Recent content by Telly

I think you did JonB. Thanks for the reply. Its not an ideal situation but I'm drilling a 1 inch thick piece of soft wood through the most inaccesible 6cm hole known to man and no drill will 1) fit through the hole or 2) bend in that direction. I am drilling at a slow speed, with the...

Hi all, As the title suggests I need to fit a 30mm hole saw into a 6mm chuck. Is this the right thing to buy? http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=10531&ts=15342 The chuck is on the end of a flexible drill shaft and I have looked high and low for a larger chuck for a...

Thanks for the reply mate. Sorry, I should have been clearer. The choc block is for connecting up my loop-in wiring from my ceiling rose to the downlight. I am using 6 20W mains downlights on a 400W dimmer switch. The downlights are halogen and not LED or fluorescent. Would underloading...

Hi guys and gals. I have a dimmer switch pretty much identical to this: By aliterai at 2007-08-06 The minimum wattage is 60W. I am installing downlights and want to test that I have wired up the dimmer switch and dowlight wiring correctly by testing it on just one downlight with a 20W...

Thats right Crafty - I knew what it was used for and how to wire it up, but couldnt get the name. Thank you for clearing that up :lol:

No, not being stupid at all, thats exactly the answer I was looking for. Thanks all!

Thank you for the most speedy reply :D Whats this when its at home? By aliterai, shot with E2500 at 2007-08-04

Hi all :D This is what the wires coming out of my ceiling rose looks like (its a loop-in) Question: which wires do I connect up to my downlight? Thank you!

Hi all :D I want to install 7 20W downlights with a dimmer but the light fixtures in my house only have 2 wires (black and red) with no earth wire. Does this mean I can ONLY use low voltage downlights with a 150W transformer or can mains downlights be used? Could it be that I have a...