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  1. M

    LED striplights wired to ring main

    Hello all, I'm new here, first post and no elec qualifications, so a few condescending replies I'm sure are more than deserved. I'm currently looking to add some strip lighting to the back of some shelves in the bathroom (wife thinks it looks fancy). What I really want to do is avoid a second...
  2. Jonmat

    Wireless lighting without wired switches

    Hello, I bought my house last year and had a look in the consumer unit before I bought it and it had a dual RCD board and all PVC cable inside including a periodic inspection report that said it was compliant. However when I came to remove some pendants to replace fittings I realised all the...
    • Jonmat
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    • lighting switches wired wireless without
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  3. T

    New circuits wired into a plastic consumer unit

    Had to install a ring main & cooker circuit for a new kitchen we have been doing. The consumer unit is hager split load but is plastic. There is no room in the cupboard to add another board and the customers dont want to pay for a board change. I guess i could just note on the form saying...
    • TJC1
    • Thread
    • circuits consumer consumer unit new plastic unit wired
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. Nelder

    Hard Wired Smart Intruder Alarms

    Hello. Can anyone recommend and fully wired, online / smart intruder alarm system please. Preferably one that can be expanded to include CCTV with DVR. The below would be ideal except for its wireless. Yale Smart home Alarm & 1080p Wired CCTV Kit Bundle | DIY at B&Q -...
  5. C

    2.5mm Ring wired off a 4mm Radial

    Hi, I have been testing a domestic property today and when i started to look into the kitchen sockets there is a 4mm radial from the DB going to one socket on one side, the 4mm radial is cut into and JB'd and 2x2.5mm cables run out forming a ring for the other 4 sockets... Does this obey regs...
  6. B

    Mains wired smoke / heat / CO detector question

    Hi Guys We're having work done to insert an open plan kitchen-diner and snug seating area plus wood burner into already existing extension. One load bearing wall is being knocked through. Electrician just bumped his quote up by £820 to cover replacing this consumer unit and moving it up the...
  7. Huwtdec

    Wired socket. Earth tripping rcd?

    Hi.. If I could get a little advice, that'd be great. Thanks in advance. Yesterday I replaced the surface mounted twin socket in my living room with a flush mounted one. This is the third I have done in my house, the rest of the sockets are already flush and these three looked very ugly! It...
  8. S

    Neff hob with a plug - can it be hard wired?

    Hello, I had a rewire in my kitchen extension weeks ago and the electrician left a spurred hard wire for the hob in the right place before my kitchen was fitted. The kitchen is now fitted, apart from a some appliances, and it seems my Neff induction hob has a plug socket... I just assumed it...
  9. D

    Emergency light won't switch off - correctly wired new lights.

    Hi, here's a good one - replaced 15 E-lights recently, (tube type replaced with Newlec led type), and noticed one of the old outside Thorn 2D E-lights was on when driving past a few days later. The Thorn lights are all up to spec and function as they should. Went to investigate and it seems that...
  10. C

    Advice on the way my house has been wired

    hi, after any advice or ideas if possible. we have just moved into a bungalow built in 1964 and apparently it was rewired a few years back. it has lots of trunking from the ceiling to the sockets and we are looking to chase them into the walls. We have removed a double socket from the wall and...
  11. jimmy gunstone

    please help! wired a 2.5kw ac into a oven circuit and breaker. is this ok?

    I just installed a new hitachi 2.5 kw ac and wired it into an old cooker switch which goes to a breaker of 32amps. the unit Hitachi Summit RAK-25PEB 2.5kW Inverter Split Wall Mounted Air Conditioning System Aircon247.com | discount portable air conditioning, fixed air conditioning, easy install...
  12. P

    Smokes wired to a JB?

    Have a bit of an awkward run at a job and was debating whether it was easier to wire all the interlinked smokes to a Wago box or JB. They are Aiko smoke alarms and wanted to know whether anyone has done this before and would it make any difference?
  13. A

    Adding a wired bell (with transformer) to a 2 way intercom

    Hello folks, I'm just your standard 'diy'er! I don't seem to be able to achieve the above, can anybody give me some pointers? We have an existing 2 way intercom which goes to only one part of the house. we want to add a wired doorbell (Byron 766 inc transformer) so the rest of the house gets a...
  14. C

    Push buttons wired in parallel replace

    hello guys Block of flats, communal areas currently have a time lag push button system in place. They want the buttons replaced with PIRs however there is no neutral at the switches? Are the neutral free push buttons not very good? What are the options.
  15. A

    Car dash camera wired into dome light

    Is there any reason why a car "dashcam" could not be wired into the dome light? This would be a much better method than the usual. The next question is not an electrical one, but people reading this are probably into cars (!) so I include it anyway: Alternatively (or additionally, for a rear...
  16. D

    Operate Wired Switch Remotely?

    Hello. I'm an electric/electronics newbie and would like some advice on what I'm hoping is a fairly simple problem. I have an electrically operated gate that I would like to be able to open and close when I'm away from the house. When the technician fit the gate he left a simple doorbell...
  17. Wez

    Replacing a hard wired oven with a plug in

    Hi. I'm hoping for some advice regarding an oven I want to purchase. I currently have a gas hob that is also connected to the electricity for ignition etc. My oven is hard wired. However, I wondered whether it is possible to blank the hard-wired socket and buy a plug in oven instead. Is this...
  18. C

    Working with wired fused ccu

    Just wanted to get some opinions on the following... Working in a bathroom conversion requiring supply for a shower pump, changing lights to downlight and power to a demister mirror. House currently has an old CCU with wired fuses and no RCD's. And lighting circuit has no cpc. For shower pump...
  19. C

    A wonderfully wired plug

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  20. D

    Changing Wireless to Hard wired UFH

    Hi, I have a customer who about 10 years ago had a Wet underfloor heating system put in with Wireless Stats which talk to the wiring centre and opens the actuators when required. The customer has for a while had problems with the wireless stats starting to play up and has asked about biting...

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