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    Need advice on replacing 35 year old flood light on outside of house. I would like to use LED light. Thanks

    I will be using an electrician but I will have to buy the fixtures. The base plate for most new Flood Lights are small 3 - 4 inches and and don't appear to be durable . Old one is about 5 inches and metal . I need a lot of light down my driveway. Will there be any problems using a GE 3000...
  2. N

    How to turn off or unplug outside light which is on alot (UK)

    Hi there I am new to this forum. I am a single mum and trying to do any jobs around the house myself so if the advice is I need a professional then let me know. I moved into this house 2 years ago and have never got to the bottom or root of my outside light. It has a sensor and seems to be...
  3. B

    Conduit install outside

    Hi all PVC Conduit install outside, for a socket and this socket is supplying a lazy spa hot tub plug and play thing. Conduit is top entry into socket, I can see they have used conduit cement at joints and also installed a flat plastic IP washer at the top entry where the conduit adaptor...
  4. J

    Replacing an outside bell box on an optima xm6 alarm.

    Hello. How do you replace an optima xm6 outside bell box. What would be a reasonable replacement and what connections would i find in the box. Thank you for your help.
  5. P

    Outside lighting help

    Hi all, So I want to install some outdoor uplights running along the bottom of my house sitting low to ground & to be operated via a light switch from indoors. Can this be done in 1.5mm / 1.5mm flex clipped around low to each light or does it have to all be done In SWA? Thanks!
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    Adding Outside sockets to existing

    Hi all , I understand that you can’t spur of off a spur , ideally adding sockets would best be done by splitting the ring and completing it. Currently have an outside socket on the back of the house which won’t be used at all but we have a decking area further up the garden which I want to add 2...
  7. L

    Remote control for outside lights?

    Recommendations for a middle range priced unit appreciated?
  8. G

    Outside light trips circuit

    I have a exterior flood light, this circuit also is connected to my kitchen lights and 2 other outside lights. All lights work fine except the flood light. Once the flood light is turned on the breaker trips, all other lights are off and it will still trip. This is an arc fault breaker if the...
  9. D

    The hunt for a suitable outside light.....

    Hi guys, Just a question in case any of you know the answer before I spend a lot of time hunting..... I am after a Black half lantern PIR outside wall light with the facility to switch on via another switched live. I have run a 3-core and earth to the fitting. Does anyone know of a place I...
  10. B

    Outside floodlight with PIR

    Hi. I want to put a floodlight with PIR outside. The light will be powered from a fused plug plugged into an internal plug socket. The cable will run through an external wall. There will be approx 1m of surface run cable outside. What size/type of cable do I need? The spec for the light is 240v...
  11. P

    Wiring in outside socket

    I have installed outside socket by spuring of a socket from inside the house..(straight off the back of it. No distance). I am now wanting to put an outside socket at the bottom of the garden roughly 20 metres away for a hot tub or speakers etc..... I have bought 6mm 3 core armoured cable...
  12. dokkan1080

    Outside lights rcd?

    Was just reading and watching about the poor young boy that died in a pub garden. :*( My question is rcd or rcbo protection required on outside lighting in a commercial installations? Say an ecir was done now on a commercial installation with existing outside lights would it be coded as a c2...
  13. M

    Is this acceptable for an outside light?

    Just after opinions. See what the general consensus is. Who thinks this is acceptable and who thinks its not
  14. T

    Running meter tails outside in trunking

    Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing well. Got a job starting next week for a rewire of a studio flat, currently they have 10 mm T&E as metre tails , So definitely got to be an upgrade. The existing meter box is situated outside ( under cover ) the bathroom wall , On the right hand side of the...
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    Outside lights and socket

    Wiring up an outside socket , light switch and light all outside , under a covered way and attached to the house. All weatherproof obviously and in conduit , spur in the kitchen to the outside socket and then from the socket to a 3amp fuse (used as switch) and then to the light. Is that the...
  16. J

    Running sockets and lights outside

    Hi all, I've got a question and I'm not sure if anyone can help? I have recently built a gazebo and as part of the built I required sockets and lighting. As with these sorts of things the gazebo was no where near the main board. So firstly I already had an outside socket IP66 (not a spur)...
  17. C

    Hot tub has uncomfortable current only from outside and grounded.

    I am a very knowledgeable DIYer with no issues on any beginner to intermediate wiring because my father is a retired electrician. The issue: I have a safety issue I am concerned it might be an expensive discovery mission if I hire an electrician early on so trying to narrow down to am easy fix...
  18. B

    Unable to run cables at a sufficient depth outside

    I’ve installed electric gates at a property. One of the issues I’ve had is I was unable to bury the cables at a sufficient depth as this would have weakened the driveway. So, I laid an earthed SWA cable around the edge of the driveway and encased it in 5cm of concreate, marker tape over that...
  19. J

    EICR and outside lighting

    Hello, How would you go about testing outside lights on an EICR if they are supplied off an outside socket? The sockets are supplied off the downstairs ring main, inside there is a 13amp switched fuse spur, then a double pole isolator running outside to 3 x double outdoor sockets all run in...
  20. V

    Contactor for outside lights on a PIR - Opinion requested

    Hi I wondered what opinions would be on the following. I have installed 2 20W LED floodlights which will be controlled by a PIR and a 3 position switch to override the function of the PIR. The manual of the PIR seems to imply that if it used to control more than one light it should be via a...

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