Hi looking for some advice, looking to put some outside heaters (in my garden) 2 x 2500w, now I want a time delay switch but this can only switch 16A, so I’m looking at putting a contactor in as I already have one, but I’ve only ever used contactors twice before, is this the best way to set up...
That was the phone call... realism was that mr customer had tried to change his light switches and got a little mixed up.
Forgive the ms paint circuit drawing...
In truth, the outside light was the only thing that did work.... except it turned the rest of the house on and off as well!
The...
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I'm replacing a PIR outside light with a new Dusk till Dawn light but have wiring questions. The new light has 2 connections, i.e. blue(neutral) and brown(live) but no earth. As can be seen in my image, for the existing light, there are 3 wires so I think the wires go:
1) black(old) goes to...
Hi, excuse the ignorance here but I am currently replacing an existing switch with a 2 gang to wire up a new outside light. The current switch has a live, neutral and earth feed as does the new outside light. How/can I wire this correctly? I presume I should bridge between the COM port but how...
Outside lighting, any suggestions on how to do this, only space I can get any cables from is the loft, now custard wants up/down lights, but low enough to be able to light up the wall, looking at half way? I can get one cable down to each light looking at 3 lights and do a joint box in the loft...
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I’ve got to fit 2x 20w LED Floodlights this week and just wanted a sanity check before I start.
There’s one light up already supplied from the upstairs RFC via a double pole SFCU. Supply goes out into the back of a wiska box which the pre-installed flex of the light glands...
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I have a switch by my front door inside the house that switches on and off an outside light.
the front of the house has a lower roof that goes up and after windows joins the top roof.
therefore, I have an eves? That is about a foot above the top of the front door.
looking to place some Xmas...
I am looking to join 2 cables for an outside security light. The mains cable on the existing light is 8mm flat twin. But the new light is a 6mm round twin.
I can't rewire as it goes into the wall to the socket. So was looking at an ip66 connection. But can't find one that does both sizes.
Any...
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i have changed hallway light double switch to a triple so I can add an outside light.
i have wired first switch for hallway
second switch is for landing which works both ways upstairs and down
so both work as normal.
so I have a third switch I would like to use as outside light but...
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I was wondering if anyone could help me with a recent problem I’ve had on a job. About 5 months ago I installed about 5 outdoor soffit lights from switch inside. All worked perfectly and customer was happy. I’ve recently been called back to the job as the outdoor lights have been...
Hi all,
I have a job booked to fit outside socket which will be used to power portable hot tub. The socket will be waterproof fed from existing circuit via fused spur which I also going to fit. RCD protected at the fuse board (hot tub has got its own RCD device rated at 10mA)
The question I...
I have 1 external light in my garden and would like to install 5 more, what’s steps would I need to take to do this? Could I spur off my existing light? Would I need junction boxes for each light?
Hi. This may have been asked over and over again but just looking for a straight answer if there is one.
So my plan, install 2 lights near my front door. Am pretty confident with house electrics and did a college course some years ago on the basics so my idea is.
Convert a single socket to a RCD...
Hey all, just wondering your thoughts on the following.
During perodic inspection and testing I have came accross an out building/shed separate from the house powering lights on 2.5 1.5 flat twin and earth. This has been plugged into the house ring into a non RCD socket but with an RCD back at...
Hi can anyone do an outside lights wiring diagram for me please,
Outside EM maintained lights
All be on 1 circuit
EM key switch for EM lights function
Contactor
Photocell for EM standard use
Override for EM standard use
Thanks
I have three way switch in my kitchen, with from left to right switch one turns on and off the PIR activated outdoor light, switch two turns on the hallway light and switch three turns on the main kitchen downlighters (though these can be turned on/off at other switches within the kitchen) What...
We have had a few threads on the forum where after installing an IP box with an IP gland it still lets in the water I have just watched the latest efix youtube video with a good IP SWA gland so that you don't get the ingress of water between the two IP components of the gland and the box worth a...
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I’m looking at doing some outside lighting around the garden.
I will have SWA running 4m underground from the garage to a weatherproof box on my fencepost.
Could I use hi tuff cable from that weatherproof box to the lights clipped direct along the back of the fence? How hard is it to...
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I am wanting to put a couple of LED Floodlights along the front of my house and a couple more in a barn that is next to the gable end of my house (3 meters away) , the only feed I have outside is a small floodlight on the gable end , (next to the barn) this is run off the house lower light...
To supply power to new garage 20 meters at bottom of garden from main house.
Plan to run a three core 4mm SWA to garage, fit a metal clad two way dB with 30ma RCD in garage. Using one off the three cores together with the armour as cpc.
At the house end terminate swa in An adaptable box...
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