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- BAS Well, long story short, I ORIGINALLY assumed 2.5 would be more then ok until I saw websites such as the one below with a "maximum distance" table showing that 2.5 wasn't sufficient for 140w over 20 meters. Unless of course, I've read the table wrong ? Can I 2.5mm be used for the job in...

Greetings all. Thanks for your previous advice, i've had an outdoor socket installed and the Kitchen is a week away from normality. Now im planning lighting for my garden, although theres no rush to install anything this time. Its a project I want completed by next summer. Im researching...

Absolutely. cheaper is not always better. but no. his price of £75 didn't include a single screw.... £75 Labour Costs ? hahahaha, he's lucky I didn't pick him up and throw him out, Seventy Who ? he's avin a laugh. like I said, I paid a professional HALF that amount to...

J/C !!! :shock: you sure you couldn't find a bigger picture RF ??? nearly blinded me.... I must seem like an ungrateful git as I've never thanked anybody on here, lol, its definitely in order, so how and where do I that ?

Widdler, thanks again, along with RF Lighting you've just saved me quite a bit of money with your advice - about the same amount I expected to pay the electrician in fact :D I'll be interested to see if the Spark earns himself tea and biscuits by taking the time to explain I already have RCD...

Widdler - thanks for the advice. what equipment should the Spark have with him ? can you be any more specific with the type of tester he should be using ? I've never tested a socket before, so I wouldn't know what to expect. He could use the inadequate type of tester your referring to...

Widdler - funnily enough, thats exactly what we would be using this new 2 gang socket for in the garden. one socket would be kept spare for when we needed it, and the other would always have Garden Lights attached (w/ a plug) so we could turn them on and off from the Kitchen before...

Widdler - I figured that much , cheers. RF Lighting - Apologies if im asking the obvious. I know the TEST button turns off the RCD, and the RESET turns it back on. I get that. But lets say I wanted to turn the power to the Garden socket on and off several times a day for the...

Thanks RF Lighting/Widdler.... Im noticing a pattern emerging here... :wink: so, having RCD on the socket or inside the house by the Kitchen Socket, wouldn't bring me any added protection because I already have RCD on the mains via the CU ? (I guess the only added protection would be if the...

lol, no I don't wear two seat belts... but if I heard it reduced deaths.... I digress. It would be interesting to hear more opinions on RCD OUTDOOR SOCKETS, because, if there was no need for them, why would they sell them ? I DO understand your point though. My mains is RCD protected...

Afternoon Gentlemen, a weatherproof socket is needed in the Garden. Here is the plan.... My Consumer Unit has RCD, but I also want additional protection. I considered the MasterSeal PASSIVE RCD till I realised this won't protect the cable running through the wall between the nearest...

much obliged hotrod. ..figured a Core Drill would be the best way to go about my lil project, just thought it would be wise to create a post to see if 1001 people replied to WARN me of some impending structural DOOM i'd possibly over looked :shock: thanks again :wink:

I should also add, the main reason for my post is to ask if the CORE DRILL with a 107mm bit is too powerful for the Walls I intend to use it on. As you can see from the 2 photos I've put up, I intend on Drilling through a Chimney Flute from the Kitchen side, and then Drilling through from the...

thanks for the info. I'll check em out.

Afternoon Gentlemen. I am planing on drilling through my Kitchen Wall to feed the Ducting from a new Cooker Hood installation. At the moment, the new cooker and new cooker hood are on the way (3-5 working days delivery :roll: ) so I am preparing the Kitchen now.... and here is the...