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    I want a PIR floodlight with a switched override (L1 terminal)

    Normally you get at least two small twiddly knobs somewhere on the floodlight to set light on duration and the light level at which the PIR will start to work its magic, often a third twiddler too for the PIR range sensitivity, if as it sounds you haven't got these to fiddle with you could try...
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    3 red wire switch change

    Reconnect your new switch the same as your existing, single red should go to C (common) and the two reds together will go to L1 if your new switch is an identical 1 gang 1 way or if your new switch is a 1 gang 2 way as that's all they had in the shop then the two reds together will either go...
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    Replace halogen lights with LED

    With your replacement dimmer switch just make sure it will switch an LED load as the LEDs draw a fairly modest amount of current (tiny) and most times with dimmer switches the emphasis used to be on how large a load they could switch eg. 250-400 watts, you're going to be switching probably a...
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    I want a PIR floodlight with a switched override (L1 terminal)

    You can still get LED floodlights that have that additional conductor required but having tried to do this the other week it came down to looking in the new floodlight box to see if the fitting had a 3 or 4 core flex, 4 core flex and you're away. As for a 500 watt tungsten halogen equivalent...
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    Mystery electrical problem

    You could always hurl the fire down the garden and fit a new one? Given that it was the fire that caused all this stress I would probably do that anyway out of rage however it sounds like you're going to have an EICR performed in the New Year so minus this appliance you should hopefully get...
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    What is this pipe?

    It's also partially lagged with felt still so I'm going to say old school water pipe to header tank in loft... if the loft was warm there would be a bit of condensation on the pipe where the lagging is missing leading to another guess that the pipe is no longer live? Edit and the crustiness of...
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