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I will need to re check this but I'm sure black cable was 12v all time and red 12v when switched on. I had an electrician put some halogen down lighters in my bedroom next door to this light, I'm wondering if he has used low voltage, I remember him saying he had put a junction box in loft due...

It says 12v lol

Yeah power on I used a small screwdriver tester, I have connected the light to the two 12v cables but doesn't work

Hi could anyone offer some advice please I had a latern outside with pir, I was having some work done and needed to take it down quickly so removed the wires, pulled them back into the garage and placed them into a junction box and tucked them away. There were: Black red and earth plus...

I have recently had all of my walls skimmed, on painting them i checked out this forum and the general advice seemed to be to use cheap or watered emulsion as the base coat. I was really pleased as i applied further coats, with the finish, but as i have applied the top coat (colour) i cannot...

Only lived here for 6 months, does look like it has been changed (although not sure??) its only a bedroomed bungalow but its a good size with lots of lights / wall lights/ Was built 15 yrs ago ? Any of that explain it ? Thanks for your help lads, i really appreciate it.

There are some 6A MCB's but the lighting for the main house is 16A, Garage lighting is 6A.

I take from the last post that my cable should be stronger with a 16a MCB. Could anyone tell me if its acceptable to run .75mm 3 core cable to each individual light therefore reducing the load on the cable, the max length of a cable would be 2m.

The MCB on the lighting ciruit is 16a. Is there a problem running a single cable to each individual light ? Cheers

The cable lays on top of the loft insulation in places and where this is not the case its just laying on the bare plaster boards. The loft does get warm (never hot) in the summer and very cold in the winter (Bungalow). Is there any advantage to running a single cable to each individual light...

Thanks for the help

Hi What current does 1 light draw? What current does all 5 draw? they are standard GU10 50w mains lights Will you be running all the lights from one cable, or one cable per light? I had planned to run cable to first light, 2nd etc etc would one cable per light be better What is the...

please excuse me if this has already been answered in another topic: I am installing 5 x 50w 240v downlights, i have some heat resistant 0.75mm 3 core cable (white), is this ok to use? (as i find this easier to work with) or do i need to run 1.00mm 3 core (grey) to each lamp? I have already...