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  1. amlu

    interconnecting wired and wireless smoke alarms

    Hi, do you have some experience with fire/smoke alarms that would have an option for part of install to be linked up with cable, and part by radio bases? like that- alarm----cable----alarm----cable-----wireless alarm (radio link) wireless alarm (radio link) wireless alarm...
  2. G

    Commercial kitchen gas interlocks

    Hi guys 1st fixing a small commercial pub kitchen tomorrow, there's a gas interlock going in with the extractor canopy. Does the wiring to the solenoid and em stop need to be fp or equivalent ? Haven't done one before but remember seeing one wired in fp Cheers
  3. 1

    Shower feed wired in wrong

    I was wondering if anyone can answer this one for me. I'm an electricians mate, I did ask the guy I'm with but he couldn't give me an answer. So after he changed the board and I did the bonding I get to go round testing. Whilst taking the zs of the shower I noticed immediately upon removing...
    • 1stfix2ndfix
    • Thread
    • answer earth shower wired wrong
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. P

    Wireless intruder alarms

    Hi guys, just bought a new build home as a buy to let property I want to install a intruder alarm, can anyone recommend a good wireless system or are they rubbish ?or should I go with a wired system any info would be greatly received cheers paul
  5. C

    16a cooker switch

    A friend is installing a new cooker which has a rating of 16a. The old one was off a 13a fused switch wired on the kitchen ring as it was only rated at 10a. Can a 20a double pole switch be fitted in its place?
    • craigsuds
    • Thread
    • circuit cooker switch wired wrong
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. C

    Home Alarm System

    I have searched online for a GSM home alarm system and Visonic, Yale, Infinite Prime and CommPact seems to be the most popular ones, what are your thoughts and which one you suggest me to purchase? I have rang two installers today and one said he installs Scantronic alarms and the other one...
  7. B

    Loop in at The Switch - 3 Gang 2 Way

    Hey, I've just past my trade test and was placed on a new build to complete the 2nd fix as the guy who roughed it has left. Anyway, he's wired the lights using the loop method at the switches, I've never did this previously as I would always do the joint at the ceiling rose, this has thrown me...
    • bjd91
    • Thread
    • 2 way connect continuity loop switch wired
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. D

    Looking for ideas for a wired gate alarm

    Hi, I'm after some ideas to make a wired gate alarm, I have tried a wireless version and it's hopeless, despite claiming a 100M range I have found it has to be so close to the house that the 'visitor' is by the door by the time the alarm goes off. My plan was to use bell wire connected to two...
  9. Aaronj46

    3 phase motor cuts out when button isn't held

    It should run continuously without being held in. Any suggestions?
  10. D

    Socket wired of a outdoor light!

    Guys please back me up on this, went to a mates house and he has "proudly" shown me his DIY electrical handy work, Few years back I ran a swa cable to the bottom of his garden tapped off the outside light as he wanted a light at the far end of the garden to for his shed etc. He has adapted it...
    • Dizzy_Maskell
    • Thread
    • cable garden light outdoor outside socket sockets wired
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. J

    FSU or socket?

    Dishwasher is knackered and new one delivered. Old one was hard wired into a fused spur inside cupboard. New one has plug. Whats best practice, do I get plug chopped off and wired into fsu like old one or change front plate to 3 pin socket and plug in? Thanks for any help.
  12. B

    Rcd wiring

    Hi All I would like to ask if there is a right and wrong way of wiring an RCD / RCCB up. I was under the assumption that the supply was always wired into the top of an rcd / rccb, I thought that the monitoring coil that monitored the voltage was situated in the top of the rcd / rccb and that...
    • bulby
    • Thread
    • bottom rcd supply wired wiring
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. D

    smoke alarms

    I'm in the process of pricing up a job wiring for a new annex added onto the side of an existing 3 bed house. I'll be installing interlinked smokes/heat alarms in annex but was unsure whether the existing property would need to be linked to these also? There will be an internal door that...
  14. S

    Touch/Remote Master/Slave dimmers 2-way wiring

    Hello all, in need of some advice. I have just installed 14 downlights (two circuits of 6 and 8) in what used to be a living room and dining room - the wall has been knocked down in between the two and rsj put in. I have wired for 2 gang two way switching at either end, so either side of the...
  15. K

    Hi everyone,bought a house wired by drunken blind monkey.

    Hiya,recently bought a house built in 1910,electrics were somewhat botched (rented to students) in the 90s). No doubt I'll be on here everyday annoying everyone with remedial electricity questions. thanks in advance guys. kev
  16. A

    House alarm !

    Hey people. Just a quick one I'm want to install a house alarm in my mum and dad's home I have been sparking for 4 years (2 Years domestic and 2 years commercial) and have never installed a house alarm in my time. So my question is which alarm is bang on for its money ?? and if it's...
  17. S

    Fused wired CU.

    Hello All I recently visited a house with a fused wired CU with a problem with the lights. Upon re-wiring the 5A fuse with a 5A fuse wire, the lights did not work. But when I wired it with a 15A fuse wire the lights worked! Upon closer inspection of the fuse I could see that there were some...
    • se7aq
    • Thread
    • fault fuse fused lights meter wired
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. sythai

    Ceiling heating...1970's?

    Just seeing if anyone has come across ceiling heating before...? They have it installed in a flat (top floor) we're currently working on. Very thin (2-3mm) type of matting laid all around between the ceiling joists. Has a 10mm copper strip down each side of mat, a type of fabric in between...
  19. E

    burglar alarms ??

    Any ideas on which wireless alarm system is the best
  20. N

    Hard wired alarm system with wirless devices.

    Hello Chaps I'm looking for a domestic alarm system that i can hard wire into a spur then devices that's are wireless operated from the panel. Does this sort of system exist i cant find one anywhere. All i can find is 13amp plug or battery operated ones. I don't want plug for cosmetic reasons...

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