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Hi to you all, once again i need some info/help. I am not a lighting designer & i am aware of my limitations. I have been looking to upgrade a security lighting system in the large garden of a house. The client has asked if some kind of "James Bond" infrared trigger system can be installed...

HI guys, As i am not an avid "PAT" tester, ive done in the past using my SEAWARD PRIME TEST 200, i have been asked about testing cookers that have been removed from council rented accomodation, these are being cleaned up & then re-instated inti the council properties, - beleive me you just...

Hi guys merry Xmas & all that stuff. Has anybody installed downlighting from under gutters/ eaves? If so what did you use in the way of equipment/ cableling etc. Any input will be appreciated.

Hi guys Maplins are selling cable rods down from 15 quid to a tenner & a set of 7 x VDU screwdrivers also a tenner BUT (heres the bargain bit) - if you buy the cable rods you get the screwies free!! Get down there today. :P

Hi guys anybody got any idea what goes where in a phone point connection? Been asked to move one but it has already been diconnected from the old box. headbang

Got a BC with terminal dihorea is there anything i can give her off the shelf? i have tried honey & water. Or is it a Vet job?

Don,t get annoyed guys yet another shower question, 10.5kw shower to be fitted in a bungelow it is 10m from the board (RCD protected) & will be clipped direct, i will use 10mm cable so - calculated = P/V = 45.6A no problems so far, the usual factor is that the protective device must be...

Hi Guys, I am now on my 3rd OSG in as many years as they have mainly been ripped, torn, damaged by water/tools etc. So, does any one know if they do a laminated one? As this would:) i am sure increase its life. :) Idiots are born not made (Samuel Johnson)

Hi guys thanks to every one who contributed to my last question re- moving cable for a new board, info was well appreciated, took on board & executed. DIN rails = its the future! Now info on the following please, New board required with RCD protection incorperating 2 x showers & a...

Hi guys info required, got to move a board In a garage but the existing cables may not Reach to where it needs to be situated, any Suggestions How to get round it ?

Can anyone give me some info on this. Transformer gone on some downlights customer says its the 2nd one he has had in 2 years & has asked if i can convert from 12v to 230v Is there any difference regarding the lampholders? Is it as easy as it seems just reconnect to the lighting circuit...

Hi guys, did a quick Ze before installing a new ring & board but got nothing. Everyhing else looks to be ok i cannot see any work directly outside by contractors so not sure how long its been like that. How quick will the DNO come & check? Property is empty apart from a plasterer.

Hi people, can any one tell me what the regs are regarding spurring off a cooker switch ( I have attempted to find it) I need to add a kitchen socket in a plasterboard Kitchen & I am running out of options unless I employ a plasterer afterwards. As the cooker circuit is a radial would...

Outside light, any ideas how I can get the cable through the cavity from 2 metre drop to be terminated back indoors? I wanted to drill straight thru the wall & run conduit to the light fitting. Client would rather not have conduit. Any sensible answers considered

Just a quickie there is a lot of old coloured cable on ebay & other sites for sale. So in these auspicious times, what are the regs regarding its use but putting new coloured sleeving over them at the termination points? Would they meet BS7671 standard?

Hi Guys, went to see a job where a flat above the shop has its own C/U The shop has had 2 x meters put in for shop & flat. New Isolator & meter tails required to feed the flat C/U as it was chopped off by DNO. Question is when i put new isolator in & reconnect the supply Tails to...

Went to look at replacing sockets for a potential client but they have been installed into the skirting boards (8 x double gangs) took one out & there is no back box. They have all been fitted & screwed straight to the skirting! what are the Regs on this? Dri line box may be a solution...

Hi Guys (& Gals) came across a ring done out in 1.5mm cable at the CU. Customer says it was put in 15yrs ago. Customer says no to upgrade due to carpets flooring etc. My problem is do i put it on the EIC as a deviation? There are only 3 x double sockets on the ring & only standard lamps...

HI people, doing a CU change for my assessment & there are a couple of circuits using the same mcb (for example a lighting circuit & an outside light wired into a 6a mcb) As the job does not cover me doing anything but the change & as there are no spareways on the cu is this going to...

Hi guys, can i spur a fused box to feed an outside light (150w) using 1.5mm t&e from a ring/light circuit i estimate 3A fuse 150/Uo = 1.5a (design current)