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    Best joint for permanent telephone cable under floorboards

    Hi folks, as part of a room refurb, I'm moving a secondary phone socket to other side of a room. The cable coming in is already under the boards so I propose to join under boards at existing location and run new cable to new position other side of the room. For the joint the options are either...
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    switch wire for pendant

    In Ireland we run a 1.5 mm brown and brown and cpc from the pendant to the switch as you are never allowed use the blue from a t&e, is this the case for the UK or do you still run brown and blue and mark the blue as a phase ??
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    What to fix a garden socket to.

    I have to install a socket in a garden but do not have a permanent structure to fix it to can anyone give me any ideas, thanks.
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    Outdoor SWA Distribution Circuit; Can it be clipped to a FENCE?

    Hi Can anybody pls advise ... I was under the impression that it is ok to clip SWA along a wall - but not a fence, because a fence is not deemed a permanent structure? I believed that your only choice was to clip to a wall or bury 600mm deep? I recently lost a job because the customer was...
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    Pir light

    Am trying to wire outside light. Switch is inside 2 gang 2 way. Fuse trips if I wire switch and permanent feed but is fine if I don't add live wire from switch? However I then can't turn it on and off as such although still works as pir? Any help appreciated. Ta
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    Making permanent connections

    If you came across the situation where you had to add a piece of cable because the cable you were dealing with was not long enough what would you use? I have two options at the moment either dig the whole drive up and replace the entire cable lengths to some lights at the entrance to a property...
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    Wiring pir

    Hi when wiring a pir with em lights in the circuit I always wire my feed to pir then sw out to lights and then take me em feed from key sw obv round all my em lights, but if the pir is Ruhr furthest point away from board n key sw can you take feed round your lights then to pir as iv seen this...
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    Em Lighting key switches!

    OK, Settle this once and for all please chaps. When keying off emergency lights, should you switch; 1) just one pole (e.g. the permanent live) 2) two poles ( e.g. both switched and permanent lives) or 3) three poles ( both lives and neutral also (as some key switches...
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    2 way pir

    just doing a job in a hotel at the mo. he wants a pir in the hallway but with a switch at the bottom of the stairs just to kick in the timer on the sensor not as a permanent override. as the pir will not pick up movement down there. is this possible with a standerd pir
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    Semi Permanent use of 'Test' plugs....

    No doubt everyone's familiar with these little red neon type socket testers..... CED Plug in Socket Tester - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys I run a video production company. Our crews have literally dozens of these in their shooting kits as obviously we need to do what we can to test that...
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    Permanent live to a boiler

    I do a lot of work for a heating company-combi,s, s and y plans etc. Modern boilers and some back boilers(tomorrows problem) need a permanent live for diagnostics or gas fire ignition. If it was impossible or really difficult to run another cable back to the airing cupboard, would you consider...
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    permanent connections

    hi im an industrial electrician and have a small question about connections, im planning to put some juntion boxes above the ceiling in the kitchen as the the kitchen ring was part of the ring for the rest of the house and i now want to take all sockets in kitchen out of this ring and give the...

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