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However standard alarm cable probably won't survive long sitting in water, so I suggest you make sure your ducting is going to stay dry or use an alternative outdoor rated cable.

Hi I'm refurbishing the downstairs of a 3-bed property and had a couple of electricains round to look at getting the electrics finished (and my work certificated). My day job is as an electronic engineer who has to apply all sorts of exotic BS standards to my designs so I've got the basics...

I'd seriously doubt you'd have a problem, alarm signals are just contacts - there's no data transmission. Also the steel wire presumably works quite well as a shield anyway. Buy a screened multi-core cable for the alarm if you're really concerned.

True, thats the process I'm trying to get through... True, but I want to understand what is involved in coming to that solution, so I can find the right combination of cost effective and tidy. That way I can get comparable quotes against what is a sensible way of doing it, rather than 4 quotes...

Hi kd, the reasons I'm not a fan of that is that if there is a problem it's not exactly obvious how you're going to isolate that appliance, also surface mounted sockets in the back of my cupboards take up a bit of a space in a tight for space kitchen. I'm personally reconsidering at the...

Hi all I'm remodeling my house at the moment and we're at the point where I want to a) understand how I want my kitchen wired, b) provide a pretty definitive brief to an electrician and c) do whatever enabling works I can now to make the job quicker/cheaper. So I've put some thought itno...

Guys There are a number of low cost dimmable T5 ballasts on ebay that I would love to use with these G24 fittings. Is it possible to use them? What wattage G24 lamp would U use with 21 or 28W T5 ballast? Or is this a complete non-starter. Never worked with fittings with separate ballasts...