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Hi All My sister asked me to change one of her double light switches to a double dimmer switch. Her house is a new build which she bought off-plan, was completed about 18 months ago and had the electrics signed off by a qualified electrician that worked for the construction company. I...

Hi All Just wondering how many sockets you can run off a ring main (which already has two spurs running off it - one to underfloor heating unit which is only on in the early morning and another for the Honeywell heating control unit). FYI 2.5mm cable has been used protected by 32A MCB...

Hi We've had new downlighters fitted in the sitting room and kitchen. They are mains voltage recessed ones and have 50W GU12 bulbs in them. The ceilings were lowered because the joists were really bent and dipped in parts so the new ceilings are in parts up to 2.5 inches lower than they...

Hi All I am trying to wire 4 wall lights and 1 ceiling rose in the loft (i.e. 4 lights in each corner of the loft and 1 ceiling rose in the middle - its a pretty large loft and less lights than this wouldn't really do the job). However, qwhen I wired them up, the bulbs (each 100W) were...

Hi I've been looking through different forums, websites, ebay, etc. and theres a lot of debate as to whether these boxes work, crash a lot, remotes don't work, automatically update themselves/don't automatically update themselves and you haev to spend ages on the net trying to find software...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask the following but here it goes, any advice is appreciated ... I ordered NTL cable installation the other day and asked the lady who was arranging it all what we had to do to be able to watch and change channels on more than one TV (i.e. digital...

Can you use a 30A JB to make a cable in the ring main longer provided the JB is accessible for testing/checking in the future (e.g. cable from ring main goes to JB, new longer cable then goes to socket)? Does Part P say anything about this? Thanks

Hi Everyone I have a HUGE problem and would be extremely grateful for your help/advice. My builder ran a new ring circuit (switches not lights) to my bedroom before plastering, decorating, etc. I asked him various times to check it before the plster went up. He told me he had done so and...

Hi Everyone Can someone please help with the following? Thanks! I have bought two 1 gang 2-way 400W dimmers. I plan on using them in the hallway to control 6 x 50W mains voltage downlights (i.e. 300W). However, when I connected them (1.5mm wire from JB to 1st dimmer with 1.0mm 3-core...

Hi Everyone My lighting circuit is run on 1.5mm twin core and earth. However, I want to run 5 12v 50W spotlights (with transformers off JBs) in 1.0mm. Is it ok to do this or should I use 1.5mm? Thanks