Recent content by quailtrailblue

Hi everyone, I need to buy quite a lot of 12.5 and 15mm plasterboard for an extension we've got going on. I plan 15mm for the ceiling, 12.5m m for the walls. I've had a look on ebay and there's a guy selling it really cheap (£3 per 8x4 board). Its brand new building site surplus apparently, but...

Hi, can anyone help? I made a earlier post but I think I omitted some important info! So here goes again... I want to install 6 downlighters in my kitchen. I have made a plan to replace the existing ceiling rose with a 20a junction box. Then run a 1.5mm cable from the junction box to the...

Hi TTC, thanks for your helpful comments. I had no idea that electrical work has to be inspected, the wiring diagrams say 'easy to fit'.....

Hi, can anyone help me? I'm going to install 6 downlighters in my kitchen. I plan to daisy chain them together from a 20a junction box using 1mm twin and earth lighting cable. My questions are... 1. Is the 1mm cable suitable for 6 downlights (50W bulb) 2. The fittings are double...

Thanks for the response. No, I plan to put 6 or 7 in a various points in the ceiling. They are the small spot light type ones.. If I use a 5A 4T junction box, will it still allow things to function as they do now? The ceiling rose looks to be wired very differently to what a junction box...

Hi, I want to install downlighters into our spare bedroom. It appears to me that essentially they are just a new fitting so theoretically I could remove the current one (standard white flex with bulb holder), draw the ceiling rose into the loft, then wire the new downlighters one to...

I'm not, its not possible with household fl lamps..... As I understand it, fl tubes are based on an entirely different principle.

Hi fireman, It doesn't go off every single time, but yes if I switch off the power at the breaker it will go off more often than not. But it is more likely to 'fail' during a storm induced power cut than a 'controlled' one.... I would say that they go off 80-90% of the time during any type...

Crafty, sometimes sense comes only with experience and I think I have learned a bit today....... Nevertheless, I have spent alot of £'s know and really like the style so I want to sort it out - have you got ideas why this might be happening? Many thanks

Thanks for your thoughts thripster. Its just a normal bulb..........

Yes, theres an earth going to the back box - should I connect to the switch instead?

Sm1thson, I actually found a switch with correct installation instructions - it is wired correctly, the Sw is used for 2/multiway switching. But I have made another discovery - the switch is not earthed and it has a metal face plate.....!

I still don't understand why the thing stops working when the power goes out..........

Thanks Sm1thson, I do have the installation instructions but would you beleive they do not cover the dimmers, only the conventional rocker switches!!! If I wired them incorrectly, surely they wouldn't work at all though would they?

Please, please can someone help me. I purchased a number of the Homebase 'Cassa' range dimmer light switches. They are electronic pushbutton control with an indicator LED rather than the rotary knob that you see more often. The problem is that when we have a power cut (or the power is...