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Hi, I use similar ELG-100 24v PSU's to drive LED's in my house and although lower power than yours the spec sheet recommends a max of 3 PSU's on a 16A type B breaker or 6 on a 16A type C. For your XLG-150 they recommend a similar 16A breaker with a max of 4 PSU's on a type B or 8 on a type C...

I am wiring an extension, all work being done under BC and am planning on using 4 LED uplighters to illuminate a 4 x 3.5m room via its vaulted ceiling. The LED's I have are max 32V @700mA constant current devices and the drivers I have are 24V DC input DC-DC converters whose worst case open...

I am about to order replacement windows for entire property as part of a larger set of building works including a 2 storey extension. I have decided on Velfac units and since my house is rendered their recommendation is to render first and fit the windows after. Their instructions show the...

Thanks for the replies Ban -appreciate anything up to the meter is DNO territory, I really was trying to establish if continuing to supply via the loft was acceptable as it seems to me an unnecessary potential fire risk. Appreciate that I need to get a quote from the DNO if I want the main...

I have a 1940's property whose existing supply is overhead, entering the roof/loft on one side, traversing the width of the house, exiting other wall and is clipped onto the rendering dropping down to 4ft and entering wall to the main fuse/FCU. I have planning permission for an extension on the...

As a kid (some 50 odd years ago) I remember seeing in the Science museum a large glass conical funnel into which a cube of tar had been placed, presumably some time before I was born. When I visited it the tar had started to 'dribble' down the neck of the funnel, so I think that under the force...

I remember developing increasingly sophisticated ways to shock workmates at a certain electronics Co in Chelmsford when it was commonplace to store small electronic components in empty metal tobacco tins - we used to solder a small HV capacitor between lid and base, run some tape around the lid...

Ricicle -I hadn't thought of doing it that way around I presume that burying SWA directly improves the heat conduction through direct conduction aptsys - that was where I was coming from, speed/reception is marginal and made worse by WPA2 and addtionaly by vpn. Cheers and thanks for your...

holmslaw - I don't trust wi-fi - it can be hacked (I work in IT) - and those homeplugs are as far as I can tell only protected by 56bit DES, so I'd rather minimise risks and go wired :-)

BAS - If I could reliably get hold of my electrician I would - but he's not answering his phone at present, and I forgot to ask him about the data cabling when he came around to do a survey.

Paul -apologies for not clarifiying - the swa will be in a conduit buried to whatever is the required depth. BaS - I just was enquiring whether there are any reasons why it would not be safe to run the data cable in the same conduit or a separate one. Apart from possible emi interference I...

I have an electrician running power using 10mm two core SWA to my shed some 50m distance from my house, and wondered whether it is permissible to run a Cat5 data cable in the same conduit? Cheers Ed

I live up the road from Brooks and concur their staff are very helpful and they also have impressive stocks of timber - I purchased some oak from them, told them I wasn't sure what variety and they listed 6 of their huge bays and allowed me to wander around to select what I wanted. Another...

I would suggest that you use boiled linseed oil, thinned 50/50 with turpentine. Apply with a brush, leave for 30 mins -first coat will soak in pretty quickly and then wipe over with a cloth. Leave for 2-3 days and repeat, and repeat as many times as you like until you achieve the level of gloss...

I have a new built shed which I plan to use as a workshop and am looking to buy some new woodworking tools ;-) ..however some will be quite heavy - ~160kg or so on a base of 460 x 710mm. Question is this - my base is concrete piers with wood joists as per the picture below. Will this be...