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  1. F

    GFCI Outlet Issue - Porch

    My daughter asked me to replace a standard outlet on her porch with a GFCI outlet. We installed it correctly but were not able to get it to work. It turns out that there are already three GFCI bathroom outlets downstream of this location, so essentially we had a single GFCI outlet in series...
  2. J

    Help with porch light and switch

    Hi, I just purchased my first home and the back porch doesn't have a light (realtor thought that contingency would be a deal breaker). I have spent, literally hours searching the internet on how to do this. Apparently I'm not asking the right question. I need a porch light and inside switch...
  3. P

    Replacing porch light

    New home owner here diy. I went to replace the porch light and didn’t take note to how the wiring was attatched before removal so know when going to install new fixture I’m left with 2 sets of romex(black, white, and bare) but there’s also an additional black wire by itself that I’m not sure...
  4. R

    LED Porch Light Modification Venture

    I am a new member with an interesting inquiry. I have developed a LED fitting with Dusk to Dawn sensor with a unique personalised artwork concept. The fitting is imported from Austria and the sensor is from Poland. The artwork is designed and printed in the UK. My studio is in New Milton...
  5. F

    Installing ceiling fan drawing power from light switch from front porch

    Ok I have a room that I’m putting a ceiling fan/light in where there wasn’t anything previously...I want to grab the power from a switch that runs the front porch light...I have tried various things and have looked on various YouTube vids...can’t seem to get it working ...I have a double switch...
  6. J

    SMD LED porch spots all started flickering at same time

    Hi hoping someone can help me... I have 3 SMD LED spotlights in my porch & all 3 started flickering yesterday- I have an on/off switch no dimmer & they had been working fine for over a year... Originally bought from B&Q but no longer sell them Why would all 3 start flickering at the same time? &...
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    Porch light photo cell and pir and timed?

    hi I need some advice, I have 2 elv down lights in the porch over the front door, what I want is them to come on automatically when it gets dark using a photo cell, but at midnight I want them to turn off and only come on via a pir sensor, I understand how to do one or the other but not both, I...
  8. MarkytheSparky10

    Dual switch to porch light switch seperation help please

    Porch & Stairs separation? So I got a dual light switch at the bottom of the stairs & a single light switch at the top of the stairs. Another switch in the porch, which is somehow connected to the stairs switch. bit confused on how to undo & redo this. The porch light sometimes cant be...
  9. Michael J

    360 deg. motion sensing bulbs for porch

    Hi all, Happy New Year. I have a porch lamp the customer purchased which does not have a motion sensor incorporated in it. The Lamp is ES27 and is positioned upright, can anyone recommend a quality motion sensor bulb? They like the lamp they bought so do not want to return it. (they do not want...
  10. S

    Installation of a RadiaLED Utility JC23203WOP

    Hi I need some help. I recently bought a RadiaLED Utility JC23203WOP bulkhead light on the understanding that it was a suitable replacement for my old porch light which had a PIR sensor incorporated into the circuit so that it switched on when anyone approached. The installation instructions...
  11. G

    wiring for 2 way and porch light switch

    Hi, I have a hallway with 2 lights, both these lights are controled by a switch upstairs and a switch downstairs -2 way. The downstairs switch also contains another switch for the outside porch light. The switchs were the wrong way round (the one closest to the front door controlled the...
  12. S

    Porch lights on a timer??

    Hello, Just a question, hopefully someone can answer for me. I have outside porch lights 2x LED on a dimmer switch controlled from my hallway. Question is ... can I fit a timer to the wiring? And how? The wires go into a junction box in my garage so I could ... if I'm right in thinking fit a...
  13. C

    Smoke Alarm in Porch

    Have a job to fit smoke alarms to 2 bed two storey house which is going to be rented out (Im in Scotland by the way). (Have tried to find some details for this online but failed!) Normally I would fit smoke alarm in downstairs hall, kitchen (Heat), living room and upstairs landing. This house...
  14. D

    Porch light

    Hi, Firstly I hope I am in the right place to post this topic, if not apologies as I am a bit new tall this. Ok, can you help please? I have just had a new porch built and want to put 2 new lights up inside to replace the old single light that is there. I wired this light myself some years ago...
  15. D

    3 Gang Light Switch Quandry

    Hi, I've just moved into a new house. In the porch there's a 3 gang light switch which connects to an external PIR security light, porch light and hallway lights respectively. I don't really want the security light to be on a switch, I'd rather it had constant supply and have the PIR and...
  16. Marvo

    DIY porch lighting

    I needed some lighting on my porch for the New Year barbecue we organised. I looked at different lighting options that were available off the shelf in the local shops and I wasn't to keen on any of them. I really don't like rope light, never have and decent fairy lights were damned expensive for...
  17. K

    13 Amp spur for new porch

    guys a quick but of help.... wiring a newly built porch.... taken power for socket and lighting from an existing socket on ground floor and added a spur 13A from which power goes to a double socket and then to a ceiling light then from there to the light switch... would this work?
  18. S

    3 gang switch

    Little project to start the new year off, looks like I'm going to have to change a 3 gang light switch which controls front room light (area around switch is crumbling ),outside light + porch light. All sounds pretty straight forward apart from the fact that one switch has never worked since we...
  19. D

    Light not working....

    I have a 3 gang switch in my hallway one controls the light by the stairs the other the landing and the final one the porch. I cant get the light at the porch to switch on the light is definitely live as I've tested it but it wont turn on so im thinking a neutral is missing? It seems that it is...
  20. T

    Lights in porch soffit

    Hi could someone clarify. Would lights in a porch soffit be a minor or major cert?

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