Recent content by v1k10

Fair enough - should I look out for anything when he finishes off though? The last thing I want is for it to all work while he's there and then something goes dangerously wrong in a few weeks or so. I get what you mean but I've got kids who run around in the garden and if something's done...

Thanks for that - the bulbs are screwed into the holders and have the larger screw fitting. The fittings aren't actually labelled either though so not sure if that makes any difference? I know the B&Q type lights have a L and a N marking on their fittings but these ones don't? There is no...

Hi all, I asked a question here a while ago about garden lights, I've now got an electrician in doing them and just wanted to double check what he's doing. The electrician connected the lights up but on some of them, the live cable was screwed into the top of the light fitting and on some of...

Hi all, I had an electrician over today to give me a quote on some garden lights. I have 10 brick lights to have installed and he said that they have to be on their own circuit as they are in the garden. But then he said that he could use the garage's radial/ring final circuit (the...

Hi thanks for that, 500W lights are illegal? I had the house rewired a few years back and I remember the electrician used 1.5mm cable for the lighting circuits - is that not right?

Hi all, I want to know how many lights you can put on to 1 lighting circuit? The circuit is wired using 1.5mm twin and earth cable and is protected using a 6amp MCB? thanks.