Hi All,
Appreciate some advice on an outdoor socket and lighting circuit please.
I currently have an outdoor socket on my house, that i believe to be a spur from a 32A ring. I would like to extend this out to decking for some lights and sockets, and onward to a shed for a couple of lights and...
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We are making changes to our backyard and needed to move an existing 2 gang outlet. We have existing outlet at the other end of the yard. We are wiring the existing outlet to the 2 gang outlet, but need help on where to mount the 2 gang. As you can see from the attached pictures, we...
Firstly, please excuse the volume of posts. I’m finally getting round to all the jobs I’ve been promising the wife for in some cases years.
i purchased a Knightsbridge IP663g outdoor switching box with the idea to run 2 small lighting circuits in my Bbq area approx 15 m from the house. The...
Hi i had an seperate circuit put around the house for outside wall lights with its own mcb. I told him where i wanted to eventually fit the lights (wall lanterns around 3 meter of ground level) he drilled the holes for the cable to pass through to the outside on each light location and also ran...
I have some outdoor floodlights at home in Azerbaijan, which need replacing. The way they are connected is in the photos - cable through the stone base then up into a waterproof box through a gland.
The problem is that the newer model floodlights that I can buy have much shorter cables -...
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My aim is to have an outdoor socket sited near a new garden structure approximately 5 metres from the back of the house. SWA will be used for the entire run.
I have an existing external socket (IP66 without RCD) on the back of my house fitted by an electrician during a kitchen refit. It is...
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I simply want to add an outside light to an existing circuit in the garage.
There is a single switch operating a ceiling light in the garage, would it be ok to change the single switch to a double switch to connect the outside light or is there a better way of doing that?
Please let me...
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I recently replaced one of three outdoor pir lights which worked fine.
today I installed the second one, which didn’t go so well. It’s not working and now neither is the first one I installed.
does anyone have an idea of what could cause this?
I am by no means an electrician and my...
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I’ve got a standard double outdoor socket that has been installed for some time, and I’d like to make the supply to it timed to run some lights in the garden in autumn/winter only.
I’m planning on using a greenbrook mechanical timer, which is rated at 16a resistive and 2a inductive. I will...
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Ok Hello all and thanks for having me. I need some advice and joined this forum hoping to be pointed in the right direction.
First off I am not an electrician and dont know the first thing about grounding or wiring.
I will try to explain it the best I can.
I recently moved to Middle Tennessee...
Can anyone recommend a type of sealant that i can fill a plastic box with to totally insulate the connections from water and damp.A bit similar principle to swa joints where you fill the whole plastic joint up with some sort of compound.
I need to fill 10 outdoor boxes approx 3"x3" and 1" deep.
Hi everyone, first post and novice DIY currently installing outdoor lamps. Had new extension built, builders have left twin and earth cables taped off at the ends. All except in one position where it's looped back into the wall (see pic). Directly behind the wall on the inside is the three way...
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I've put up a LED floodlight bought from Costco twice now. It replaced a old halogen type floodlight that was already wired in.
Both times it has worked fine for about the first 3 days. After this both times the PIR sensor has stopped working, so when there is power to the light it...
Hi all, I'm looking for advice on fitting an outdoor consumer unit, which will be run from the consumer unit in my house.(1)(2)
I am then installing an outdoor socket (2) from the outdoor CU and also running cable to my shed (1)(2), where I will be fitting another CU - to run a light and double...
I’m building a man cave/BBQ area. It has a substantial roof, a weather proof back wall, but open to the elements on the other three sides. It’s large enough so the back wall won’t be susceptible to rain etc. In the rest of the garden, I’ve used MK Masterseal sockets.
However, they are a bit of...
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I am currently building a new outbuilding in my garden to be used as an office which will end up having a reasonable amount of power usage (Heating, multiple computers, lighting and a few other bits and bobs) and I am looking at reusing a power feed that previously ran to a shed which was...
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