I wired a new circuit in my garden last year. One thing I wasn't sure of but figured it can't be much of an issue was having two rcds on the same circuit. So from the consumer unit I have a 2.5mm ring to a Wiska box outside. That then is a roughly 5 metre piece of 4mm swa into the shed consumer...
I am looking to plant around 400 bulbs! As you can see, it would be quite a big ask, so I am looking to buy a cordless drill for my garden auger ( It’s a 3 inch diameter auger)
Actually, my neighbor has got a 18V dewalt and initially, I thought about asking for the drill. Then something hit my...
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...
customer wants to turn on their garden fountain from inside the house. the fountain will take its feed from the shed and the shed will take its feed from the external meter cupboard, so a switch in the house is out of the question.
has anyone fitted something similar, i know you can get remote...
I currently have 3 spotlights that are controlled by a switch and I'd like to replace these with wired floodlights. Would it be possible to reuse the existing wiring + switch?
Hello everyone,
First time post here. I've been tasked with wiring a garden office, but the customers would like the internal sockets and the electric heaters to be wired externally - between the SIPs panel and the external cladding - as they intend to keep the internal chipboard finish of the...
My new PIR light for my garden/yard arrived today but i was wondering how Wago connectors work within a junction box? The box is waterproof of course, but i only know how a terminal works. Can someone explain how you use them with wires? As i've got no idea. An electrician told my dad who bought...
Hi All,
I’m looking for a bit of advice with regards to a clients outdoor workshops.
Would the diagram attached be a acceptable method of installation? One supply from the house into a DB (RCD protected Garage unit) in the first workshop then a supply from there into the second workshop with...
An old halogen light has been on the side of my house for a long time and i want to replace it with a brand new LED PIR light, but i don't know if it's possible. The old light was dead, so i've just taken it down (which was annoying to do) but i was wondering if i could put a new one up or not...
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This is my first time posting something on this forum. I'm busy putting together a design for some LED lights that are going to be mounted on some columns along a pathway. The supply will run twenty odd metres to an enclosure on the outside of the building that will encase the...
There’s is currently a 3 core 6mm swa installed/40amp breaker, the garden room has its own consumer unit with a 32amp ring circuit and 6amp lighting.
The ring circuit has a 1kw heater and a computer/ printer so not a lot of load and the lights are led -total 60w.
They now want a 32amp hot tub...
Hi, I need some advice on a garden supply project. An existing small garden shed is being replaced which had a supply to it for a light and two sockets , and a radial socket circuit which continued around the garden. The old installation had a 6mm supply coming into a 63A 30mA RCD as a main...
Just want a quick foggy-Monday-morning-brain check..... Customer wants a mixed feed for general outdoor shenanigans, plan is to run a supply from a KMF in the meter box down some 10mm SWA to an outdoor pillar style distro and then go from there. If divorce it at the pillar box, so the entire...
I have a customer who has installed a second empty meter cabinet for a consumer unit to feed several garden circuits. Can a standard metal csu be fitted in here, does it have to be in an ip65 enclosure also or can a ip65 plastic csu be used.
I get csu has to be non combustible within a dwelling...
With a cavity wall running down between a two drive way each client would like led brick lights. Other than swa, which is not that flexible to work with in such a small space, looking for tips on what other type of cable would be acceptable to use which is also easier to work with and terminate...
Hi all, i am planning to install electrics to a garden room, cable length from CU is approx 45meters external,burried.
Should i use 3 core SWA and rely on earth from there or treat it as a T-T earth installation and just run 2 core from C/U ? there will be 2KW heater and 4 2G sockets plus led...
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
Hi guys,
my brother is building a bar in his garden that is timber framed and wants some power to it.
The main board in the house has a pme earth and there a no spare ways in the board. From this board there is a 4mm t+e on a 32amp breaker off the rcd side supplying a board in a little out...
Hi guys been a while,
I have a customer asking for quite a large outdoor lighting and power installation
It is going to have a kitchen area built which they want 3 x double sockets and 6 spotlights with a switch
the kitchen will also have a gas cooker
A shed with 2 double sockets and a...
Doing some lights on a back wall that’s being cladded, between the back wall and the garage wall is some stones that I’m going to need to bury cable under to get the cable over to the wall it’s about half a metre across, doing it in armour won’t really work as I would need to go into joint box...
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