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  1. D

    Garden Power Lash ...

    Saw this D.S video on him trying to rectify a fault on a hot tub supply.. Personally I don't think I would have bothered doing all that digging and jointing to try and get the hot tub temporarily back on as I personally dislike buried joints unless unavoidable. I would have insisted I run a...
  2. Electron

    Garden Lighting Advice

    Can anyone recommend a supplier of Garden lighting who have a good range of reliable equipment and offer technical advice. My Customers are looking for a wow factor, reliability and smart controls.
  3. G

    SWA to Garden Outbuilding

    Gents I need to run 10mm SWA to building at the end of the garden, the electrician suggests clipping it direct to the fence concrete post which are solid enough and says is permissable as digging a trench is not an option. I am concerned about the UV issue, the support element as the posts are...
  4. D

    12v garden lighting help before i start!

    Hi i'm looking for some guidance on a garden lighting project before i start. I'm hoping to install a sets of 12v led lawn lights [5 lights, 5w each], with a potential cable length of 50+ meters. Is 3183P 0.75mm rubber cable sufficient for this length of run [50+m]? What cable size would you...
  5. H

    How to open a Philips Lily Hue led garden light??

    I have a Philips Lily Hue garden light that has failed due to moisture in it. Does anyone know if it is possible to open these up to change the led bulb?
  6. Jay89

    Walkover pathway lighting

    Hi all, Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced supplier for 24/12v garden lighting systems. Looking to install some walkover pathway lights for now and flowerbed and small tree up lighters in the future. Thanks in advance. J
  7. S

    Garden Room Consumer Unit in IP65 Meter Box on outside wall

    Hi guys, quick introduction, I am only qualified as a domestic installer, not a full sparky. My company builds bespoke garden rooms. We have been asked to supply an outdoor dining room for a client and they are extremely keen on having the consumer unit and under floor heating controls on the...
    • Steve Hart
    • Thread
    • box consumer consumer unit garden ip65 meter outdoor outside room unit wall
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. R

    Garden lighting issue

    Hi all, Any help would by greatly appreciated as i have tried everything i possibly can. Heres some info on the situation, installed some spike lights a year or so ago. Couple of weeks ago they tripped so went round and found one of the wiska boxes to have been damage and water had gotten in...
  9. C

    Power supply to garden office question

    Evening all. I'm having a garden office installed next week. I work from home so will run a laptop and chargers, lighting, internet router, TV for playtime possibly with an xbox, a music player of some sort. All nothing major. Now. Last year when I had my house rewired my sparky left a power...
  10. K

    Certificate for garden installation.

    HI all. Sorry if this is in the wrong place. Dec 6 2017 we had a garden installation form a local registered electrician. This was power taken from the consumer unit in my garage.Down to a security light halfway down the garden on a wooden post.With a double socket also fitted to the post.Also...
  11. S

    Installing garden spike light

    Hi I’ve bought a 230v garden spike light from Screwfix, and it comes with 5 metres of HO5RN-F 3 core flex pre installed. There is already some garden lighting installed outside. I’d like to install it in the garden, but the flex would have to run along the ground for about 2 metres before it...
  12. R

    Regulations on running electrical cable to power garden

    Hi all, I'm looking at electrifying my garden buildings: a garage a couple of metres from the house with concrete ground inbetween, then a workshop/office 20m away at the bottom of the garden, plus a couple of sockets/lights on the way. I will absolutely have a registered electrician in to do...
  13. L

    Please help with powering garden pool filter

    Hello All, I need help with powering a garden water pump. I need a transformer but don't know which one. Please check the picture. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
  14. M

    Garden lighting... PME from the house or TT from the shed?

    Expecting I'll have to put it on the TT but here's the situation... PME from the house connecting to the armour plus one core of outgoing SWA. Intending to terminate the SWA at a wiska box on back of the shed (outside), connect the armour to the cpc again and that earthing ends there (some...
  15. toplightco

    Electrician Jobs New Installation of track lighting in Barber Salon - Covent Garden

    Installation of new suspended 8m x 2m lighting track in established Barber Salon in London WC2 - installation contractor required. Contact me for details.
  16. J

    Garden light will not switch off...

    can anyone help please. My garden light recently installed will not switch off. I believe it’s a switch issue. The black and blue in the switch are connected to each other, black coming from mains and blue going to light (neutral). Red from live into switch back to light. (Live) The yellow is...
  17. C

    Power to garden shed

    I've looked around on here and have seen a lot of chat about this issue, but nothing that answers my specific question. I'm not an electrician, so rest assured (when the time is right) I will be calling one in. My question is this: Would it be acceptable to, rather than dig a trench to bury...
  18. Soulcraft Electric

    Making "good" an existing garden "installation"

    Neighbours, eh, who'd have 'em? I was asked to investigate why a neighbour's garden "installation" was faulty and being neighbourly agreed to take a look. It was clear that the neighbour expected (required) that only remedial action to be taken... I've documented the initial state and the...
  19. Paula

    Electric Cable running across Garden

    Hello Looking for a bit of advice. I live in a flat and the upstairs neighbours had an unarmoured electric cable running from their house down the property wall and across my pathway. I asked them to look at it as live and unarmoured and they got someone in who has put armoured cabling in...
  20. P

    Adding more lights to an existing garden lighting circuit

    Hello guys I am new and have just finished my level 3 2357 electrical installation and waiting to carry out my AM2. My uncle has asked me to do a small job for him . He wants more lights added on to his existing garden lights. At the moment he has 4 spike lights , he wants another 4 spike...
    • P666
    • Thread
    • adding circuit existing garden lighting lighting circuit lights
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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