Hi I’ve attached a picture of the wiring from my bedroom ceiling, would someone be able to tell me which way round the live and neutral wires go please? https://pin.it/7DASYVL
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Hi, I need to install a ceiling mounted pir sensor however the ones I have previously fitted look cheap and obtrusive, is there any that you guys have fitted that are small and not so crappy looking?
Fyi unfortunately I can not fit a recessed one
Trying to replace a single run, approx 3M with no bends, of a single 1.5mm twin & earth cable between 2 lighting points in a domestic space. Cable to be mounted IN the ceiling & plastered over. Both points to carry an LED light fitting so minimal current. Is it safe to use 10mm conduit? BS7671...
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I have this fancy ceiling tube light fitting and I cannot figure out how to replace the tubes.
It has two ends which somewhat come away but not enough to remove the tubes. There is wiring both sides.
I'm not sure how much more pressure I can apply before something breaks. There are...
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In my room 2 Led round ceiling lights are installed, week ago both were fine, but now when I turn on both lights, one starts flickering, even their emitting light is getting low...
Is it switch problem or LEDs needs replacement?
I'm replacing an overhead light in a kitchen. There are two bundles coming out of the ceiling. Both have a black, a white, and a ground wire. The light fixture has a black, a white, and a ground wire. What should we do with the two sets coming out of the ceiling?
DIYer question!
This is my existing wiring. 3 x neutrals?
my new light fitting has one x neutral and 2 x live connections
please can some one tell me how to wire the new fitting correctly?
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I am replacing a light in my living room. When I removed the existing light fixture, I found an extra blue wire (blue, black, white, ground) provided. It's not a 3 way switch so I am assuming it was provided in case I wanted to put a ceiling fan in the room. So with a regular fixture (white...
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Elderly relative asks neighbour to change the bathroom ceiling lightbulb.
Neighbour starts to change lightbulb, drops and breaks fancy lampshade so fits a replacement ceiling rose.
(Old rose wouldn't take a standard lampshade fitting.)
After fitting the ceiling rose and checking the...
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I just bought a house and have been fitting the lights myself. All rooms worked properly, except for the living room where the potentiometers do not seem to have any effect (Neither dimming nor switching off the...
Hello, i am having issues wiring my garage... i am running my lighting circuit. First, i wanted to run my power feed from the panel, to a junction box (which will split towards a motion activated flood light that is continuously powered, split to the garage door opener, and split to a switch...
Thank you for joining me
I am a machinist and I have moved to my new house recently,
I want to replace a light fixture with something brighter, the light bulb which is in there now is 1500 lumens. I did find this ceiling light here which is very interesting, but is out of stock...
Replacing ceiling fan with light that never worked in home wirh sime led ceiling light without fan. Wires coming out of ceing are youre black, white, ground,, and red because of fan. The light has connections for just white, black, and ground. I tried capping red and connecting the rest like...
Doing a commercial EICR, the original electrical is very good, 25 years old, all trunking and conduits, with klicks on tube near as dam it above the light. (This is what I was brought up on) Anyway cat5 or whatever have been lashed across the ceiling no support or anything. Is this now deemed a...
Call out today, RFC dead in kitchen. Owner had switched all the switches on but rfc still off could not figure it out so called me to sort it. Looked everywhere, it was apparent there was another CU somewhere (to me) Owner insistent there was not as he knew the house and there was no way there...
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I’m looking to disconnect a noisy ceiling exhaust fan but I want to be able to reconnect it easily should I ever sell. I’ve attached a picture of the wiring from the roof to the fan. Can I simply cut the brown and black wires that are soldered on?
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 had a couple of questions regarding running electrical cables in an attached garage. Any help is appreciated.
#1. I am installing a recessed sub-panel in my attached garage. I will be running 2-2-2-4 cable from the main panel to the garage through my attic crawl space. The cable...
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Has anyone ever installed metallic conduit on an chrysotile and amosite AIB ceiling with red wall plugs.
We have had an niceic contractor install metal on the AIB ceiling with red wall plugs outside our flat for a big building company.
Now for months they have argued saying it was safe...
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We live in a new build changed the old ceiling light over for new fitting and it’s not working. I attach the light switch which I changed faceplate(maybe done this wrong) and the cables coming out the ceiling
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