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    Low voltage down-lights dimming.

    Hi All I wonder if someone could help please. I did my Part P about 2 years ago to rewire my house. All when well!! I put low voltage down-lights in the hole house I got 7 in the lounge and 19 in the kitchen 12 on the mail side and 7 on the other side with two different switches and on it's...
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    Help: very low voltage in shower!

    Hi all, My electrical shower suddenly stopped working. I thought it was broken and then bought a new one. But the new shower still does not work. So I tested the cable, found only 55 volts in the electrical shower between live and neutral. But on DB, it is 240 between live and neutral. It...
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    Low Voltage Light Question

    Hi all, Chum at work has 18 LV lights in the kitchen using the G4 5W halogen bulbs. Two bulbs failed but he could only get 10W replacements. Two questions 1. Will there be any detrimental affect having 2 of the 18 bulbs being 10W 2. If he replace all 18 bulbs with 10W, would this provide more...
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    Mains or Low voltage downlights

    Im looking to buy some downlights for the canopy on the front of an house but im not sure which will be easier and better off to work with. I am more tempted by low voltage but would mains be better brightness? The ones i've priced up are not i.p rated but this is ok as water wont be able to...
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    Low voltage downlight heat concerns

    Hi, ive just finished fitting 9 low voltage downlights in a living room for a family member. After fixing, i switched the lights on before pushing them all the way home. This is when i noticed the heat these light give off. There is no insulation to worry about, the gap between the plaster board...
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    Low Voltage Lights in a Bathroom

    Are the Bathroom lights required to be RCD protected if they are 12v
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    low voltage relay?

    hi, i'm new to electrics.... is there such thing as a low voltage relay? i need a relay that 'switches'' at 2.5volts (or lower) ive got this one: http://us.100y.com.tw/pdf_file/LU-SERIES.pdf (lu-12), but 2.5v isn't 'strong' enough... if that makes sense? thanks :D
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    Low Voltage Downlighters

    Hi, i am looking downlighters for one of my bedrooms. I was told by a friend some downlighters the low voltage ones use 1 tranformer and all the downlighters plug into it. Could you point me in the right direction? Many Thanks Aaron Apprentice
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    Low voltage lighting

    I was thinking of fitting a transformer near the consumer unit and supplying all the downstairs lighting circuit with 12v and changing all the fittings. Has anyone done this and is there any likely problems.
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    low voltage electrical cabinets regulations

    Goodmorning to everyone. I'd like to ask if anyone knows about the following: In an electrical distribution cabinet of 380Vac, with the busbars inside the cabinet, how should the busbars be covered and this according to which regulation? Thanks in advance, Charis
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    low voltage spots

    hi everybody i would like to ask is it ok to have 2 lv spots over the bath and 2 mains spots on the same circuit thanks in advance
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    Conductors carrying low voltage.

    In page 90 of Brown book (16th Edition) (sorry guys I haven't got my red book 17th Edition yet) Reg 515-01-02 reads; 515-01-02 Where equipment carrying current of different types or at different voltages is grouped in a common assembly (such as a switchboard, a cubical or a control desk or...

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