cable size

Hi, I have a cable hanging down outside the house from under soffit for outdoor lights but no lights were ever fitted until now. I want to attach 3x 20 W LED floods to this cable spread along the width of house - approx 15m. The shop I bought the lights in gave me an off cut of 0.75mm H05RN...

Table 54.7 in BS7671 says that when the protective conductor is the same material as the line conductor (S), it must at least be the same size as the line conductor. Why does 1.5mm² T&E not comply with this reg when you have 1.5mm² line conductors and 1mm² protective/CPC conductor!? Can some...

Hi, I've just bought a hikvision kit, 4 cameras and a recorder. The cameras have a port for an ethernet cable and a short flying lead for the dc supply. I wanted to have all 4 cameras, their power cables and ethernet cables going to one location where the recorder is. The longest run is about...

Hi All, I want to rewire a couple of sockets after doing some redecoration, and I'm struggling to find what is the 'code' for solid core cables. I've used 3183Y cable for lights and other appliances, but for the cable inside the walls I've read that is better to use solid core. I'm planning to...

Hello everyone, There is a kitchen extractor fan with the wire exposed and unattached (photo attached) There is no booklet. By looking at the photo, would you help me by saying what cable size is that? I need to extend it by 9m to connect it to another socket( not FCU) Is it safe to connect...