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    GU10 positioning in living room

    Hi there, My mums living room measures 4m x 3m and she's decided on having 8 GU10 downlighters. The trouble is we're debating on where to put them, as I know downlights have a very narrow beam so we're trying to avoid shadows etc. I'm aware the suggestion of having downlighters are a bit of a...
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    Advise needed - Wiring Up Room Thermostat

    Hi need some advise on Wiring up a new Room Thermostat... I am replacing an old Honeywell T6360B - T6360 Room Thermostat - Honeywell UK Heating Controls With a new Danfoss FMT230D FlatStat - FMT230D Anybody know how to do this? Many thanks! Andy
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    Intercom system with room to room and door entry??

    Hi guys, I've been asked by a client who owns a creche to install an intercom system. The have 3 rooms ( Baby, Toddler and Pre-School) and an office. Basically what they want is and intercom unit at the front door, with a phone in each of the 4 rooms. When a parent calls to drop off or collect...
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    Occupancy sensor for small room with boiler

    Hi All I'd like to convert the pull switch for the light in my downstairs toilet to an occupancy sensor but the room is very small (900mm x 900mm) and it has a boiler on the wall at high level. Am I right in thinking a PIR-based sensor isn't going to work very well because it will see the...
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    amount of sockets per room

    Have I been missing something? I have just had a reply to squire which says I'm the best price etc... However the other electrician has quoted for 4 sockets per room to comply with part p... Maybe I've been doing all my rewires wrong...? Or is this other electrician just trying to pull a fast...
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    Which electric fan heater can be a in shower/wet room?

    Is there such thing? The regulations assume a partition in the zoning. In this scenario the shower is a box room of about 1m by 2.5m with the shower in the far end and the loo and basin to the door. There was once a heater with the fused spur external in the hallway. Since then the shower now...
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    Order of play for converting living room to kitchen

    Hi I am almost ready to get my builders to convert my old living room into a kitchen diner. I will get a plumber and an electrician in and the builders will make some minor alterations internally (moving a door and adding a small wall, as well as replacing the bay window with a smaller one. I...
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    Phases In A Server Room

    Been to specup a new install on a Server Room. They are planning on extending the serverroom for more cabinets the problem is the current DB has no more free waysand have been ruled out upgrading the board for more capacity due to shutting thewhole system down. Have been told by the IT geek...
  9. HappyHippyDad

    Is a fan required in a room with just a toilet and basin?

    The project manager has said he thinks a fan is required in a room with a toilet and basin (it has an opening window). This is an existing toilet room the only difference being is that they are making the room a little smaller, no alterations to the electrics have taken place (just moved the...
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    Thoughts on plant room do I speak up?

    Hi all I am currently on a site and just pulling some data in the plant room and noticed this :- Main LV panel 3 phase breaker rated 125amp with 25mm non armoured tails and 16mm earth supplying landlord board run in trunking with 27 other swa 16mm 3core Then off the 3phase bus bars we...
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    Shower Room Electrics

    Hi A friend has built a shower room and has asked if would do the electrics for him. I have had some experience over the years but I'm not an electrician and would appreciate some advice on a couple of things. There's a 9W extractor fan and two 50W fire protected halogen downlighters to fit...
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    Surface mount T&E through plant room ?

    Hello, I've been asked to run in a new circuit for a dishwasher in a school staff room. I've planned a 20amp / 2.5 T&E radial feeding a 13amp fused connection unit and fixed equipment connection point. The planned cable run includes running across the ceiling of the plant room (2/3...
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    sky+ multi room Help please

    Greetings Pricing up a new build that needs 7 sky+ feeds through out. now I normally don't get these jobs. obviously I will be using satellite quality ct100 and keeping clear of mains cable. but my question is how are these systems wired. I know sky +needs 2 coax's but do these: 1 go...
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    server room

    Hello all. I have been asked to look at supplying a server cabinet, with ups. The ups needs two separate supplies, and will automatically switch between the two incase of a fault etc. Does anyone know if these two supplies can be on different phases? I would rather keep them separate incase...
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    Wet room shower area

    Done a periodic test and failed a spur unit which was supplying a hair dryer hanging up in wet room in a commercial building the spur was less than 3 metres from the edge of zone 1 so this is why I failed it gave it a code 2 now the client has questioned it as they don't want to move the hair...
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    Redoing a shower room, should anything be checked? Timer for heated towel rail?

    We have a shower room off our bedroom which was there when we bought the house. I think it was put in well as generally all the electrics and plumbing seem to be done well but that said the electrics were done 20+ years ago... We've certainly never had a problem with it! The electrics...
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    trainee room.

    Hey there, just wondering how I go about getting in? I applied about a month ago filled in the appropriate boxes with all relevant information but not gained access as of yet, can anyone advise? CheeRS Craig
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    Switching another plug socket on in the next room makes TV screen jump.

    My husband switched on his stereo in the next room and the TV screen went blank for a few seconds then returned to the channel it was on.The plug sockets for the TV and Stereo on on the same side of the wall of each room with just the wall dividing them about 3 foot apart.Would I need to get an...
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    Working in an Electrical Switch Room

    Hi guys, I'm not actually an electrician but I was hoping that someone could offer some advice. I'm a generator mechanic, and we control all our generators within an electrical switch room. From the panels the power moves through huge buzz bars across the roof and is the distributed among...
  20. danzor

    multi room music

    I know there's topics on this already, but can't find what I am after. I like the sonos system, my understanding is you have a sonos amp, which then feeds zone players around the house, where each zoneplayer supply's the chosen room? I was looking at the wired system, if there is such a thing...
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