Recent content by ben lee

Thanks guys, yep - i figured it would be a FCU in the circuit before the switch but was trying to avoid for the asthetics and limited space near the socket.

Hello knowledgable peeps, Looking at the legality and mostly safety of wiring a up/down exterior light via a switch spurred from a socket protected by rcd. Newish home (5 years) so modern electrics. I was going to use 1.5mm twin and earth but thinking i might have to use 2mm as from the...

thanks for your reply, i switchable unit is what i'm after, but as stated in my original post, i only know of a cooker switch which also has the socket ouet aswell. I want retain a socket at this position. i have found in the socket range that i have some fused switches which control cooker...

Hi guys, I'm looking to hide my plug from my tv, as my daughter (12 months) has taken to pulling on the wire that shows from the wall. here is a picture : and a close up : The double socket on the right is a fake, i cut the plaster board to i could get the scart and hdmi cables...

to clarify, repair cable :oops: !! then get some more 2.5mm and run it from the ceiling rose to the new light. Top men gents, thanks for all your help!

Right, update with pics........ this is the switch, nearest the light at the personnel door (this is the wire i cut... 2.5mm from outside light -ready to be spliced into the power cable ceiling rose..... And the switch by the garage door.... which way do i...

How would i wire this combination, i have a garage with a light switch at the garage door, and at a switch at a personnel door. I am looking to wire in a light outside (ip55) which would work from the light switch. i have wired up the light ouside with 2.5mm twin and earth, and planed to...

^^^^^^ Is the wiring wrong then?^^^^^ :o

quick update, replaced the dimmer and its much much better. :D Still flickers though on a very very (almost off) power setting. Cheers for the help. Ben

just that i have a mate who has moved there, and i live on a new development up the road. Powergen was the initial fitter and supplier.

That time is upon us again and im thinking of my garden, im going to clean the deck and reapply some oil. Does anyone have any other opinons?

It a common run of the mill bayonet 60 watt bulb mate - its a cheap one though free with the house (new build).

cheers

It only does it at very low voltage? faulty dimmer? wrongly wired? It replaced a one way light switch, two live's to common and one to L2, the blues in a connector block. I wired the 2 live's in common to wavy line with the arrow through it, and the L2 to the L2 on the dimmer. Left the...

The wavy line with the arrow through it - what does that represent? common?