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  1. C

    Help with wiring diagram at outdoor light switch box

    Hey all quick question. Hooking up a smart switch and wanted to ask if I am right on my photo here. The white wire with the white cap on the end is likely neutral (tested no current)? The yellow capped one is line (tested hot) and the orange capped would be the load (tested no current)...
  2. J

    Outdoor lighting heating

    Hi guys Just wanted some advice. We wanted to get some lighting, sockets and a infrared heater to our garden gazebo. We have an outside socket currently right next to the gazebo. Could you guys give me some advise on a bit of a wiring diagram on the following, we wanted to have 2 double...
  3. M

    Outdoor floodlight Grey wire query

    I bought an outdoor floodlight to replace a faulty one. Once I removed cover I can see old light has 4 wires, Red, Black Green/Yellow and Grey. New light is only 3 wires Brown, Blue and Yellow. So I’m thinking Red to Brown, Green/ Yellow to Yellow, Black to Blue. The Grey wire is the one...
  4. J

    Best 8-CORE cable for outdoor use and immersion

    Qualified electrician here but doing some DIY with regards to moving our intercom from the front door to our new driveway gates. Is there a particular, more rugged type of 8-core you can by that is okay with immersion in water etc. Our builders positioned flexible conduit in strategic positions...
  5. m1keyboy

    Advice on outdoor lighting setup

    Evening All, Just looking for a bit of advice on what I would assume is a fairly straight forward domestic lighting setup? I'm looking to install two outdoor lights at the front of the house. I want these these lights to work in tandem, and come on automatically when it gets dark so I assume I...
  6. C

    Outdoor Led strip, how to weatherproof when daisy chaining

    Hi, I bought 4 weatherproof led strips that I am going to connect together. They have a connection already in place to connect, but it doesn't look weatherproof. How would I make the connections to be weather tight?
  7. B

    Basic Question Regarding Outdoor Panel

    Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and an avid DIY’er. I have recently become a new home owner and noticed that we have an outdoor electrical panel. I plan on installing a doorbell to our home which has no pre-existing wiring for one. My question is as follows: Would I route the 16V transformer...
    • Bones93
    • Thread
    • basic doorbelll outdoor outdoor panel panel question regarding screwfix
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. C

    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...
  9. J

    Outdoor Socket Supply

    Hi all I am in the process of having some garden renovations done and would like to have an additional outdoor socket installed. I have a Cabin in the garden; a 10mm cable runs from the DB on a 32a RCBO up to an exterior Wiska box, where it connects to a SWA and runs underground to the cabin...
  10. S

    LED STRIP MOUNTING UNDER OUTDOOR STEP TREAD

    Needing to mount some weather proof led strip lighting under the tread of some outdoor floating steps and need some advice of best product method if anyone already done this sort of lighting. Thanks
  11. S

    Outdoor light connected to outdoor spur on new build

    Hi, I purchased a new build a few weeks ago which has a cable running from a switch near the back door to a small round enclosure on the outside back wall. Agent told me it's so I can fit an outdoor light if I want to. Bought a light and removed the enclosure outside revealing about a meter...
  12. M

    Outdoor socket

    Hi, In my apartment I want to put an outdoor socket on the balcony. I am thinking of spurring of a socket that is directly behind it (indoor) which is in a ring circuit and is RCD protected at the consumer unit, my plan would be to drill directly out the back of of the indoor socket back box...
  13. R

    Outdoor garden lighting

    Hi All, Just joined on here, so hi all :) So i've had my garden landscaped and now i'm looking at lighting, i've bought these lights: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01C4CKACY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 with these bulbs...
  14. S

    Outdoor decking lighting

    I’m after some advice/info on adding some outdoor lighting to some new decking. I plan to install an outdoor weatherproof socket and then add some spotlights to the risers of the decking stairs and some LED strip lighting under the handrail of the stairs and around the handrail that covers...
  15. Bob Geldoff1234

    Help with outdoor meter box?

    I am looking for an waterproof surface box with a clear window in it to be able to mount a check meter into it so that it can be read from outside without having to remove the lid.I have seen something similar on caravan parks where the caravan hooks up to the supply but cannot seem to find any...
  16. B

    Help. Outdoor light wiring?

    Hello. The two screws connect a wire that leads outside and ends, I think it used to have outdoor lights. What kind of lights would I buy to fit this breaker and replace the empty wire? Thank you so much, this is my Aunts house and I'm trying to help her out!
  17. P

    Installing Outdoor Hanging Light Fixture - Recessed Outlet Box

    Hello all, I am trying to install three new light fixtures (hanging lantern type) that will hang from the ceiling of an outdoor covered porch. The fixtures come with a cross bar that has preinstalled mounting screws with the threads pointing downwards. These threads are intended to go...
  18. M

    Outdoor Electrics

    Good afternoon I am planning an extension and outdoor electrics and I'm looking for some advice to plan ahead. Ultimately a qualified electrician will be doing the work, but as I'm not at that stage yet, I just want to plan roughly what we are doing rather than waste someones time planning and...
  19. E

    Outdoor socket

    I am going to put a socket into some brickwork surrounding a BBQ area. Now all the external sockets I have seen are all surface ones about 3 inches deep this sort of skt. Now I thought of using the type of socket one gets on the outside wall of a caravan like this which will sit more flush to...
  20. S

    Recommendations for outdoor spotlights - actually suitable for outdoors

    Does anyone have a recommendation - preferably without needing a second mortgage - for some outdoor spotlights ? I've tried a number of options and am getting a bit fed up with trying things and them not working out for various reasons. Most LED floodlights have ridiculously wide beam angles -...
    • Simon47
    • Thread
    • actually led outdoor outdoors recommendations suitable white
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Lighting Forum

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