plastic conduit that will then be concreted over? If not, can I use metal copex or does it have to be...
Hi everyone, hope you're well on this dull Sunday afternoon :)
I want to add an outdoor socket for the garden and was hoping to use an existing (unused) FCU inside the house... For clarity, when we moved into the house I saw there was an FCU next to a double socket. I was told this was for an...
Im after dimming 4 of the floods below, the seem a nice fitting for the money.
Suitable IP rating would be preferable but I'm propaged to use an enclosure if necessary.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/luceco-guardian-slim-led-led-floodlight-10w-black/4483h
Cheers!
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