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i'm putting in some exterior lights for the shed.
ive drilled a hole through the wall, put conduit through the hole to protect the cables and put a junction box over the holes. inside the house is mini trunking and single core cables. outside is swa.
can i just take the singles...
Hey guys I was asked if I could pop a couple of wall lights off and wago em up! Well.. for some reason no other lights work since doing this.. any ideas?
Attached some photos. Different angles of three different points.
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I recently bought and moved into a house and set about changing all the halogen bulbs with 4W non-dimmable LED bulbs. Upon doing so I discovered that when I switch the bathroom lights off at the wall, instead of going off they just become about half as bright as they are with the wall...
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Does anyone have a link for something like this, but with takes MR16s rather than GU10s as I need to use a 12v supply:
The only one I can find is about £50. I'm looking for something a bit cheaper than that.
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I know this is technially not a mains electrical question as it's regarding network cable (CAT7) rated for inwall installation. But my question follows the same theory. I'm looking at dropping a few network cables from the gable end of my wall in the loft down into a room on the 2nd...
I have a double wall socket in the loft that isn't working, its directly above the control panel and switch for the underfloor heating in the bathroom on the floor below. It doesnt work whether this is switched on or off.
When inspected the socket I noticed it looked like the black wire on the...
I was screwing a lightswitch back into the wall when suddenly a bang and the lights tripped, I assume I hit a live wire? Can anyone shed some light on what happened?
Hi, apologies if this is a daft question to ask but would really appreciate some advice.
I wiped a light wall switch in the hall with an anti-bac wipe (dettol kind, so fair amount of wetness from the wipe unlike the cheap kind that can be fairly dry). When I wiped it, I accidentally flicked the...
Could somebody please clarify a certain aspect of this for me? I have posted in the IET forum and got no reply.
So say you install cables in a wall/partition less than 50mm below the surface. You run the cables in the specified zones and you protect it with a 30ma RCD.
Do you still need to...
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I need some professional advice. I was running cat 6 wire trough my walls when suddenly my fishing wire got disconnected. The wire got disconnected around 10 cm from the outlet it was supposed to come out of. What do I do?
I think the wire I at the red line (as seen in the picture...
I'm looking at installing an imported IP65 LED floodlight with CE rating on the back of my house. I guess that IP65 + CE makes them relatively safe. This one has a cable gland and 0.5 meter vinyl jacket cable coming out of the back. Here's a photo of the back of this light, from the dealer's...
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I have a double socket in my bedroom already but its not really enough and would love another double socket... i have the socket itself and have the tools to do it, i have the 25mm double earth wiring , i wanted to add a spur from the socket thats already there but when i undid the...
Last July I moved to a second floor flat and the first night I started noticing banging noises coming from my bedroom wall which I happen to share with the balcony. I tried to diagnose the problem since it happened every 20 minutes and came to the conclusion that it must be the thermal expansion...
Hey guys I hope you can help with this one, I'm doing some home decorating and have very basic electrical knowledge.
I've successfully put up 2 new wall lights which are working fine, put up the 3rd this morning and the light will not come on. The first 2 lights I fitted had double wires coming...
It feeds an outdoor socket. On the comsumer unit is a 60ma Rcd and everything is covered by this.
I'm just wondering if the 30ma Rcd would trip before the 60ma Rcd trips (if that makes sense)
It's just my mind wondering about stuff, the chap who owns the house said it's never tripped out, yet...
I've planned a 20A circuit serving a tiny half-bath in a workshop. The circuit will contain a few LED ceiling lights, a receptacle (not for tools) and a 350 or 400W 120V baseboard heater. So it would not be convenient to shut off the heater via the main panel. When I'm not working during the...
Hi all,
I am new here.
I recently moved to a new shop, all sockets work except one. I tried to unscrew the plate cover and noticed 4 wires.
2 red and 2 black, I am not sure what to do here and why are there 4 wires and not 3?
Also do you think I should take it apart and see whats wrong? or...
Please help.. last week the wall socket on my fridge stopped working and the electricians said they could not find where the circuit was connected to so they would have to come back another time.. today i woke up and all of the wall sockets had stopped working. I live in a one room studio. Only...
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