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    Heavy Duty Extension cable idea for garden and pool use

    I have recently bought a 10ft pool with an electric filter and heater. Its an intex brand. I have a garden power reel that I use for the lawn bower and strimmer etc which works fine, but its not performing too well on this heater and filter pump situation. The whole reel heats up a lot and the...
  2. W

    Garden design lighting

    Hi I have been asked to price an outdoor lighting project by a land architect and have been sent the plan. All lights are led in wall and slabs. obviously these all come with 1m of flex on them. Can anyone suggest the best way to connect these altogether? im thinking armored and galv conduit...
  3. J

    Power supply to garden workshop

    I am developing a prototype garden workshop design that has an off-grid power supply. The current setup is 300Wp PV, MPPT charge controller with 20A rated discharge current, 266Ah (C100) deep cycle battery and a 3000W (6000W peak) modified sine wave DC 12V to AC 220V inverter. This setup happily...
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    Mains Garden Lights Cabling

    My second post I am getting brave:blush5: I am estimating a job this week for a customer who wants three garden lights mounted on his fence approximately 75 metres, so each light at approximately 25 metres. The plan is to run from the consumer unit either 1.5mm or 2.5mm twin and earth through...
    • Vitesse
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    • cabling garden garden lights lighting lights mains
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    HELP: Exposed Un-Isolated Buried Armoured Cable Discoved in Garden

    Hi, I've just come across this forum so I hope someone can help me quickly on this. We recently moved into our new build home in April 2015 and have been here for 2 months roughly. I was mowing the rear lawn this evening and kept getting the mower stuck on something in the lawn. Not thinking...
    • exactmax
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    • armoured buried cable exposed garden help
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Garden Lights + Power ... Which SWA Cable / How Many Cores?

    I need to supply power to a couple of garden lights and a 13A socket in a longish garden. The requirements I've been given so far are a bit vague - the socket needs to go at the end of the garden, the lights will probably go somewhere along the side of the garden, and I'm assuming that they...
    • Tuttle
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    • cable cores garden garden lights lighting lights power swa
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Hatton Garden Robbery

    I think the hatton garden robbery is the best advert for HILTI core drills ever Google Image Result for http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article5571838.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Hatton-Heist-drill.jpg Crimewatch Hatton Garden heist RECAP: £20,000 reward issued as police hunt for robbers' drill -...
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    QUESTION: Garden Light On a Plug

    Got a general question... I have been asked by a friend to install a light in his garden. The light will most likely be a 220-240V 150W halogen floodlight fixed just above his back door. Now I understand that the best way to supply power to this light is either off an RCD protected lighting...
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    6X4 Garden Shed

    I have contacted a Scheme with regard to becomming a Part P Electrician, I have my 17th and My pat testing one day certificate, now a Scheme who I won't mention for legal reasons has suggested if I can produce a Certificate for an installion and I pay the 400 Sobs they will have me on board...
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    Light in garden shed

    The shed is about 3m from the house so ill gaffer tape the extension leads to the washing line but what lights do you guys recommend?
  11. cliffed

    Garden spike lights

    Advice on connecting these external lights,they are 230v,with trailing lead,client not accepting a weatherproof socket at each one.Theses will be connected via a swa cable into a ip rated box,my hassle is what to do with the trailing lead,bury it with some protection or leave it on top of...
  12. D

    LED tape under edge of garden steps

    Evening all, What is the best way to discretely install LED tape under the front of stone slab steps like this: Is it best to run flexible conduit from the corner of the underside of the step (during installation) back to an area where the the transformer and connections can be housed and...
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    How locate SWA cable during garden landscaping

    Hello - My garden is being landscaped - once in a lifetime job. Various walls are being built where lighting, power sockets & adaptable boxes have to be mounted. The cables will be laid prior to the walls and their foundations being built. How do I locate/lay the swa cables, in preparation...
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    Hello all, don't hate but here's another DIY garden electrics post...

    Hi one & all, Im a Street Light Engineer and extremely use to dealing with multiple SWA terminations in street lights (of which i'm 100% confident in myself to do, i'm yet to be 'snagged' on any of my work)! However... there is a but... I want to install 2x sockets and power a 70w light (which...
    • Chris.
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    • another diy don't electric electrical electrics garden hello post
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Garden Supply trips RCD

    Hey everyone, this is my first question post so please go easy on me :) My parents have a pond in their back garden, it has a pump and filter in it which is powered from a mains supply from the garage. The RCD on the house consumer unit tripped a couple of days ago and wouldn't reset untill...
    • Deleted member 86472
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    • fault filter garden rcd supply tester trips
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  16. J

    wiring garden office

    Hi to all, I am in the process of constructing a garden office the wall consist of 4 x 2 .... studwork this is to filled with celotex n the inner side is a vapour barrier then 12.5 plastebard.. on the outside is a breathable membrane the 2 x1 battons then cladding do I run. the cables...
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    Wiring for Hot tub in garden

    I've been asked to wire up some equipment for use with a hot tub located in a garden and I've been checking through Section 702 of BS7671. The equipment includes a blower, pump and in-line water heater, all of which have been purchased separately by the customer. Everything seems fairly...

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