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    2 gang / 2 way for hallway & landing lighting

    Hi all , just found this circuit on Wiki. Is it this design correct ? Are we allowed to have two seperate supplies interconnected ?
  2. B

    EICR - Garden Lighting RCD

    Good Afternoon All Currently doing an EICR on common parts of a big site with multiple blocks. All blocks have outside garden spike lighting in flower beds. These have been run on edge of bed in NYYJ clipped direct above the soil. There they have terminated into WISKA boxes but then run off in...
  3. L

    emergency Lighting installation

    Hi Guys I've fitted a few emergency lighting circuits to both domestic and commercial installs before, I've come across one I can't get my head round, this is going to be in a small supermarket one of these locals etc the existing lighting in the retail area is installed with three banks of...
  4. L

    Track lighting Advise

    When a 20W LED spotlight of the same brand and design is added to a 5-meter single-wire track system, which already has four 30W LED spots connected to a Varilight 300W 2-Way LED Replacement Dimmer Module, the entire track system experiences dimming. Why does this happen?
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    Can I add PIV to lighting circuit with no RCD protection?

    As I've mainly done site work and moved into domestic recently, I'm a bit rusty on stuff like this, but if I'm adding a loft PIV unit to an existing lighting circuit via an unswitched fused spur, if the lighting circuit has no RCD protection am I allowed to install it? Same question for if...
  6. S

    Emergency lighting question

    Hi I'm in need of some advice. First of all i'm not an electrician but do have an understanding of electrics as i come from an electronics background. We have a couple of different electricians we normally use and were getting conflicting advice on this particular project. We are opening an...
  7. J

    How to best run cables between lower soffit and higher soffit?

    Hi folks, I have been out to quote for a soffit lighting job. I have done jobs like this many times but usually only installing lights in the top soffit and has always been easy enough to get cables into the loft. This customer would also like lights in her lower soffit. I have a few ideas on...
  8. R

    Emergency Lighting Indicator Lamp

    I've been asked by a client to 'mask off' the green LED charging indictor lamps within several emergency lights fitted within bedrooms on a project I'm working on. I've searched to see if this goes against any regs or manufacturers instructions but haven't found anything. Has anyone done this...
  9. D

    Learning about lighting

    Evening all, I've had a few discussions recently that have made me realise that I know nothing about lighting. Does anyone have any recommended resources or courses? I'm talking about between the bulb and the eye, rather than the DB to bulb bit, such as positioning, angles brightness etc. Arty...
  10. BeeJay2

    LED security lighting.

    Hi all, H.N.Y. The passive, affixed to a recently bought LED security light is rubbish, sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't, no matter how often I set the er! settings. So my question is, other security lights that we have are linked in to GDJ passives, not integral with the lights & are...
  11. R

    Replacing undercabinet lighting, unsure of how to handle existing armored cable

    I live in a warehouse condo, converted about 20 years ago. The building dates to about 1870 but with the conversion, all of the electrical was replaced. Most of the branch circuits use armored cable, running from the panel in the bedroom up into a drywall ceiling that covers about 20% of the...
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    Emergency Lighting Certification

    Hello Got a customer who needs certification for a monthly emergency lighting test. What would be the best cert to provide them with? The NICEIC certs all seem to relate to an annual test. Thanks
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    Connect new recessed lighting to outlet or a switch

    Hi, I installed 6 recessed lights in my living room. I’m now up to the wiring part of the project. There is an outlet in the room that is half-hot. The switch just outside the room controls the bottom part of the outlet. The switch has 2 red wires and 1 black. The black is always hot and located...
  14. stodman

    Lighting re-wiring solution

    Hi all, Looking for someone to help with this dilemma. Image attached to try and explain it better. We have 3 separate lights currently controlled by 'Switch 1', on a 3 gang switch. It's a live feed into the switch straight from the consumer unit, then 1 cable going from the switch, to each...
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    Poor fault finding- Faulty lighting circuit- Pay or not?

    Hi folks, Quick query for this still practicing regarding bill payment for a job not complete. My partner recently employed an electrician to do some simple work, post a a bathroom re-fit. Extractor, lighting fit along with resolving a problem relating to switching of lights in hallway. Whilst...
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    TV Wall Lighting Type

    The mrs has just decided she now wants a TV wall with built in shelves etc We are going to build it out of mdf and then paint, I am just designing this for my joiner to build and we want the lights above each shelf area Would we be better with slim/low profile down lights or like a...
  17. S

    Rako lighting systems

    Any of you guys and girls out there work on Rako lighting systems?
  18. J

    Industrial lighting circuit

    Hi guys I have some industrial lighting circuits to wire in a workshop and was after some fresh ideas/suggestions as to how i could best do this. Have done a few of these before and in the past i have sometimes run radials in SWA cable to single gang socket outlets. The High Bay LED lighting...
  19. R

    Job Lot of lighting for sale

    Hi there, I hope it's ok to post here but I have a job lot of lighting from a job and I'd like to sell them. They are all still boxed and have never been used. I have: Ansell 1 x Volant LED IP54 Surface brick light/ wall light (AVOLEDSWL) 4Lite 8 x garden spike and surface LED 5w 4000k...
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    Hardwiring LED strip lighting

    First time poster here seeking a little advice/confirmation I have spurred off to a fused switch and from there running two 2.5mm cables to the alcoves either side of a fireplace where shelving have been built into. The shelving either side of the fireplace has LED strips fitted which are...

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