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Also, if you have a UPS, it may not lock to an AVR generator. I had to turn the "mains quality" setting on my APC smart-ups down to "low" before it would sync to the site generator. Even then it would drop out as the loads varied and the generator revs caught up. A cheaper UPS might not sync at...

All my switch mode PSUs (desktop PCs and lots of smaller wall warts), and the boiler pump were quite buzzy when running from a Honda EC2200 site generator. They did work fine though. What do you want to run from your generator?

I got a new Honda EU20i a couple of yeares ago which was already converted to propane. Each 47Kg tank of propane will run the gen for a couple of weeks or so, and does not go stale, and is safe to store. The gen is electronics friendly and variable throttle, which means it is quiet. I have a...

Hi. Any reason you're going for cat6 instead of 5e? What makes you think the CCA cable won't be good enough? Are you running a 10Gb LAN?

Hi all, fascinating discussion as always on this forum. Thank you. Just to give an update on what I'm going to do. 1. Marco 3 compartment skirting trunking used as skirting board around the room at floor level. The room has been re-plasterboarded so it needs skirting anyway. I can't bring the...

Hi Prentice, yes, you are right, I did say that, because I was originally thinking of making "socket circuit 2" a new circuit which would then need notifying. I am aware of the testing requirement for changes to existing circuits. I'll stick with T&E then if I go ahead. ref earthing, thanks...

oh-just to clarify:- I was expecting to run 3 singles for each socket circuit, ie. live, neutral, earth. So that would be 3 for socket circuit 1, 3 for socket circuit 2, and 3 for the lighting sockets in the trunking. The ceiling lighting circuit could be T&E because that wouldn't go all the...

Hi all, thanks for the replies. My thought process was that the singles are easier to run in the trunking than T&E and take up less room because they don't have the sheathing. And I've read lots about using singles in trunking. Would T&E be more appropriate? I want to be able to switch off...

I'm turning a 2m x 4m room into a home office, and I want to distribute the following around the room. 1. Normal sockets for computer monitors chargers fed from a 20A RCBO functionally switched by a 20A grid switch. Probably 6 double sockets 2. Second set of sockets for other devices fed from...

Thanks for the replies, Trench is now dug, and Building Control have been and said ok so far. They're coming back tomorrow evening to see it finished. We have run the internal waste in 40mm not 110mm, and that now pokes out of the wall underneath finished ground level. I am not sure what type...

My point was that rather than having standard series connected panels putting out an uncontrolled 350V to 500V DC on the end of a cable, with the optimisers you have a short length of cable on the back of the panel with a potential 40V into the device, and although the output of this device is...

The newer systems (Solaredge) with optimisers on the back of each panel fail safe. If there is no grid connection to the inverter, then the output of the optimiser at each panel drops to about 1VDC. The inverter communicates with each optimiser through the DC connection. Apparently it is worth...

Hi Mfarrow. The direct route would be through the existing kitchen, so more disruption. The top feed into the manhole is from the Kitchen - sink, dishwasher, washing machine. The right hand side feed into the manhole is from 2 bathrooms - showers, sinks, toilets. So at each change in...

We would like to convert part of our conservatory into a utility room, which means digging a new drain. The drain will need to take waste from a sink, and washing machine, but no toilet/shower. Plan so far is to dig a trench as per the diagram below, to an existing manhole. Piccie of manhole...

thanks for the suggestions. I quite like the look of these. Although they aren't dimmable, I could switch them on and off in sections. I'll keep looking. http://www.ledhut.co.uk/spot-lights/ceiling-lights/9-watt-slimline-high-output-led-ceiling-light.html

Thanks for all the comments. I do have wall uplighters in there today (120w halogen) and I don't like the light from them. Because of the low ceiling they are mounted relatively low, which means you can nearly see the harsh light from the lamp. I read somewhere that in low ceiling rooms it is...

I've read several anti-downlight threads, which is why I've posted - do I have a realistic alternative given the low ceiling height? I have an open mind! Yes I have access to the void, because I'm redoing the ceiling plasterboard - there isn't any at the moment. I've seen the dedicated LED...

We have a flat roofed conservatory that is being split into 2 rooms. 1 room is an office about 2m x 3.5m. The rest is a dining area around 2m x 3m which joins onto the kitchen which has a normal ceiling height. The ceiling height is also only about 2m. Above the plasterboard ceiling is a...

I'm using area arm suites with 4 keypads A - House (Keypad 1 in Bedroom. Keypad 2 by front door set to areas A&B) B - Garage+Shed (Keypads 3 and 4 set to area B) D - flood detectors Area D zones are set as 24hr audible, but this area is never armed, because I don't want an active zone to...

Hi BAS, do you have a source/link/search term for those lights in the picture you posted? Or anything similar? Thanks.