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    Equestrian lighting possible issues under fault condition.

    Hi all. I’ve been asked to light a menagerie. I will have to take a sub main from a nearby chicken shed to a point near the entrance where I will distribute from. It will be tt’d at this point and I am able to get the rod a good 8 m from where any horsey traffic may pass. My problem is the...
  2. T

    What code should be given for no RCD on lighting circuit of a CU in a house about 15 yrs old

    What code should be given for no RCD on lighting circuit of a CU in a house about 15 yrs old.
    • Tim Williams
    • Thread
    • circuit code given house lighting lighting circuit old rcd
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. K

    Outdoor lighting advice.

    Hi. I am after some advice please in regard to outdoor lighting. I have a run of armoured cable running the length of my garden to a summer house. The cable is on the far right side of my garden buried under a hedge. I am have a garden overhaul which is a new patio and new pathways. I would...
  4. L

    Switch/PIR lighting

    Hi not sure if this has been covered before or not but here goes, Qualified Electrician currently wiring my own garage. I have 6 spot lights, 2 separate circuits (3lights per circuit) a PIR and a switch. I’m wondering if it’s possible to have 3 of the spots come on via the PIR as I walk in...
  5. Kroozer55

    Flux Lighting Line 3 - Every 3rd Bulb Off

    Hi All, I am installed some Flux Lighting Line 3 fixtures and wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction or provide some troubleshooting ideas. I have attached a GPO plug to the end of the light fixture cable, and when turned on, every 3rd LED bulb remains off. Please see...
  6. E

    lighting lack of CPC

    Anyone else fed up of no CPC in lighting circuits? Its genuinely got me around the bend. 5 properties in the same street, 3 storey so cant even get in a loft to run new earthing in bah. Happy Monday folks....
  7. A

    Outdoor lighting and out house cabling

    Hi guys Garden is around 100ft long and I am looking to build a small out house at the back of it. I would also like landcape lighting throughout the garden. Would you guys run seperate cables from the main house i.e 1)one for outhouse and other for landscape lighting or 2) would you run...
  8. P

    Low IR test readings on lighting and RFC.

    Hi,guys went to do an EICR and when doing IR test I got L-E ON RFC like 0.02 MOHM and two lighting circuits L-E AND L-N the results were like 0,14 and 0,15 MOHM.It is old wiring where all the cables live and neutrals are black put in the walls in steel conduit.My question is is it possible that...
  9. A

    Street lighting

    Got a street light that keeps blowing the fuse in the cut out. Single core cable with sheath connected, have disconnected the feed to the lamp and it still pops the fuse. Any ideas they are the old concrete post type.
  10. T

    Can i tap in to same wall chase for lighting?

    Hi, in the middle of having my house re-wired I've chased the walls myself and laid the cable for the new sockets (nothing connected up) When it comes to the lighting, in some of the rooms a chase runs close to the light switch, can i tap in to that chase and do a horizontal one to the light...
  11. S

    Best soffit lighting

    Hi everyone, looking some advice on soffit lighting. I have narrowed it down to these two if anyone could give me any advice or help on which ones are better...
  12. asavage

    Residential round ceiling lighting fixture -> receptacle cover question

    "A friend in need is a pest, indeed." I was helping a friend's family over the weekend, got in over my head with respect to fitment of a round receptacle cover. The house is 2002 construction. The two-car garage has two ceiling light fixtures. It had two utility fixtures like this: I was...
    • asavage
    • Thread
    • ceiling cover fixture lighting question residential round screwfix
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. sam400

    Lighting for jewellery repair shop

    Hi guys, I ve got a job changing out some old 6ft fluorescent fittings in a workshop where they repair jewellery (very fine work), I am going to be replacing them with non-corrosive LED battens. My first instinct was to fit some 5000k coloured fittings but some people find it a bit 'headachey'...
  14. F

    Light fixture is flickering

    The light fixture in one of my rooms has randomly started flickering after about 20 years of use. I tried 8 different bulbs and the flickering doesn't go away so I think it has something to do with the wiring of the light. I took it down and saw this: I think the loose wire at the top was...
  15. K

    lighting plan issues

    Hi EE here again! We repeatedly have debates with municipalities over conflicting requirements to have no light trespass over the property line vs best practice based on IES guides. Two major sticking points are: 1- proper illumination of driveways/entrances 2- security/morality lighting vs...
  16. K

    main entrance illumination level

    Hi EE here! We are repeatedly having discussions with municipalities about what illumination levels are appropriate for a main entrance (at exterior) but have been unable to find IES or other reliable guidance that can be referenced. What are others doing with this issue? TIA
  17. Y

    Tram interference with lighting?

    Hi all, Had a client from bar in Melbourne contact us regarding their LED lighting dimming and flickering when a tram drives past (they're on a busy inner city street). There's been a fair bit of development surrounding this place (multiple apartment blocks/hi rises) and i'm wondering whether...
  18. W

    Lighting joint box

    Thought I’d share my experience from earlier on today to see if anyone else has had any relatively simple jobs that have turned into a nightmare lol!! Was changing a lighting joint box, marked the cables and must have been too busy chatting to apprentice that I’ve muddled up 2 of the reds...
  19. S

    What on earth is this?!? And where did it come from??

    So I completed a CU change on Friday, (It was a bitch btw) and once I was done, when I turned the power back on, switched the pendant on above my head in the hallway and heard a crackling sound coming from the pendant. I switched the power back off and took the lamp out, to see that it was...
  20. saint elmo

    lighting circuit mess,borrowed neutral?

    im figuring out my upstairs lighting circuitsto tidy it up and get rid of the old JB's the upstairs lighting circuit is a mish mash of 1.5 and 2.5mm2 cable mostly 2.5mm2 which is annoying as 2.5 wont fit into the down light push fits i have. but the white wire is confusing me a bit 1st pic...

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