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  1. N

    Guidance needed on moving sockets higher up

    Hi I moved to a new detached house which is ~90 yrs old. It has RCB switchboard outside (Kitchen, lights, smokealaram) but I am not sure when the house was re-wired last. My problem is that I need to lay a new floor. However the current sockets, sits just above the old skirting board which is...
  2. Soulsurfer

    Time lag switch solutions

    Hey all, I'm looking into a solution for a friend who has a long staircase in an old surgery he has converted to flats and bedsits. Basically from front door onwards he has 2 gang switch plates all wired junction box system with just red,yellow,blue 3 core and cpc at each gang. He wants time lag...
  3. H

    Pricing

    The house in question has all carpets lifted so easy access for running cables. So here's what I've done and to do. Materials were £500. 1. 17 spotlights wired and fitted. 2. 10 additional points in kitchen (sockets, fused spurs, cooker switch) walls chased, conduit installed and wired. 3...
  4. T

    Radial circuit and the use of spurs

    I currently have an integral garage fed by a radial circuit protected by a 32A MCB and wired with 4mm T&E cable. This feeds just two power points in the garage (and nothing else). i wish to redesign this circuit to provide several more power points and would like to check whether my proposed...
  5. E

    Intruder alarm wired in cat5e?

    Only had cat5e on my van, I know it is dearer etc than alarm cable, just needed to get it done there and then. 4 twisted pair. Wired 3x pirs, 1x door contact, 1x sounder. Will it work ok? I know it is twisted & solid, not stranded & untwisted. In this instance, will I be ok?
  6. M

    shower wired in swa?

    Alright guys got a phone call of a friend asking me to do a shower...but the client doesn't want conduit or the walls to be chased out. The ferm and the client agreed with a swa from the db clipped outside into the loft then into isolator and shower.... Is this even ok?? ignore the fact its gona...
  7. N

    Intruder Alarm - Wired or Wireless?

    Hi all, What's everyone opinion on intruder alarms, is wireless the way to go now? Obviously wireless is cheaper and easier to install but is it less reliable? What's the pros and cons? Cheers
  8. P

    Problem with Security light turning on other light

    I have wired an outdoor security light with a motion sensor and have taken the feed from the hallway light using the neutral and the constant live (loop) feed. The hallway light works fine as does the security light. My problem is that when the security light is activated and turns on the...
  9. stidge

    sky plus switch or loft box ?

    Hi All, Ive posted before about this but is now completed need some advice please. we have 6 shotgun cables wired to loft, at minute 3 sky+ boxes are connected. we would like to keep as is but would like to have secondary sky to 3 other positions. I realise now I could have wired from RF out on...
  10. L

    Dual RCD Split board with unprotected circuit with N wired into Main Switch

    Hello all. A friend of mine is looking to buy a house and got me to have a cursory look at the electrics for him. One thing seemed a little peculiar but i'm not sure whether or not it'd be deemed unsafe when he gets the EICR certificate done. The Consumer Unit is a fairly recent looking BG Dual...
  11. D

    honeywell g2 and activ8

    Evening all, I think I am being thick but I cant fathom out how to wire activ8 sensors into the g2, I will admit I have never wired one, have been fitting accentas since forever but I cant find an idiots wiring diagram for the panels, I downloaded the 137 page manual and I have the activ8...
  12. G

    Eicr code

    Ring main wired in 2.5mm singles but only one cpc conductor. What code would you give?
  13. C

    220 hot water tank with 120 outlet wired off it but rehooked up and has wire issue

    ok I was replacing the hot water tank and It had a electrical outlet tapped off it using 120 but here is the issue from the breaker box to the hot water tank they used just Black and White from the breaker to feed it so its just ing 2 and a ground. and then off that they made a 110...
  14. ray-bentos

    EICR Coding for hob wiring

    I did an EICR on a property today and came across a built in hob with a 45A switch but no dedicated cooker circuit On further inspection it turns out that the 45A switch is spurred from the kitchen socket ring and feeds a double socket at the back of the built in oven. Both the oven and the...
  15. S

    Can anyone help or advise? Tel and data are wired to a central point...

    Morning I'm hoping someone may have had experiance of this and might be able to help. I'm second fixing apartments and due to a mix up I'm having to do the Tel/Data as well. In the cupboard I have eight cat5 cables, four for tel and four for data. Next to where the Cat5s Emerge from...
  16. S

    Light Switch Locked On - Help!

    I'm a DIYer - installed a new outdoor light today. In doing so as there are 4 wires in the cable and only 2 slots in the light, I must have wired it up incorrectly and the light switch inside used to turn the outdoor light on and off is now fixed to the on position and it won't click off. I...
  17. jason121

    Bad Installation

    I was asked to write a report today regarding a poor solar installation. There are two inverters. The left is wired out the dead side of a shared AC isolator while the other inverter is wired of the live side (from the meter ) feeding another AC isolator. In my opinion one inverter would feed...
  18. H

    3 Way Switching

    Is there anyway to install 3 way switching with out an intermediate switch? I personally think it is required but if anyone knows different let me know. Thanks Matt
  19. D

    sonos - wired vs. wireless

    Looking into sonos for the house, have seen a few posts about having a connect amp wired to ceiling speakers in each room and just wondered if there's any benefits to this compared to just using the play 1, 3 and 5's wirelessly around the house?
  20. V

    outside pir light wiring

    Hi everyone, help please, I am trying to wire this light via enclosed instructions. the unit has a 4 terminal block, N Earth L and L' . I have wired mains to live neutral and earth as instructed, on opposite terminals that go to sensor it is wired blue to neutral brown to live and white to L'...

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