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    need advice: questioning new line for picture light, and if box is required

    Have a contractor trying to run a new electric line to a 'picture light' over the fireplace mantle. As you can see in the photos, the entire wall has plywood beneath sheetrock (load bearing wall). - As they, nor I, have stuck our heads into the attic, they just decided to staple the new line...
  2. W

    How do I synchronize 2 light bulbs using relays?

    Hey everyone, here's my imaginary problem, let's say I have 2 light bulbs, both of them take energy from the same source, however, 1 of them has a button to turn it off, the other one does not. How would I make it so when that button is pressed the other light bulb also turns off? The second...
  3. M

    Adding a light to a mcb

    Hello I have moved into a new house and the electric meter and consumer unit are under the stairs. What i want to do is put a door there so can use for storage. The problem i have there is no lighting there. So i want to install a ceiling pendant, the easiest way i can see doing it is running...
  4. B

    Existing 14/2 Romex in 3 way switch light circuit

    Just bought an old house (about 30-40 years old) with a separate shop building. I am in the process of replacing old fluorescent fixtures with new LED fixtures. The lighting is controlled by 2 switches, one at the back door and the other at the front. The wiring appears to run from one switch...
  5. E

    Outdoor light and switch

    Hi there I am getting someone in to change an outdoor switch and outdoor wall light (like for like). The old switch and light was covered by a lean which has now been removed so everything will be fully exposed. I've bought a new outdoor switch and lamp. Would someone be able to explain to me...
  6. H

    Why does this ceiling light tick?!

    Hey - so here is a connundrum! I installed a 5-bulb ceiling light (see pic) but when I put the 4w LED bulbs in, they start making a very rapid ticking sound (sound file here). The sound is much more pronounced once you put the 4th and more so when you put the 5th bulb in. To make sure it wasn't...
  7. P

    French rocker switch for light has 5 connections 3 black 2 red

    I am swapping a light switch in France for a motion sensor with two simple connections. The switch I wish to remove has two black into one connector a single black connector and two red into the third connector. It is paired with a second switch but I am happy to blank this if required or leave...
  8. fpmelo

    Replace light switch for smart Wi-Fi switch

    Hi. I want to replace my traditional light switch for a smart Wi-Fi switch, but my current switch has 3 cables, COM, LOOP and 1WAY. Where should I connect these cables on a new smart switch that has N, L, L1, L2, L3? Thanks.
  9. S

    change light pull switch - different wiring inside

    hello the old light pull switch in my bathroom has broken and no longer pulls - i have bought a new one - but it looks different inside. is is just a case of taking the two wires from the old one and connecting them to the new one or is this something more difficult... as no doubt can be...
  10. M

    How to fit this light batten

    Hi Family member has moved into this house which is about 110 years old. Bodges everywhere inc the electrics. We are just rennovating it and when I took down the ceiling the light fitting broke Can anyone offer advice on how to get this light fitting working for a couple of weeks? It will be...
  11. CNCman

    LED Light Fixtures Needed

    I installed these round light fixtures in my office 23 years ago. After a few years the circular flourescent tubes went out and I replaced them. Those finally died and I bought these nifty LED replacements. They have 5 strong magnets on the back, I wired them in, stuck the magents to the back of...
  12. O

    Ground light with 150mm cutout

    You used to see these all the while when big lamps were needed but I'm struggling now to find any that size and I need to replace 2 of them. Anyone come across ones this big recently, they don't need to be drive over or anything like that.
  13. Zeepoo

    I have a bayonet light bulb that wont go in.

    Hello im not a specialist but basically i tried to switch my lightbulb and change the lamp shade but now it wont go in:(. I touched one of the metal thingys inside and it zapped my finger like one of those pens. I have a picture of what it looks like
  14. S

    Light Fitting - Victorian House.

    Hi there, I’ve just moved into an new house and noticed that one of the light fittings in the hall looks different from the others. The flex seems to be running from above the Ceiling . I can send pics might explain better. It’s an old Victorian house Can I replace this?
  15. A

    Light switch wiring help

    Hi can anyone help me with this light switch? Photos of how it was wired to old switch but new switch is different with different names. I’m confused to where the wires go? Attached some photos
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  16. O

    Motion Sensor Switch

    My 4 year old son won't go to bed without the light being left on and insists his door is closed when I leave. When the door is opened later to turn the light off he frequently wakes him up. I wanted to put a motion sensor light in his room if possible by replacing the existing light switch...
  17. T

    Wall light with no earth connection

    Trying to wire up a Dar wall light but see no way to connect the earth as the plastic terminal only has two connections ( L/N) ?
  18. B

    Terminology help - Light Switch

    I want to replace light switches in my living room. There's 2 x double switches. 1 Controls 2 separate lights in the living room. The other controls one of the SAME lights, and outside light. I can replace the switch, but I need to know if terminology has changed. The switches have six...
  19. H

    Light fitting: two neutrals and two lives coming out the wall.

    Hey there! I am fitting four lights in my kitchen and have come across two issues (pictures attached - this is really the best quality I could do, sorry). 1: the light fitting takes one live (brown) and one neutral (blue) wire in a white junction that goes inside the fitting. In two of the...
  20. F

    Help fitting a new ceiling light

    Hi. I’m wanting to fit a new ceiling light in our hallway. Can someone please advise what I need to do or buy as there are more wires in the old fitting (part of a relay circuit?) than there are places to wire them into in the new fitting. Thanks in advance.

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