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no there not connected to nefin just twisted together lose, not even the lighting circuit in our house has earthing cable, just two cables, red and black.

hi there, Im going to fit a wall light in my bedroom for reading etc, my approach is to take an FCU off the socket in my room which is in on the ring main(Ive checked to see if its suitable and it is) and feed the wall light from the FCU. but when i came to check the socket i noticed that it had...

lol ok Thanks very much for your help, you cant explain it any easier than that!

ok thanks very much for your help, what colour wires go in to the common and L1

ok this is referring back to my previous post //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=139029&highlight= my lightswitch came delivered this morning, its a 1 gang two way lightswitch, now on the switch it has to 3 terminals- common at the top, L1 on the left and L2 on the right, plus an...

ok great stuff thanks alot. The FCU is metal, can i use a plastic switch coming from the FCU instead of a metal one and does the plastic switch mounting box have to earthed?

i have 2 striplights in the garage wired up to a basic plug fitted with a 3 amp fuse. I am wanting to fit the lights to a light switch so it saves a spare socket and be much easier to turn on. I have an FCU fitted in the garage which operates the outdoor PIR light, the FCU is fitted with an 3...

Im going to install a metal double socket onto my garage wall. Because its metal do i also need to earth the back mounting plate on the socket. If so, does the earth cable have to be of a certain type. i've some spare arctic flex cable i used for an outdoor light and have stripped it down to...

ok thanks, i will replace the 500w for a 300w, we have tall connifer trees in our garden so that should close off the light from our surrounding neighbours, would a 3 amp fuse be suitable in the fcu for the light with a 300w bulb thanks

ok cheers alot even though its a 500w outdoor light, does that mean the actual bulb inside is 500w, and if so is it possible to buy a lower watt bulb although the light itself is a 500w If you know what i mean by that, hard to explain im sorry :(

cheers, do we really need 500w- well we have quite a large garden so a large light should give of plenty light throughout the whole garden, i did not buy this light as it came free with with a garden table and chairs set. Is 500w really too much, i will still connect up this light as it was...

I have a 500w PIR outdoor flood light which i want to connect to an FCU, what fuse should i use in the FCU for the floodlight. And what type of cable should i use to connect the outdoor light to the FCU Cheers

Thanks, yes my first thought was to wire the outside light directly from a main ring socket but there are no sockets close by to do it so my only option is the garage as that is the nearest power supply. Instead of using an FCU spurred from a main ring socket, is it possible to have a...

Hi there, I have a 300w Outdoor PIR security light i want to fit on the outside wall in our back garden. But i need a bit of advice on the wiring just to be sure i know what im doing is right! In our garage is a single socket which is spurred off a socket in our hall. My idea is to...