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  1. D

    colour blind

    With the new colours. Could you be colour blind and be a sparky now ?
  2. S

    BS AU7 wire colour question

    Good Evening, I trained as a domestic electrician, but the last 43 years were spent faultfinding inside panels, playing with building management systems, maintaining generators, and high voltage switchgear, and testing lightning conductors, so my wiring experience is varied, to say the least...
  3. leep82

    Low voltage changing colour LED

    Anybody ever used these? Ive been asked to install them complete with remote control, customer has already bought the fittings. Situated in a bathroom so IP rated, will they work in an IP rated enclosure?
  4. C

    colour blindness ?

    Hi there, I just want to run a question past you guys, i want to start training as an electrician but i'm concerned about the rules regarding colour blindness, i am colour blind but i feel this shouldnt be a problem ( Should it ? ) Will i be asked to pass a colour blindness test at any point...
  5. egg67

    hello just getting to know which colour go's where

    Fist time post so be nice Had to look at a job to day ( did not have test stuff with me as was just going parts when he rang me as we all know you do not have tools in van all the time) So what is this green & yellow thing in the back off all the box things on the wall has it got a use or can I...
  6. Midwest

    LED Colour Changing Lamps

    Has anyone had any experince with this type of LED lamp. Was going to use them in a customers bathroom? See some of the reviews comment on no memory function, what would be the default setting for example. MASSIVE SAVINGS on GU10 5X1W Colour LED Spot Light With Remote There are other suppliers...
  7. P

    LED lamp colour.

    Is it possible to buy GU10LED lamps that give a warm yellow type glow like halogens, rather than the white light of LEDs?
  8. tombrooker84

    Outdoor LED strip... Colour changing

    Hello Guys, I've got a garden lighting job to do in Feb, a long way a way I know. The company I am doing it for, (garden lighting designer) usually only design very simple 12v garden lighting systems, simple on and off. However this time they have a job for a designer who has asked for colour...
  9. H

    LED lighting, the way forward?

    I was wondering on the views you have on lighting and the future. Do you think LED lighting is the way forward and other types of lighting will eventually become a thing of the past?
  10. S

    How Good is your Colour Vision?

    Take the Test: How Well Do You See Color? | Apartment Therapy
  11. Lucien Nunes

    So you think we should have stuck with red/black/green? Colour code brain teaser!

    I'm sitting here in my hotel in a foreign country, taking a break from servicing a piece of equipment while some Loctite sets, browsing some old threads on various forums. Colour codes always seem to be popular topics so I came up with this little puzzle for the more widely travelled sparks. As...
  12. S

    3 core - what colour do you use as a switch wire?

    I personally use the black as I see brown as a permanent live. What do you use and why?
  13. J

    3 phase colours

    When you are using 3 phase colours for live neutral and earth, should you use black or grey as neutral, I usually use black as it was the old neutral colour. I work self employed for various different companies and some say you should NEVER use black as neutral, others say only use black. I...
  14. G

    24V AC wiring colour

    I'm wondering what people preference is, or if there is a regulation that covers it? We use yellow for 24V DC, but im un-sure for AC? Cheers
  15. Sonia Norman

    Led remote control colour changing lighting problem

    Hi My son has a remote controlled colour changing led light in his room. A light blew earlier, I replaced it, but the switch wasn't working. I checked the wiring reconnected the fuse and now the lights won't turn off. It's definately wired correctly. Is there something within the relayitself...
  16. sythai

    LED lighting layout... colour varaitions

    Evening All.... Just planning the next stage on a job I have on the go at present. Bungalow with a lot of the internal walls being removed to open plan it all. The area I'm getting my head round at the mo is the downlight plan.... they want the bliming things everywhere :sad_smile: Will be...
  17. L

    Colour Standard To Following Terminating Cat5E To Rj45 Jacks?

    Hi guys, I hope somebody may be able to help me out. I've installed wiring for a home network in Cat5e, running cables to most rooms and terminating in modular outlets. These terminations can be seen here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ifgub477l19om7/IMAG0186.jpg and I have matched the 8x cores...
  18. C

    FP200 colour

    my sister told me today that the office she works in was having a fire alarm system fitted last week. the walls are all plastered and painted white so when her boss seen red FP200 clipped to walls he hit the roof!!. but when he asked the installers (national company) to change the colour they...
  19. J

    Megger test lead

    I've somehow managed to damage 1 of my leads for 1552, does anybody have a spare I can buy as megger say I have to buy a whole new set if not. Cheers
  20. K

    Sleeving 3 phase cable to single phase cable

    When sleeving a 3 core 3 phase Brown, Black, Grey cable as a single phase cable, which core of the Black and Grey are to be sleeved as Neutral and Earth. Some lads are saying Black as Neutral and others are saying Grey as Neutral. I can't find a specific answer in the reqs.

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