Only had cat5e on my van, I know it is dearer etc than alarm cable, just needed to get it done there and then. 4 twisted pair. Wired 3x pirs, 1x door contact, 1x sounder.
Will it work ok? I know it is twisted & solid, not stranded & untwisted. In this instance, will I be ok?
Alright guys got a phone call of a friend asking me to do a shower...but the client doesn't want conduit or the walls to be chased out. The ferm and the client agreed with a swa from the db clipped outside into the loft then into isolator and shower.... Is this even ok?? ignore the fact its gona...
Hi all,
What's everyone opinion on intruder alarms, is wireless the way to go now?
Obviously wireless is cheaper and easier to install but is it less reliable?
What's the pros and cons?
Cheers
I have wired an outdoor security light with a motion sensor and have taken the feed from the hallway light using the neutral and the constant live (loop) feed. The hallway light works fine as does the security light. My problem is that when the security light is activated and turns on the...
Hi All, Ive posted before about this but is now completed need some advice please. we have 6 shotgun cables wired to loft, at minute 3 sky+ boxes are connected. we would like to keep as is but would like to have secondary sky to 3 other positions. I realise now I could have wired from RF out on...
Hello all. A friend of mine is looking to buy a house and got me to have a cursory look at the electrics for him. One thing seemed a little peculiar but i'm not sure whether or not it'd be deemed unsafe when he gets the EICR certificate done.
The Consumer Unit is a fairly recent looking BG Dual...
Evening all, I think I am being thick but I cant fathom out how to wire activ8 sensors into the g2, I will admit I have never wired one, have been fitting accentas since forever but I cant find an idiots wiring diagram for the panels, I downloaded the 137 page manual and I have the activ8...
ok I was replacing the hot water tank
and It had a electrical outlet tapped off it using 120
but here is the issue
from the breaker box to the hot water tank they used just Black and White from the breaker to feed it so its just ing 2 and a ground. and then off that they made a 110...
I did an EICR on a property today and came across a built in hob with a 45A switch but no dedicated cooker circuit
On further inspection it turns out that the 45A switch is spurred from the kitchen socket ring and feeds a double socket at the back of the built in oven. Both the oven and the...
Morning
I'm hoping someone may have had experiance of this and might be able to help.
I'm second fixing apartments and due to a mix up I'm having to do the Tel/Data as well.
In the cupboard I have eight cat5 cables, four for tel and four for data. Next to where the Cat5s
Emerge from...
I'm a DIYer - installed a new outdoor light today. In doing so as there are 4 wires in the cable and only 2 slots in the light, I must have wired it up incorrectly and the light switch inside used to turn the outdoor light on and off is now fixed to the on position and it won't click off.
I...
Salixmaster
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I was asked to write a report today regarding a poor solar installation.
There are two inverters. The left is wired out the dead side of a shared AC isolator while the other inverter is wired of the live side (from the meter ) feeding another AC isolator.
In my opinion one inverter would feed...
Is there anyway to install 3 way switching with out an intermediate switch?
I personally think it is required but if anyone knows different let me know.
Thanks Matt
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Looking into sonos for the house, have seen a few posts about having a connect amp wired to ceiling speakers in each room and just wondered if there's any benefits to this compared to just using the play 1, 3 and 5's wirelessly around the house?
Hi everyone, help please, I am trying to wire this light via enclosed instructions. the unit has a 4 terminal block, N Earth L and L' . I have wired mains to live neutral and earth as instructed, on opposite terminals that go to sensor it is wired blue to neutral brown to live and white to L'...
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Hi,
I have recently bought 2 kitchen appliances that need to be hard wired in.
Pyrolitic oven that is 3.84kW + Induction hob that is 7.4kW.
I have in my kitchen 1 point to wire in where the cooker would go. I know i cannot fit the 2 in one unit so what would need to happen.
Can the single...
1st off if it was a simple alarm problem i would have ot sorted and it would no longer be a problem!! Here we go...was sent today to install a simple alarm to alert a shop whem its back doors are opened. 2 rear doors. Both fitted with door contacts. 1 transformer. 1 small control panel with...
A little query for you guys that fit these smoke detectors, I've got a site visit next week to quote up for a landlord requesting more smoke and heat detectors fitted in his apartments. He has explained on the phone that he currently has aico mains wired smoke detectors fitted in some of his...
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I got a new "man lab" shed but it needs a bit of power, so, here's what I propose, put me right if you can please.
In my house I have a fusebox with the older type fuses (1980's) 4 fuses, 2 red & 2 white. If I replace this with a newer rcb type unit with an additional fuse (40amp) and use this...
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