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    Light fixture. Ground wire disconnected. How to avoid death

    Hi men. This fixture began flickering then the bulb died. I put a new one in and it immediate made a popping sound and died. I opened it to look at the connections and it appears the ground wire is disconnected. I don’t see the other end of the ground wire or anything that with my limited...
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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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    UK How to wire a 3 way switch, the unconventional way

    Hi all, I am hoping someone could settle this for me. I would like to know if it is possible to wire a 3 way switch, where the master switch is feeding 2 slave switches separately, i.e. rather than going Switch 1 > Intermediate Switch 2 > Switch 3, it goes Switch 1 > Switch 2, and Switch 1 >...
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    Three way light question: how to wire?

    I am having some trouble with replacing a lighting fixture. I have done many throughout the house without issue, but this one is perplexing me. It is a light with two switches. When I took the light down, I was in a hurry but I swear both the black and white wires on the fixture were wired to...
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    Feed and switch wire at an intermediate...

    Evening all Try to rack my brain about whether this would work..... Customer on a job wants to add a 3rd switch on a lighting circuit, however it is near impossible to get from the 2way switch but easy to get from the first switch Will having the intermediate switch where the feed and switch...
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    Switching sockets and lights from plastic to metal, earth wire query.

    Hi all, hoping everyone has enjoyed their bank holiday weekend. I hope this post goes in the right place as I've just joined. I'm looking to swap a two way light switch and two double plug sockets from bog standard plastic ones to stainless steel ones, the existing wiring (old colours) has an...
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    How to disassemble a Philip’s hue outdoor light? My landscaper cut wire close to case and want to reconnect from inside

    How to disassemble a Philip’s hue outdoor light? My landscaper cut wire close to case and want to reconnect from inside
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    Can anyone advise how I can cut wire and put inside wall? What do I need to buy

    Had a kitchen unit with under light. Took down one unit and I have capped the electric and taped. How can I cut back the wire so that it can be pushed back into wall? What do I need to buy? Easy job to do?
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    Severed main earth wire - how to join?

    I have accidentally cut a 16 mm earth wire running through my loft. It's in the middle of a 30 metre run. What's the approved/acceptable method of joining the cut ends?
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    Need help with connecting a four wire fan

    I am not a electrician and I need some help. I would imagine this should be an easy one for you guys. I am trying to hook up an indoor air filter that hangs from the ceiling. I cannot find a schematic for connecting to a power source. It is a four wire system. I am not sure if it is a one speed...
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    Jumper wire

    I ran 10/2 wire from 30amp breaker installed on my house 100amp panel 50’ to my shed . I bought a sub panel as shown below ! Looks like to power the capable 2 breakers I should have ran 10/3 wire ! I am not in need of 220 v so Since the 10/2 is already there can I jump from black power line to...
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    Wire in a new vanity light to apartment

    I live in an apartment and would like to have a vanity light installed above a mirrored cabinet in the main bathroom. Any ideas how this might be done and at what cost? A handy man told me it would be a messy job as without overhead access he'd have to run a chase from the ceiling light down...
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    How do I wire this according to diagram?

    Hi guys! I bought a pool heater online and this Is the wiring diagram that comes with It. Can someone please tell me if this Is possible? From what I understand the 3 wires from the heater must be spliced together with just 1 wire 127w from my main panel but the diagram reads 220v Thanks for...
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    Water sparking wire

    We've had a tiler in doing the kitchen floor and through no real fault of his own the floor flooded a little (stopcock issue). Was only surface water but its seemingly gotten around some wires. Anyway, I came down and could instantly hear this electrical noise. Like a fuzz. Like something out...
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    How to repair this snapped wire?

    Hi - I know this is in my car engine bay, but I'm hoping the logic for repairing it will be similar. The attached photo shows the problem - this is for my car's horn. I have tried soldering it but there is so little wire available in the white connector that it doesn't make a strong enough...
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    combined Fog and DRL got them fitted and fogs working but have a single wire to be connected

    Hi I’m upgrading the fog lamps on a 2013 Range Rover sport to combined FOG and DRL got the fogs working but have a single wire to be connected to an ignition live, where will the closest ignition live wire be
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    FAAC gates not auto closing. Broken wire

    Hi. I have a set of FAAC gates. They work on a master switch a sim card opening system where my phone opens the gates. Everything was working perfectly until last week when the gates opened and closed ok but when the photocell was tripped the gates wont close unless you dial the number or flick...

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