outside light

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    50W LED outside light

    Right so i spoke to my merchants "How much for a 50W LED outside light" reply was £130 inc VAT... WTF I now looked on eBay and found this.. 10W/30W/50W LED SMD Floodlights Day/Warm White Waterproof IP65 Outdoor Garden UK | eBay 50 Quid...? Anyone fitted one from ebay they any good?
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    outside light tripping

    Hi all, advice please.... I have fitted an outside sensor light.( Domestic.) it is less than one meter to the consumer unit. i have used 1.5 twin plus e from the back of the light connected to a five amp fused switched spur socket with a neon indicator then 1.5 again direct into the consumer...
  3. HandySparks

    Trench for outside light supply

    I'm quoting to install an outside light at some distance from the nearest building. About 16m of the run will be underground, mostly under lawn, with about 2m of that under paving slabs, which will have to be lifted and re-laid. I am proposing a 500mm deep trench with ducting and warning tape...
  4. T

    2nd outside light can someone check my logic..

    Physically doing it and wiring it I have no issue with and Zs, Vdrop etc are all fine. However I need a bit of clarification. We live in a timber framed house, brick outside, dry lined inside. I’d run the cable from light fitting #1 back in the house, up the wall vertically from the switch...
  5. A

    Outside light

    A collegue at work has asked about having a PIR light added. Not sure if im allowed to do it but said that i would have a look into it. The Consumer unit has no RCD and is the old wylex unit that is found in so many authority houses (meteral i think / skelton type) my thoughts would be to take...
  6. N

    Outside light for animal deterrant

    Hi guys, ive been asked to instal an outside light to stop foxes gettin into the chicken coup. what sort of light would work best to keep away foxes at night? I've been looking at most motion sensor lights but im not sure if they are applicable to foxes Can anyone please clarify or point me in...
  7. VoltzElectrical

    outside light

    does anyone know if there are outside lights available with integral PIR that you can over ride with a switch rather than doing that quick on/ off thing with the supply?
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    reccomend me an outside light

    i need a light to illuminate a farm yard, i will be mounted on a shed approx 10M up, and needs to illuminate approx 300M² of yard. there was a sodium lamp there, but it was poor quality, the plastic went brittle over 2 years and cracked where it mounts(probably from catcing the wind) and then...
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    Outside Light Circuit

    Hi the client has a 6A light circuit already installed to supply an outside light attached to the wall. However, the CCU is 2007 and the circuit does not have and RCD protection. A fews questions sprung to mind. 1) The light fitting would be attached to the house and fed from the existing...
  10. E

    Outside light

    ok for my girlfriends uncle i was doin an outside light, all it needed was a light and was already wired, he showed me where it was switched from, which was off a 3g switch, so turned it off and test the cable to make sure it was that one anyway, but it was still live, so i took the switch apart...
  11. J

    Outside light & rcd

    Do outside light require rcd protection ? All cables are surface monuted in conduit in store room and then though the wall to outside and upto light.
  12. R

    Zs on outside light, can some one please help?

    Morning Guys, Ive done a Zs test on an outside light which is on its own circuit and am getting a reading of 35.8 ohms on no trip mode. Im using a fluke 1653 multimeter which im new to. In the bottom of the display below the Zs reading, its displaying Ik 7A. My Ze is 75.4 ohms. Am I correct...
  13. A

    outside light installation & armoured

    HI was wandering what cert you would issue for installing outside lights. Power is already in place. any may want to add some swa to it to extend? cheers
  14. F

    Outside light

    Hi people, If I spur of the ring main to a switched fused spur to supply an outside 500watt floodlight, when doing IR test do I just IR the cable I have put in (from socket to light)? Or the full ring? Thankyou
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    outside light

    i have an outside light which goes into the driveway, they are like big downlights which sit flush. The light sometimes works and other times when you put the switch on the "on" position it doesnt it has a cdm-t 35w lamp which is new. other components are an ignitor, a capacitor and a...
  16. kevyn

    Outside light spare glass

    Hi all I am looking for spare glass for a lantern style outside light. anyone know anywhere?
  17. S

    Outside light

    Hello, I am going to be installing an outside light it will be connected via a fcu and the cable will need to be clipped to the outside wall for a short length. Is hi tuff the cable of choice for this to meet regs? flex can't be used and nor can t&e because of the detrimental effects of U.V...
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    Adding an outside light to a lighting circuit

    In my garage I have a light and 2 switches operating the light (one switch at the front & one switch at the back of the garage) I have a 2 core cable (red cable) going from the mains to one switch I have a 2 core cable (red cable) going from the mains a junction box (the j-box in for the light...
  19. D

    Additional Outside light

    Hi All, Looking to install an additional outside light. Currently I have one standard outside light and a double gang switch in kitchen one switch for internal and one for external light. But would like to add the light below with PIR and was wondering best way to do it. Pro Twin Spotlight G9...
  20. S

    Posh outside light sensors...- (Half brightness when dark?)

    Hey guys, Iv been asked by my mate to fit some new outside lights at his place, not a problem at all, until he mentioned some kind of 'funky dooberrys' He said they come on at half brightness when it get dark enough, then comes on to full brightness when it senses the movment. To be fair...
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