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    Adding two extra loft lights to existing light

    ok, so you also need green/yellow sleevign for the earth YES , 3 connectors - all live connect to the same connector all neutral connect to the same connector all earth connect to the same connector hence the 3 connections - why did you think 4 hence my question re switched and also whats...
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    Adding two extra loft lights to existing light

    thanks i was thinking 3 way rather than 4 - but the difference is not worth it - good point
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    Adding two extra loft lights to existing light

    i have purchased so good led on offer from screwfix for the garage have about 5 in that 3 car garage and 2 for the car area when using as a workshop cutting etc - also TLC do some good lights i have used in utlity for control type and mount of light
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    Adding two extra loft lights to existing light

    yes , thats what i would do - if you wanted to switch some of the additional lights you could add a switch - or do you just want all 3 on every time why 4 way ? whats in the light at the moment - maybe just the 2 wires neutral and switched live - with all th econnections in the switch...
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    Solar panels and birds nesting.

    yep, most people in the street with sloar have nests seaguls we have nest between chimney and roof ab=nd tried things like spikes no change just helped
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    Mini/Micro cordless tools.

    battery will be a lot more expensive and you are buying into a battery system Screwfix/B&Q own make, lots o fcheaper makes, BUT i have no experiance of the cheap makes, I'm pretty much all dewalt for my DIY - as i wanted to last for some time, sometimes the shops Aldi/Lidl do them - I would...
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    Mini/Micro cordless tools.

    do you mean a multitool - or dremel ? Decent , that will depend a lot on budget and whats its going to be used for cordless, Cabled
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    Track saw improvisation

    yes, i use that as well, I have an off cut bit furniture board , i have use a few times before i got the trend guide cheap
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    Chatting with AIs

    very often tells me its guessing , today working on my weather dashboard coding, kept saying oh i will recheck properly this time , oh i will check the code properly and not guess !!!! - loads of times got things wrong and kept saying i guessed oris it calls it also AI Hallucinations...
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    Track saw improvisation

    i purchased one years ago from toolstation a silver line one i think it was , uselss clamps did not fix properly and fell off - i still use but clamp it down, with irwin or Lidl quick release clamps I also purchased a trend version when on offer at FFX and 3m so i can cut 8x4 sheets and used...
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    Chatting with AIs

    so i have been working all afternoon on spme code with claude -
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    Chatting with AIs

    here is the article i wrote https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/ai-tools-and-how-wrong-they-can-be-general-observations-anecdotal.655244/ somewhere i have the full word document Now i have been using deepseek as well and thats useless too
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    Chatting with AIs

    yes, so have i and so wrong so often , language is OK, and i have paid for the PRO version, i have done the same and had the same inconsistancy - i did write a paper (actually got ai to write) just how badly wrong it is - i'm putting together a whole weathersation database and dashboard with a...
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    Fujifilm Cameras

    you will be amazed how quiclly you use up space on photography large files and edits and manipulation if you go down that route - My Nicon 35mm scanner used to produce large files and then in photoshop with many layers soo got large and versiion control i have been looking at that sort of...
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    Fujifilm Cameras

    what drives you getting for it , many years ago black strip i think used to be the ones - no idea what it is now
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    DeWalt DCS356 multi tool trigger lock

    my lock broke , so i cannot test on my dewalt - sorry i cant help - but it has cut through materisl very easy and i tend to use various saxton tools blade now - i have cut a lot with the heavy duty blades - trying to think what i did recently in the utlity mke over where i did cut a lot of...
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    Fujifilm Cameras

    sorry to hear you are not well, wow - missing all that beautiful winter & spring opportunities , get your bum out if you can now
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    Ceiling light wiring help

    maybe and then the red and black may have been joined , but that wont make much difference - and my other questions - show a photo of the old celing rose - EFLImpudence - showed the diagram and as i asked what are you measuring with - turn up sensitivity - do you have a multimeter
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    Ceiling light wiring help

    what do you mean by what are you using do you have a multimeter likely you have live and neutral IN on 1 of those T&E then the other Is live back to switch and then switched live return - so 1 the reds would go together and then when you measure between the 2 blacks - it will be 0v and then...
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    Ceiling rose removal to "normal" connection?

    maybe , not sure about that depends on how the lights are wired https://flameport.com/electric/lighting_circuits/lighting_switchwires_twoway.cs4 https://flameport.com/electric/lighting_circuits/lighting_switchwires_twoway_2.cs4
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