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That's great I had a quote to get this done and have been told that the intermediate must be the middle switch when walking upstairs, which will involve numerous junction boxes in the loft My plan Is downstairs 2 way Top of stairs 2 way ... new switch... To the left at end of landing...

Please see photo as requested Feed was possibly the wrong term ..I was meaning the switched live, no neutral in this switch but the non 2 way lights do have neutral... new build house

Hello, we have moved into a new house, which has a 2 way landing setup, unfortunately the main bedroom is about 5 meters from the landing light switch and means crossing the top of the stairs. I was considering changing the upstairs 2 way switch with an intermediate Running 3 core + earth to a...

Hi guys I have an accenta g3 in good condition, battery changed last year and seems to be working without issues. My daughter has now taken to getting up early and watching the TV, my concern if we don't hear her and she opens the door. She's 4 and autistic We have the keypad by the door and...

We have nest protects which buzz warn you of power outage, the doorbell is on a separate mcb

I have 4 ways which are not rcd protected, one of which is spare so that would be possible. I didnt know there were so many variables for this, I have left a voicemail with my usual electrician see if he does them and what his advice is... On a secondary note if my usual electrician can fit...

Thanks for that i will look into it when I get to work and check the paperwork The consumer unit is in the integral garage and the charge point will be about 1m away on the front wall of the house, if their costs are more I will just go fully private. Is there any reason technically not to...

Hello everyone, I need some advice I have ordered a plug in hybrid BMW and need a home charge point. The BMW garage have passed me onto a third party who will install as part of a grant, however I have been told they must install a secondary consumer unit at my cost? My current consumer unit...

Pressing the heating button on the receiver should kick the boiler in, to check if the old thermostat is causing issues turn the temperature to max which will essentially complete the circuit and show if the receiver is correctly wired

When I fitted my hive I removed the old thermostat and linked the two cables together behind it the hive then powered the boiler

Changed the battery, the big resistor looked fine, no sign of it been blown, Armed the system killed the power to it and the alarm didn't sound, so it looks like it's been fixed On a side note it was an accenta 8 not a g3. The keypad is looking a bit tired, can I just change it for the newer...

I don't have the engineer code can I open box and use my normal code?

Hi guys last night we had a powercut alarm went off ran downstairs keypad beeping away, put in code and the beeping inside stopped. However the bell box was still sounding for 20 mins. Once it stopped it was making a buzzing noise which could be heard through the house. The attack light was...

Hi guys my garden refurb starts next week. We are putting 240v ground lights into the patio. The garden guys are laying the swa cable as instructed by the electrician. I was told to buy the cable lights and accessories... Anyway the lights turned up on Saturday. Saxby regis ip rated etc. But...

They apparently plan on running 3 core armoured 1.5 mm for the two lighting circuits and 2.5mm 3 core armoured for the socket at the back of the garden. I have been advised to change the security flood lights from 400w halogens to led. So basically 4 circuits 1 for security lights 1 for wall...

that would be good as it would allow control of the 4 circuits (3 lights and 1 socket)

Hi guys, I am getting my garden landscaped, and as part of it need some lighting and power changes outside Currently got one downstairs ring, one socket on the ring is spurred to a fused spur and running 2 security lights One socket is spurred and running the outside socket on the wall with a...

There is about 2 inches of water in the F & E tank, the vent pipe rises around 6-8 inches then comes down into the side of the tank I will be asking the questions to the installer, just like to have some knowledge before speaking to them The water level in the system doesn't seem to move, we...

Hi guys, had a new boiler fitted 3 weeks ago, the engineer (who is platinum 5 with Intergas) flushed the system and cleared a block in the feed pipe into the system, Boiler is a Intergas Open vent 18 KW He wasn't happy so put some more cleaning fluid (Not sure which brand) to circulate for 4...

Thanks that was my initial idea just wanted to check