Recent content by gary Wright

Hi All I hope you will be able to help me as you have in the past with my DIY questions? I have a separate circuit for my garden lighting coming from a consumer unit in the house. The SWA 2.5 mm 2 core comes out of the house through a solid concrete floor then through the brick wall where it...

Hi all  You helped me a few weeks back when i had a problem with my wall mounted television where the plug stuck out too far and got in the way of the wall mount.  I installed a single switched, fused spur and it worked perfectly! I now have a similar problem but this time i want to put a wall...

Hi All Thanks to everyone - I have now put the light up without killing myself and got lots of brownie points with the misses all thanks to you guys. POWER TO THE PEOPLE  Best Regards   Gary

Thanks Blue Duck When you say ..."as long as the earth's are connected together then all is good" but I only have one earth wire and all I've done is connected it to the block with nothing attached/connected to it? Please clarify - thanks in advance POWER TO THE PEOPLE  Gary

Hi all  I have taken the ceiling rose down leaving the three bare wires to be connected to my new pendant lamp. I have got a connection block all ready and joined to the three ceiling wires Earth, Live and Neutral. The pendant lamp cord only has two wires Live and Neutral so is it ok just to...

Thanks for all your replies and so quick... I don't want to use spacers because where the TV is going to be mounted on a wall you have to walk past the TV in a refined area (between a kitchen island and the wall} So the less it sticks out the better. As long as it is safe and ok to do? I will...

Hi Everyone  I am new here on this great forum and I have got a problem with my wall mounted TV - when I offer the TV up to the bracket the electrical plug sticks out too far from the wall and will not allow me to clip the TV on to the wall mount. I think I have the solution but would like to...