Recent content by Frankie_Johnie

Good Morning nstreet. I purchased the fittings via www.tlc-direct.co.uk They are available lv or mains Regards, John

Thanks Sparkie, much obliged.

I've recently purchased fire rated mains GU10 downlights. As I've the ceiling off at the moment the wiring's relatively straight forward. However, I will be using 1.5 cable and have found that looping in and out of the connector there is very little room to refix the block cover. To my first...

No need to attack old tiles with grinder! As long as the old tiles are clean you'll have no problems fixing new to old.

Thank you very much Mapj1. Very much appreciated. The 1mm spur from the previous shower cable was in fact clear old fashioned bell wire. He had cut into the 6mm cable, attached a block, then ran the bell wire to the light above the sink. That was just one of many horrors I came across in the...

So that's a yes then :? I must seem ultra cautious but all my attempts for straight forward advise regards running 10mm cable for a 9.5kw shower has been damned frustrating! No problems with electrics till now: "don't run in insulation as it may overheat" one of a few things I never truly...

Running cable outside is the easiest option, the fuseboard being in the garage of our linked/detached house. Ive no worries running thru conduit (32mm) your welcome to watch. However my question was whether I should protect the cable inside the attic with conduit/trunking as I am aware it must...

Can you clever chaps advise?: I am in the process of fitting a 9.5kw shower. The old shower cable was run (unprotected!) up the outside wall and into the loft, then to the shower. As I am using 10mm cable should I run it inside metal conduit inside as well as outside to the shower via the attic...