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Hi, I'm wanting to install some lights under the wall cabinets in my kitchen to illuminate the work surface. Probably some small fluorescent strip lights. The kitchen has just been built and hasn't been plastered yet, so I'm doing the first fix electrics. I'm wondering what the neatest...

Hi, My wife and I are building an extension to our semi. We have planning permission and building regs approval. As the new foundations will be about 2 meters from our neighbours property, we sent them a party wall notice a week ago. This was based on the standard letters at the end of the...

Hi all, Strictly speaking this shouldn't be in the alarm forum, but I figured it was the best place for it. I'm looking for a PIR to use as an occupancy sensor. It doesn't need to switch any significant load however - it'll be feeding into some home automation electronics. So the main...

I'm going to be rewiring my house and am considering using 1mm cable for the lighting circuits. Is there any particular reason why 1.5mm is used so commonly? It'll be on 6A MCBs and star-wired. I've heard that 1.5mm can be easier to work with, but I'd have thought the reverse would be true.