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    Exterior festoon lights - attached to interior light switch - how?

    We wanted to hang festoon lights in the garden and have them switched from inside the house and my builder (4 years ago) installed a '10A 3 Pin Weathertight Socket'* on the exterior wall of our house. Now we are (finally) trying to get the lights and all the festoon lights I can find have...
    • zapmenot
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    • attached exterior exterior lighting festoon light light switch lights outdoor socket switch
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    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Wiring outdoor Wall Sconce LED Light

    Hi guys, my whole post got deleted so time to write again. I am used to wiring indoor lights but need some help for outdoor. We are putting in 4 LED Wall lights and i am wondering what cable to use for it? Is it SWA, SY, Outdoor Rubber Flex, or something else? Can i just use basic 1.5MM T&E...
    • JiSingh12
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    • exterior lighting led led light led lights light outdoor outdoor lighting sconce wall wiring
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
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    Outdoor Bluetooth/Wi-fi switch

    Morning, I’ve got a customer who really wants to have two wall lights mounted on their garage wall, easy peasy. She wants to switch the lights on via an exterior switch still simples. But she also wants to be able to switch the lights on from her phone, I’m imagining it’s pretty straight forward...
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    UK Exterior lighting

    Hi. I've recently built a 6 foot, block wall at the rear of my back garden, and want to install a couple of exterior lights to it. A public access path runs behind it, for access to the rear gardens on my row. Is it an acceptable practice to run a conduit along this side, passing through the...
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    Multiple Exterior Lighting Circuits

    Hi all, Having a brain fart... Looked at a job today, have multiple exterior lighting circuits (4x MCB'S). Can see why there is multiple, as previous electrician was worried about cable lengths etc as the property is quite large. But seem to have multiple Photocells and timers controlling...
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    UK Some advice regarding exterior lighting.

    Hi forum, I'm after some advice regarding exterior lighting. We have installed some plug and play 12v lighting into a clients garden via the ecisting external sockets. In the same garden in a different area the client has a ground level floodlight which is wired via an external switch on an...
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    Exterior lighting

    Hi all, I have been asked to swap an exterior tube lighting thing to 4 wall lights over a shop front for a friend. My question is what would you guys use for the neatest and tidiest way of splitting the cables e.g. From light 1 to light 2 etc etc? I cant do inside the light fitting as they just...
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    Fused spur from ring final for exterior lighting

    Trying to calculate the voltage drop for a run on external lights supplied via 5Amp Fused/rcd spur from local ring final circuit. for a quotation and have got a bit confused re Voltage drop. 27m run in 1.5mm cable total load on lighting radial 420w. (no diversity as all lights either on or...
    • ianphilip007
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    • circuit exterior exterior lighting final fuse fused fused spur light lighting ring ring final spur
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    exterior lighting

    hi all, i was asked the other day to wire up some outside lighting on a building. There are two sides to the building, therefore two circuits. There are uplights shining up the building and downlights shining down the building. The owner of the building wants all lights to come on from 4 to 12...
    • sammie1983
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    • aus exterior exterior lighting lighting
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Australia

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