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80m away, there will be lighting.

Hi, Im in the process of thinking about installing some CCTV on my land but have no idea what camera systems I need... I will need a max of 4 external cameras to be fed from the house and the furthest camera will be 80m+++ away. Is this possible and if so any advice? Thanks

In another thread I have been talking about a cable run to a chicken shed about 60-70m away from a house. I am now laying the cable my self to save costs. I have been told that it would need to be 6.0mm 2 core XLPE to provide a 30A supply to the shed but when I use ANY of the online cable size...

Hi, Im working on a little DIY alarm project and need some help please... When the alarm is sounds I need some lights to come on that would normally be operated by a light switch, they need to stay on while the alarm is sounding and the light switch needs to be made useless until the alarm is...

Gave in, team of electricians are coming on Wednesday to sort the whole job out. Thanks for all your answers though.

At its max it may have about 300 hens

Im not sure, may have got it wrong. Does it have to be a switch fuse when I have a spare MCB way?

Just spoke to my friend who is a electrician, he says 10mm 2 core XLPA SWA over the 70m distance to provide a 30A supply. Local earth rods to create a TT system. In to the shed direct to a 30A switch fuse, from there to a consumer unit containing a 300ma RCD main switch and RCBOs on each out...

My step father has a very large poultry shed that has been out of action for some years but now he wants to bring it back in to use for chickens. There is no electric supply in there at the moment and so he wants mains fed from the house to this shed. There will be some sockets just in case...