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    Suggestions for outdoor power for 12V garden lights

    I currently have some 12v outdoor lights which have a plug with a built in transformer. I would like these to turn on and off without having to go outside so ideally would like to have them on a timer but not sure of the best way to incorporate this while keeping it looking presentable...
  2. J

    LITAKE LED garden lights failing

    I purchased Litake led garden spotlights several months ago and they recently started flashing and have now packed up altogether. I’ve checked the wiring and there is power to each light. When I unscrewed the lens I could see it’s not a conventional led bulb. How can I detect and fix what the...
  3. G

    Recommendations for surface mounted garden lights

    Hi all, Hope you are all well and all is good! Can anyone recommend a nice looking garden light that can be surface mounted with side or bottom entry, e.g. can be retro fitted with surface mounted cabling? Thanks in advance, Martin
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    Swa cable for garden lights

    Hi Could anyone advise... I have a weatherproof exterior box with an RCD socket inside. My garden is gully chipped and stoned. I was hoping to put up 2 post lights and run from a plug in to the RCD socket without having it classed as an installation. My question is, the 2 lights are 60w...
  5. Sparkingmad

    Pro Electrician John Little

    Local friendly and reliable electrical company with 30 years experience in commercial, domestic & industrial fields. Wether it’s that extra socket in the kids bedroom to a garden lighting design and install, you will get the same level of service. In need of a new lighting design or upgrade to...
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    UK Can i connect garden lights to soffit

    Hi all. I'm looking to put some of them golfball style string lights around my patio area. Is there any way of connecting them to my soffit lights. All the lights I can see are plug in ones. Thanks
  7. M

    Flashing Garden Lights

    I currently have four 42W Outdoor Spotlights in my garden I have used this - HALOLITE LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMER 20-60VA to lower the voltage, this is in a box mounted to an outside wall. For some reason the lights will not stay on for longer than 5-10 mins, after which they all start...
  8. N

    How to change normal circuit for lighting to a light sensitive circuit?

    I have garden lights and lights on my fence that I would like to arrange for them to switch on automatically when the sun sets for security purposes. I currently have switches for all the lights on the fence and the garden lights are huge LED appliances that are also hooked up and switched on by...
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    Would this be acceptable

    Hi all I have a customer who wants LED lights around his newly built garden wall. He wants 12 in total currently there is already a existing outdoor socket in the garden which is fed from the ring final circuit via a FCU At present he would like to keep the outdoor socket. He doesn’t want...
  10. Corbs

    CollinWood garden lights

    summers coming so deciding to re do the decking in the garden anyone got any pics of the colinwood GL050 and GL019 installed and working just to see what the beam spread is like etc ? ta
  11. Marti

    Garden lights best in "3 Plate" or at switch

    Opinions appreciated on this one. Garden in approximately a square, 20 metres pr side The board is under the stairs and I'll run a 6aRCD protected feed behind the units to the rear wall and into the garden; everything outside in Schneider boxes filled with Ray Tech Gel Cable will be either Hi...
  12. L

    12v ES LED Bulbs and Garden Lights

    I've been searching for a 12V LED lighting setup for my garden and have just come across this forum - and I hope that someone can provide some advice. Specifically, I'm looking for lights to light up a patio area. It's an area of about 6m square and I'm thinking of using 4 wall lights (two each...
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    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  13. Pete999

    Pete's Videos How to wire some Garden lights

    Cool isn't he? wonder which Scam he is with? kin hell
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    Garden lights

    Hi I am about to install 6 garden lights along a fence. Do I have to use s.w.a or can I use rubber sheathed cable.
    • s.keech
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    • cable garden garden lights lights rubber
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
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    Mains Garden Lights Cabling

    My second post I am getting brave:blush5: I am estimating a job this week for a customer who wants three garden lights mounted on his fence approximately 75 metres, so each light at approximately 25 metres. The plan is to run from the consumer unit either 1.5mm or 2.5mm twin and earth through...
    • Vitesse
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    • cabling garden garden lights lighting lights mains
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. Tuttle

    Garden Lights + Power ... Which SWA Cable / How Many Cores?

    I need to supply power to a couple of garden lights and a 13A socket in a longish garden. The requirements I've been given so far are a bit vague - the socket needs to go at the end of the garden, the lights will probably go somewhere along the side of the garden, and I'm assuming that they...
    • Tuttle
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    • cable cores garden garden lights lighting lights power swa
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. G

    Moisture in garden lights

    I'm having a lot of problems with a bunch of mains operated garden spike lights I've installed. There is moisture getting inside a lot of them causing the RCD to trip. This is in fact the second batch I've installed after the same thing happened. The brand is Saxby, which are supposed to be a...
    • GAM
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    • garden garden lights lighting lights moisture
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  18. HappyHippyDad

    Best way to loop garden lights?

    Evening all.. I have been asked to install 2 garden lights, the chap says most likely they will be spike lights in the ground. I was wondering how everyone loops them together? There will be SWA coming from the house to first light and also SWA linking 1st to 2nd light I have had a good look...
  19. T

    Garden lights feed

    Guys im in need of your help and guidance again please. Im a spark in a industrial environment so when I get asked to do any residential jobs sometimes I get stumped. What it is is my pal has asked me to put him some outside lights in his back garden, the builder has ran and buried a cable in...
    • tears200
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    • garden garden lights lighting lights
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. P

    Garden Lights

    Hi All Quoting for installing some outside lighting, need to install six lights on concrete fence post. My plan is to run a swa cable which will be eventually under block paving and tee of at each position a light is required. What I would like to know is has any one had any experience with...

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