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Thanks for everyone's advice on this. No I didn't know about Part P.. . on reading it I guess that this is outside of DIY and will need a sparky to do the work. I have layed the cable and connected it so it should just be a case of the sparky testing rather than 'doing' thus saving some £...

How do I add an image to my post - can't see the option anywhere. Then I will upload a picture. The garage is a little way from the house and the orange cable is inside the plasterwork and runs under a paved area - so re running the cable would be a very big job. The orange cable is run...

The layout of the lounge lighting is 4 pairs of wall lamps. 1> Using less normal bulbs would result in dark areas where the missing bulbs are. 2> Using low energy bulbs would not allow me to dim (sometimes for 'reading' I want the light bright and when watching a film I want lower (but not...

Point taken re 1 socket to 30 etc etc. However, the orange cable goes *directly* to a 32A trip switch on the consumer unit. At the moment, yes, I am going 30 sockets to 1 - yowch even I can see that this is not wise. But when going direct to the orange cable 30 sockets should be ok . . ...

Homebase have a deal £1 for Philips low energy bulbs (£1.99 each by buy one get one free - and a 6 year guarentee!) so I have replaced all my bulbs this week with low wattage flouro stick. The annoying thing is that in my lounge (the place lights are on most of the time) I have 8 x 40w blubs...

Right now I am not worried about WHO pays for the electric and where the power originates from just how to do it. I will want to reduce the fuel bills and limit the amount of light spillage and I want it to be a permenent solution with low maintenance (no batteries) Your suggestion is like...

I have a single orange wire leading to my garage and conecting to a old metal box containing switch (a big old switch that you pull down with your finger and thumb, not a 'flip' or 'press' thing. With 'Off' or 'On' showing in the white/red part of the switch that is exposed when moving the...

I have a track that leads to my and 5 other's houses. The track is approximatly ~150 feet long with the houses evenly spaced along the track on both sides and we would like to add lights to it. My 'problem' has 3 layers of possible complexity: (1) I would like to install sensor lighting...