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  1. S

    LED STRIP MOUNTING UNDER OUTDOOR STEP TREAD

    Needing to mount some weather proof led strip lighting under the tread of some outdoor floating steps and need some advice of best product method if anyone already done this sort of lighting. Thanks
  2. S

    Outdoor light connected to outdoor spur on new build

    Hi, I purchased a new build a few weeks ago which has a cable running from a switch near the back door to a small round enclosure on the outside back wall. Agent told me it's so I can fit an outdoor light if I want to. Bought a light and removed the enclosure outside revealing about a meter...
  3. M

    Outdoor socket

    Hi, In my apartment I want to put an outdoor socket on the balcony. I am thinking of spurring of a socket that is directly behind it (indoor) which is in a ring circuit and is RCD protected at the consumer unit, my plan would be to drill directly out the back of of the indoor socket back box...
  4. R

    Outdoor garden lighting

    Hi All, Just joined on here, so hi all :) So i've had my garden landscaped and now i'm looking at lighting, i've bought these lights: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01C4CKACY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 with these bulbs...
  5. S

    Outdoor decking lighting

    I’m after some advice/info on adding some outdoor lighting to some new decking. I plan to install an outdoor weatherproof socket and then add some spotlights to the risers of the decking stairs and some LED strip lighting under the handrail of the stairs and around the handrail that covers...
  6. Bob Geldoff1234

    Help with outdoor meter box?

    I am looking for an waterproof surface box with a clear window in it to be able to mount a check meter into it so that it can be read from outside without having to remove the lid.I have seen something similar on caravan parks where the caravan hooks up to the supply but cannot seem to find any...
  7. B

    Help. Outdoor light wiring?

    Hello. The two screws connect a wire that leads outside and ends, I think it used to have outdoor lights. What kind of lights would I buy to fit this breaker and replace the empty wire? Thank you so much, this is my Aunts house and I'm trying to help her out!
  8. M

    Outdoor Electrics

    Good afternoon I am planning an extension and outdoor electrics and I'm looking for some advice to plan ahead. Ultimately a qualified electrician will be doing the work, but as I'm not at that stage yet, I just want to plan roughly what we are doing rather than waste someones time planning and...
  9. E

    Outdoor socket

    I am going to put a socket into some brickwork surrounding a BBQ area. Now all the external sockets I have seen are all surface ones about 3 inches deep this sort of skt. Now I thought of using the type of socket one gets on the outside wall of a caravan like this which will sit more flush to...
  10. S

    Adding outdoor socket

    Hi guys adding and outdoor socket for a hot tub just thinking should I come off the socket ring as there is a socket on the other side of the wall or would it be better to add fused spur and add the out door socket that way so it could be turned off and on ??
  11. B

    DIY Extension lead in hose pipe for external power to shed

    Hi all, looking for advice, based in the UK. I have a 30m long garden with shed at bottom that I want to run an extension lead to on a permanent basis. Use is for power tools (drill, jigsaw) plus lamp in the winter so neither constant nor heavy usage. Currently I run a single 40m reel...
    • Blackemerald
    • Thread
    • diy extension extension lead external external power lead outdoor permanent pipe power power to protection shed
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  12. C

    Suggestion for outdoor receptacle or USB port

    Under my garage eave, I have 2 floodlights. They are hard wired to the wiring and have larger round casings. I really want to remove one of these floodlights and replace it with a receptacle for a wifi camera. Ideally I'd be able to replace it with a USB port, but I guess I could always use an...
  13. J

    Outdoor lights

    Hi all I'm in the process of finishing wiring in outdoor lights. First thing is there was already lights outside the garage so I replaced these last year and add a light sensor. Which were feed from the lights mcb on the non rcd side of the board. Which have been working. Now I'm installing 2...
  14. E

    Will my outdoor 240 V sauna stove work with a 200 ft 8/3 wire?

    Hi I'd like to install a 240 volt single phase sauna stove at a distance of about 200 ft from my main panel. The main panel has a 40 amp GFI breaker and an 8/3 exterior wire that goes into a sub panel in my workshop. The 8/3 is inside of a black 1" pvc 50 ft long flexible water pipe. I'd like...
  15. H

    Outdoor lighting - adding to existing

    Hi all, Based in UK (not US although this is showing for some reason). New here but have a few electrical projects planned. Firstly, I have 2no outdoor lights served by a single switch (see attached photograph). I am doing the garden (new decking) and intend to add - 4no LED post lights -...
  16. L

    Outdoor lights and sockets

    Hi, I’ve been asked to install some outdoor sockets and lights for a decking area where a hot tub is being put in. There is a garage which has a 2.5mm armoured cable into a fused spur with the load side feed garage lights on a 3a fuse and the supply side feeding some garage sockets. I was...
  17. Bobby34

    UK Outdoor lighting conduit

    Good morning hope everyone is staying safe. I have a question for some of the more experienced sparks, I have a client that wants her outdoor corner light replaced with a PIR and at the same time another light added above the door further along the wall. She has bought an oval bulkhead light...
  18. Dan Carroll

    Outdoor wiring help

    Morning all Bit of advice please. I have a dedicated distribution circuit that was set up for a garage, that was never built, to the outside of my house. Its 6mm twin and CPC fed from a 32amp MCB. It now terminates into an outdoor double socket. I want to extend the circuit and put some...
  19. S

    Outdoor Led strip light

    Hi all I’m new here. I’ve just installed 25m of ip68 led strip lights round my garden. 8w per meter. They came on just a plug top. Installed it all then plugged in brilliant. Just what we wanted. Now I’ve cut the plug off and gone through a photocell. But now when they come on at dusk they...
  20. M

    Outdoor pir lights

    I have one outdoor light with a pir, can I just add another pir light to the same switch and run the cable to that one ?
    • Michael Dale
    • Thread
    • another cable light lights outdoor outside outside light pir pir lights switch
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
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