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    IP6X JB connector outside ?

    Hello All I hope this isn't a stupid question. I have an existing outside pir security light that the stupid, ahem "electrician" (i.e. me) installed 1M above the boiler outlet so obviously the boiler triggers the pir. I'd like to be able to extend the cable and my question apart from it maybe...
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    Recommended brand for outside flood light

    Hi all, just wondering if anyone has a preferred brand of outside LED flood light (30watts with PIR sensor) Replaced a dud Screwfix brand jobby (LAP) like for like a couple of months back and the thing packed up before Christmas. I've been asked to source the replacement this time around and...
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    Outside Light Power Source

    I am wanting to put up 2 outside lights either side of my garage. In my garage I have a light switch and a plug socket to work with. What’s the best way of getting power to the outside lights?
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    Hi all! I am looking to fit a new 20W outside light on my garage wall.

    Hi all! I am looking to fit a new 20W outside light on my garage wall. I know ideally they should be on a circuit of their own, but can I do the following; Take a spur from a double socket in the garage which is fed from the house and down-amp it using a 5a fcu. Then run a 1.5mm cable from...
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    Advice with front outside wall lanterns

    Hello my leccy friends. I need advice on installing front outside lanterns. Basically I already have 2 wall lanterns either side of garage. One by the drain pipe. It looks very nice with philips hue bulbs. Only thing is, it looks off as there is no light on the right side which the porch ends...
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    Wires sticking out after moving doorbell

    Hello. I am located in the Maryland, USA and have no real electrical experience. I just replaced my Nest video door bell with another non-subscription based brand. It went well, except that the original doorbell was tightly fit into a corner by the builder and I discovered that the new doorbell...
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    Single core cable in conduit terminating outside

    Looking for some advice; I am intending to mount two led downlights on pillars/brick walls either side of the garage door opening. I will drill through the cavity to feed the cable through. There will be a PIR sensor mounted in the middle above the garage door. Internally i wanted to put the...
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    Correct LED bulb for outside use?

    Correct LED bulb for outside use. I know that outside lighting units using the old type of bulb wattage ere restricted to about 60 Watt due to the heat a higher wattage bulb would create in the restricted size of most outside lighting units. That is what I read on one of the units I have. I...
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    Class 2 Spur to outside socket

    "Class 2" Spur off kitchen ring to IP 56 locked S/O. on outside wall of garden flat. Customer unhappy with unsatisfactory EICR. "It's always locked and I only use it to charge my laptop when I'm sitting at the garden table". I pointed out that it was wrong and I can't let it go, things change...
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    dead wires for outside light

    Hello. We bought a 1966 house recently. 1 outside light at our side door was old/broken so I bought a replacement. Before removing the light I used a voltage tester so I’d know which breaker to shut off. That didn’t work. I unscrewed the fixture from the wall, and found the light wired and...
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    Smart switch for outside lighting

    I have soffit led lights that are controlled by a photo eye and a dimmer switch. Would like to change this and go to a smart switch that I can set to sunrise and sunset in my local. Need to be dimmable also. This will be in basement. What would be a good switch to get?
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    Running SWA on outside of building to feed part of internal ring

    Have come accross a job where house ring run in T/E but has an old extension with earthed metal conduit used for sockets and only live and neutral single cores (of which are both black here). The earth continuity is greater than 500 ohms and the live is faulty between 2 sockets and disconnected...
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    Install of Outside Power Supply

    Hi, Some advice required please.... I have a new build house and the electrician left an armoured supply into the garden, unterminated but weatherproofed outside and disconnected from a fused spur 13A in the house. I'll be getting a qualified electrician to carry out all works and not...
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    Outside Socket

    Hi All Recently came across an interesting situation whereby a client wanted some extra sockets and lights in the garden. The current lights are fed from a spur run in 2.5mm SWA and buried for approx 3m across a lawn to existing installation of two single sockets and some floods in the borders...
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    Can someone suggest what wire to use to make an LED outside dandelion light

    Hello, Thanks for reading. I want to make an improved version of the small solar powered dandelion lights you can purchase as I feel these are too small, and won't work very well in the UK winter months when its not very bright in the daytime. However, I'm stuck on deciding what type of wire...
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    The consumer Units for flats in communal area

    My daughter has ground floor flat, there are four flats on each floor. The consumer Units for each flat are located just outside each flat in the communal hall way, Is this against the Regulations?
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    fitting outside weatherproof sockets with rcd

    Hello. I am thinking of fitting an outside weatherproof socket unit. I will run the cable back through the wall via a surface mounted box to a kitchen socket where it will be plugged in with a 13 amp fuse. I will use 2.5mm square cable and trunking. The kitchen socket is already covered by...
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    Steel Awning frame outside EP zone, bondit?

    Hi customer had installed a 10m awning that is secured to a very substantial 6” box steel frame, concreted in either end - large goal post if you will. It is fitted on the garden patio, just outside the entrence to his living area accesd by sliding doors. The motor is a low current single...
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    Outside light wired in flex

    Outside light wired in 0.5mm flex but protected by a 3amp fuse. A 0.5mm flex max is 3A current carrying capacity, would you give that a code for an EICR? Cable size is small but it’s protected by the fuse, was thinking maybe a C3 due to it being a flex outside
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    Best electrics for a hot tub outside

    Hello, I want to connect a hot tub outside on the patio. It is a plug and play with a standard 13 amp plug. It is around 10m away from the house. I have been told it draws around 7 amps when all equipment turned on. Is it best to connect an outside socket somewhere near using 2.5mm twin and...

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