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    New PIR lights off of photocell

    Hi chaps, Went to look at a job tonight in my town - client has an existing photocell sensor doing her outside lights with from what I can see is a three core and earth feeding it. As it's difficult getting back into the home for power, they asked if it was possible to get power from the...
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    Texecom Alarm Dialer

    As I said in another post not my usual thing but... so I am of to fit this later and I think I have it sussed the only part I am unsure of is the 12VDC connections I take it the 12v and 0v are pos and neg from the aux supplly respectivly P
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    New Hard Wired Smoke Alarm

    Hello, everyone. Four weeks ago, an electrician came to my flat and installed a smoke alarm. He wired it up to the lights on the fuse box. A cable runs from the fuse box, into the alarm on the ceiling right next to it. Here's the thing. Since installing it, the cost of my electricity has...
  4. HappyHippyDad

    Straight wired and crosswired Ethernet connection?

    Evening everyone.. I have just been experimenting with a cat5 wall plate on one end of the cat5 cable and an RJ45 on the other end. The RJ45 connects to my router and the wallplate is situated in the office. I then connect a standard Ethernet cable (RJ45 on both ends) from the wall plate to...
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    Junction Box for Extending Old Wired Fuse Board

    I went to look at a job the other day for a customer to install a Hot Tub supply in the garden. Whilst there I found that an 'electrician' in the past had extended all the cables down from where an old wired fuse board used to be located to an RCD protected CU. It was basically a bodge where...
  6. Dan

    Why Not Say Good Morning Before Work?

    Morning lads. What do you have on today?
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    How Is A Time Clock Wired In A Consumer Unit To Operate Contactors To Control Mcbs For The Heating

    Hi everyone, I'm very curious about economy 7 boards on electrical installations with time clock on din rail and the contactors. I have a photo to show exactly what I mean, now I want to know how does the time clock switch the contactor to allow the heaters to operate from economy 7 times, I do...
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    Trying To Work Out Price For Doing Wiring In Kitchen

    Hello, I have carried out electrical wiring in a kitchen. I have never priced a job before and don't want to overprice or shortchange myself any help would be much appreciated. I fitted: 16 down lights 2 double socket moves Moved all isolator off walls and relocated to central location (10...
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    Led lights wired in parallel, should be series. How to resolve?

    Hi Have little issue Some Led lights have been wired incorrectly, instead of series the connection, it's connected in parallel. The supplied transformer/driver is 350ma constant and connected in series the lights are pulling 3v each. There are 9 lights in total and are set and can not be...
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    My new bungalow looks like John Wayne wired it!

    This is my first post so go easy on me or will find you and hurt you. I have recently bought a 1930's bungalow and on checking the wiring it is lashed right up. It looks like it's had years of DIYers or lazy electricians. I'm in the process of a complete rewire. I have installed a new split...
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    Vehicle Tyre Compressor wired direct from battery to pump. Wire overheats.

    I just bought a 12 volt tyre compressor and the instructions say connect it directly from the battery. The pump worked well but when I disconnected it the wires were very hot. Does this mean that the wire is not sufficiently robust?
  12. amlu

    small wired alarm system recommendation

    Hello Im working on a quote for rewiring a small restaurant, got an alarm system in the specs and got to price something in there. 5 PIR sensors and 3 door contactors, control keypad, all wired. Its not my daily part of business and im not sure whats good on the market those days. Can you...
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    Alarm Kit help?

    As an electrician, personally I've never had to install an intruder alarm. I've recently purchased my first home and am in the process of installing one. Kit: Scantronic I-ON16 Wireless Alarm (Audible Kit) Basically, (Control Panel (Radio Transmitter), Bellbox, 3 Room Sensor's, Keypad, Door...
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    How many bt sockets allowed per room?

    Hello everyone! Just a quick question, i am decorating my 2 bed flat, i just wanted to ask, how many bt sockets normally installed in 2 bedroom flat? Is there a limit for that? Or i can have as many as i want?
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    Pet sensitive wireless burglar alarm

    I need to put an alarm in my house and can't really be arsed to install a hard wired one. I have have two cats so need a pet sensitive one. Does anybody have any recommendations? If push comes to shove then I will put in a hard wired one if someone knows of one that's really good. All help...
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    Battery Battery Storage & Metered Export

    Evening all Ted kindly posted this link on another thread; https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/02/fits_guidance_for_licensed_electricity_suppliers_fit_16_v8.pdf In it, there is reference to battery storage and export metering as follows; 4.31. If the configuration of the...
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    EICR codes advice

    Hi guys, just looking for some advice on a few common issues ive found when conduction a commercial EICR and how best code them. Any advice and help is much appreicated. So hear are some the senarios 1. No fuse spur to heater (hard wired straight to MCB with correct size cable and MCB for...
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    decent wired alarm

    can anyone recommend me a decent wired alarm for my own house. been looking at texecom and honeywell advice is appreciated
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    light switching

    just a quick one...Whats peoples thoughts on wiring a intermediate lighting circuit with a neutral at each switch and what way would you wire it?? 2core and earth from db 3 core in between and 2 core and earth to light fitting from last switch???
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    wired vs wireless cameras

    I want to install security cameras in office and am not able to decide whether to use wireless or wired cameras for it, Although I have read few articles about surveillance systems on websites like http://www.24securitysystems.com/home-video-surveillance/ and find it useful but still this...

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