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    UK Changing a light pendant (with 4 wires) to light fitting

    Hello, I've recently bought four light fittings (to replace the existing simple ceiling light pendants) that look like the following to wire up: I've already changed two of the four pendants since they are just a single wire coming in (from the other hallway/landing light) so they were...
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    Fixture Wiring

    Installing light fixture with one black and one white to ceiling wires of 2 black and 2 white. One set of black and white wires are hot other is not. Only one switch that's not hot when tested. 120V How do I wire?
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    I need some advice on wiring in my new 90cm hob with 2 live wires

    I bought a new hob as we are fitting a new kitchen, we got all the other new appliances wired in, but the hob is a bit more complicated, it has 2 live wires then 1 negative and 1 earth, the wire coming out of the socket where it needs wired into where my old cooker was installed only has 1 live...
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    Removing Old Cable TV Wires From House Exterior:

    I have what I think is old cable TV wires on the exterior of my house. I am hoping that someone from this forum can confirm from these photos that that is what I am looking at. I know for sure that they are not my Verizon Fios wires. Thank you in advance :)
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    Low voltage DC through AC wires?

    I have a friend that owns a local restaurant. He's renting a building that is somewhere around 30 years old. The building currently has a sign with lights above the signage on both sides, shining down to light up the sign. And there's a switch at the bottom of the pole that they can use to...
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    Load wires now hot

    Hi everyone DIYer here with a weird situation. Have 2 two gang switch in a bathroom. One for the vanity lights the other for the exhaust. Pretty standard stuff. This is a house built 12 years ago. Everything worked fine until a week ago when the lights and fan would no longer turn on. The box...
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    1way 3 gang

    in a 1 way 3 gang switch with only 1 live in can i join 3 common wires together in 1 switch in UK
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    1way 3gang

    in a 1 way 3 gang switch with only 1 live input in can i join 3 common wires together in 1 switch in UK
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    Burnt/melted wires?

    Hey im looking for some advice. I have had my cooker 3 years and never had any problems. Over the last few days there has been an odd smell coming from my oven and today it just turned off and wouldn't come back on. I decided to turn it off at the mains and have a look and this is what i found ...
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    Car USB socket installation, excess wires.

    I’ve had a go at installing a USB dual socket in place of the factory fitted cigarette lighter in. VW Polo (2005). The old cigarette socket had three wires going into a connecter into the back. The new socket only has two terminals on the rear. How should i connect the new socket? Where should...
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    Multiple wires into single ceiling light connector ‘slot’?

    Buoyed on by my first successful ceiling rose replacement, I’m now doing a second one, but have come across a slightly different scenario. In this ceiling rose there are more wires than previously, so my question is, is it ok to place multiple wires into a single connector in the new light...
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    Wires near heating pipes

    had a full rewire in house come to find these wires sitting on top.of central heating pipes is it unreasonable to ask the electrician to mive these.he has been back once to put a save plate inbetween but im not entirely happy,just want some advice
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    House only has red and black wires

    My house only has red and black wiring (old house). So I'm kinda lost on ceiling fan install. Is my red neutral? Do I connect white from fan to red from ceiling? Pig tail red from ceiling and switch with white from fan? I've spent a couple of hours rewording all this many different ways into...
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    Could hidden wires be routed as in my photo?

    Hi all, Please see the attached photo that includes notes. I am wanting to have a new GPO installed on a plaster wall that has no existing GPOs. I am thinking of having wires run from the opposite wall, up through the wall cavity, over the ceiling cavity and down the opposite wall cavity to...
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    Outside light visible wires

    Hi Guys, please can you give me some advice. We are having a rewire and the electrician has installed an outside light with the wire sticking out as shown in the image below. He said that there is no way to have the wire inside as it comes from the floor which is below the fitting. Is that...
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    DIY Help! Damaged Quick Connect 2 same color wires one side, Black & White the other

    A quick connect on the bottom of my farm tractor was snagged by a limb and one side of the connectors wires were pulled free from the housing. The good side with the wires still connected has a black wire (hot?) and a white wire (neutral?) but the 2 wires that were pulled free from the other end...
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    Screwing a light switch back on and I assume I hit a live wire?

    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?
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    Electric wires

    Hi I have removed an old water tank and am now left with lots of live wires which I no longer need which used to feed the pump etc. I can’t remove at source as the wires go under a laminate floor so is it ok to put the wires in a Wago terminal which is accessible under the floorboards?
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    Boarding attic, wires over joists, advice needed.

    Hi there I’m boarding my attic and the wires are going over the joists, I know I can chisel a grove in the chipboard board or take the wires out of light fixture. I was just wondering would it be a bad idea just to made a grove in the top of the joist with a round rasp just big enough for the...
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    Mixed wires

    Hello. I have a 20 amp circuit with 12 gauge wire that I would like to tap from a receptacle and create a 14 G wire pigtail to a 15 amp switch to power new recessed lights that is using 14 G wire. Is it safe to do so? If above is not safe, Are recessed lights take 12 G wire with a 15 amp...

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