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Yeah I’ll go back and check tomorrow. Just wanted to make sure there wasn’t something silly I was missing Cheers.

Yeah I’ll go back tomorrow and check the power. I just thought I’d check that I wasn’t missing anything here first. Thanks.

Hi, thanks for the reply. It’s a ROBUS R8MLED-01 It’s a maintained and non-maintained light. To run non-maintained you remove the wire between S+L which I did and it was working fine. That is until I changed the ceiling light in the other room and blanked off the earth as it was a double...

Hi guys, I have a problem with some emergency lighting. In a place where there are 6 emergency lights (all around 20 years old with old tube bulbs) One got damaged so I replaced it with a new LED non-maintained one. It is installed correctly and the SL wire has been removed to make it...

Thanks very much. Pretty much answered my question Could I also run an IP rated 13A FCU from the outside socket and run an extra outside socket ti that? Thanks again.

Hi, It’s a new build and the socket that feeds the outside is protected by a 32a RCD and is on a ring. It doesn’t look like it’s already spurred.

Hi guys, I have a quick question. I have a an outside IP rated socked (double) on the side of my house. It’s fed from a socket inside the house directly opposite on the other side of the wall. I need more sockets outside in the same place and as it seems you can’t buy larger sockets I was...

Just to clarify, the siren will work on any power supply from 9-28V, 12W, DC. It’s manufactured by Ring (the doorbell and camera people) and is very good. It’s designed to be powered by one of their doorbell power adapters which is 24V. It’s a plug in adapter I COULD also hardwire it...

It’s not the alarm that requires the 24v it’s the external siren. i have the Ring alarm and it’s superb. The siren is 24v cheers.

Hi, your thinking was exactly the same as mine. Hoping a smaller than 6A fuse would trip before the actual 6A in the MCB. The fact that you’ve tried it and it didn’t work has 100% negated my theory, thank you. I can’t see why there would be an overload from the socket in the loft. It’s only...

Hi, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately it’s a plug in adapter. Which is why my initial thought was FCU and socket. But just the socket seems the way to go.

Brilliant, thanks John. That’s why I doubted myself. but you’ve pretty much clarified it for me Thanks again.

Hi guys and gals, Just a quickie, As per my previous post on here I am planning to install a 3 pin socket in my loft and run it from the light ring. It’s only for a burglar alarm external siren which is 24v 0.5a 12w. I will do it with 1.5mm flex. What I’m wondering is, is it worth me...

Excellent, thanks very much for your reply. You’ve pretty much confirmed what I thought but wasn’t 100% sure. As for the risk of anything being plugged in, it’s only ever me that goes up there but I’ll definitely label it up just in case. Thanks again.

Hi guys. I have a quick, hopefully simple question. I want to install an external burglar alarm siren on the outside of my house. Now this siren is mains powered (24V DC, 0.5A, 12W). I want to ideally run it from my loft but the only power up there is a lighting ring with one light. I have the...

Thanks for your reply :) The FCU is spurred from a 13a double socket. I obviously wouldn't use the sockets at the same time as using the oven and microwave. Well, not for any significant time anyway. I want to keep the sockets free for low amperage items such as chargers and whisks... I was...

Hi guys, I have an FCU run from a double socket which powers my 13a built in oven which is only actually 11a at full load, not taking into account any diversity. My question is, can I run a single 3 pin socket from this FCU to supply my 800w microwave? I understand that the amperage would be...

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Hi, I intend tondo just that. But I'll have to wait til morning now. Thank you for your reply. I'll post it in the morning. Thanks again.

Hello mate, as I said to someone else....... Basically the LED lights would be in the kitchen and the nearest power source to it would be just through the wall (about 2 feet away) to the pull cord ceiling switch in the next room (bathroom). Thank you. Read more...