wires

Hi everyone! New to here so nice to meet you all I am new to DIY... I just removed the previous owners surround sound system and now hoping to get some pointes. 1) what I should do to make safe the leftover black/red wires? 2) I also want to be able to fill, sand and paint over the holes...

So my kitchen removers (Who thought they was good at electrical's) decided to cut some wires which they though were for the cabinet lighting. (Mostly correct) however they have cut 1 line leading to another function. What is the best way to extend this white cable (See picture) so that it ends...

Hi, We have a telephone socket in our bedroom which I wanted to remove. There is a white internal cable which branches off into airing cupboard and then into the loft (and I think then goes down into guest room as there is another telephone point in there) There is also a black external cable...

so I have a Manrose extractor fan and I’m trying to replace an old fan which is running through and isolation switch and controlled by the main pull bathroom light switch, I had it setup properly before somehow but the timer function was not working, I’ve been trying and trying and with the...

I want to upgrade to a digital thermostat but the manual says I need 4 wires when I only have 3- brown blue and grey. The thermostat says L1 N1 N and L. Please tell me where I put the wires!

Hello, Was wondering if anyone could help me with a wiring issue I've been having for a few weeks now. I moved into my new home last year and just started getting round to changing the light fittings. Downstairs was easy, all blue and brown to blue and brown. Now I've started to do the...

Hi there I am installing a new 3rd gen Nest Thermostate which is replacing our old siemens RDE100.1 wireless one. On the wall the old seimens is has connectors that fit into slot on the wall. I have no idea what the zones are so i can't find which slot they go into on the nest. Can anyone...

Yesterday I replaced one of my 2 Fluro battens in my garage with a 60W LED. This was the more complicated one (lots of wires) or so I thought but I had it working fine after a little patience. Today I have gone to replace the second fluro and what I thought would be a simple job - only 3 wires...

Hi all! Could you please advise and assure me I'm planning to do the light wiring correctly? I live in Switzerland (Zurich) and need to install two ceiling lights. The attached pictures are named accordingly based on what light fixing is supposed to be attached to what wires. For the light...

Hi , I moved into our new home and shortly after the dimmer switch in the living room broke. I thought at first ist should be an easy switch. But it’s now more confusing than ever. The old dimmer ( metal face ) has three wires red , yellow and blue . Two wires blue &yellow going into one port...

hi hi guys I'm looking to get some help advice I know very little about the electrics, so hopefully this is the right place to come I have just moved into a property and I'm noticing a few things that are concerning as I'm decorating and I just want to get some advice essentially my electrical...

At the health club I go to (the same one with the odd looking IP CAM), outside the main entrance what backs on to a main road, there is this electrical mess. I am wondering if it is still live and being used to turn on the surrounding bollard/sign lights at dusk, or whether it has been left...

Hello All I have purchased a new light and have some difficulty fitting it and hope I can get some help I have three of the following I want to fit this to the following current light fitting i have numbered the existing connections so hope some can tell me how to fit the 9 new wires...

Hi guys, I want to assemble a panel of lights of different colors for the lighting of my living room The only thing I know of electricity is that: there are different cables for different resistors for different voltages according to use. I have the idea of order of LED lights in a square...