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yesterday i purchased what i thought was SWA 1.5mm lighting cable, to use for outdoor switch. The cable colours are, Brown, black and Grey. i take this to be L1, L2 and L3 and that athese present red, yellow and Blue. Am i mistaken or have they sold me the worng cable. I should have got Brown...

Any suggestion on the sort of crimps that one would best use in this situation. I agree that crimping is the best way forward and that a rachet is very much needed.

Thanks for that! Can you buy 100A blocks with lots of terminals in them which could just possible sit above the new CU, which will then feed new wires into the new CU. At present the biggest i've seen is only 5 ways.

Has anybody got any suggestions on installing a new consumer unit split load board, which will replace the old fuse board. The problem that i envisage is that the wires in the exisiting CU have been trimmed really short and i know from the outset that these will not reach all of the requaired...

Don't need to go online for that the saving would be hardly anything, then you've got carriage on top. you could have a look at http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk otherwise go to a local supplier.

I believe in philosophy that is called lex talionis which is a justification of the retributivists theory of punishment. In short an eye for an eye. Not necessarily the right answer but who am i to advise after all i'm only a ? :roll:

Yeah there has been a bit of sarcasim on the site lately....

Sounds cheap. You could come of the ring main into a switch fused connection unit to supply power to the outside light. Obviously if the wiring is to be run outside then this needs to be adequate wiring for outdoor use and needs to be protected in some way. Will the wires be mounted on the...

even better still jump on ebay and look at some of the very cheap cameras that they have on there. My view is that it will only escalate things more. If you want to do something about it, and if it is going to escalate the behaviour anyway, you might as well catch the action on camera. A...

Now that i understand this. I think it is important that we make a diagram and host it in the for reference section on this site. If you look in the for reference section you will see that every system of wiring a ceiling rose is based on the understanding that you will be wiring the rose...

That's sorted it FWL

If the loop is the live i take it that the Live is the switched live. :lol:

Thanks for that B-A S although that doesn't answer my post. I have actually had all of my electrics inspected so far and have along the way by a qualified electrician, who states that things are well and that continuity is fine also. I do understand lighting circuits but at times get a...

I have purchased 2 pendents that i am going to wire up so that i can paint and then i'll put up my nice lights after. I got the pendents and the wiring is as follows. Neutral Live and Loop. The wiring diagram presumes that the circuit is wired using the ceiling rose as the junction box...

Hope you got the e-mail FWL. A big welcome back. :lol: :lol: :lol:

No the cable isn't conected up either end to the consumer units. I will not be doing the consumer unit end as i am having a sparky to do that for me. I will have a look at the cable colors and let you know what they are. Because all of my wiring is in harmonised colors and i got this...

Hi all, I have 4 core 16mm SWA cable which is running at a length of 25 meters from consumer unit to extra big garage. We have a plan to maybe one day turn this into extra accommodation etc, which will run combi, ring circuit and a couple of light circuits, alarm. 16mm is big but i thought...

Thanks for that. I thought that was the answer.

Hi all, I am use to the S fCU usually having Load and Supply on it at the back. On this one from TLC it has In and Out. Can you clarify which one is Load and which one is supply. It doesn't have any instructions. Yes and i know it will be a simple answer that i will never forget...

Just want to put this to you. I have a ring main in the kitchen RCD protected 32 MCB. On the ring i am putting an unswitched 13 AMP socket in a cupboard where i will plug in a transformer that will supply my outside lights. It is the B&Q range. click the link for a...