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Hi I was looking to change a broken outside light which is of plastic construction with a new Stainless Steel one, my house is only 5 years old so all the wiring is new. But the instructions on the new light state, and I quote;- Do not wire this lantern into the lighting circuit - use a...

TLC according to their paper catalog appear to now be selling lamps intended for Traffic Signals and claiming it is a legal and suitable alternative to the incandescent light bulb ban by the EU. As quoted from page 144 of the March/April edition of the TLC catalogue: IMG_3880 by eveares posted...

Hi there. I'm redoing my office, which is a 4m x 2m room with a concrete floor, and currently an ancient carpet. Only been here 3 years and haven't yet redecorated anything except the bathroom. I have a lot of thoughts, ideas and questions. I'm not sure of the protocol here, but most forums like...

Hi, I have a 60Watt light near my front door which is wired to a fused spur, I was wanting to put a camera door bell like Ring and wire it to a Byron 776 which has a built in transformer and then run some flex from the transformer to the existing fused spur and run it with the outside light...

As some may know, I have some old disco lights what use 24V 250W lamps. I have often wondered how easy will it be to convert these to super bright LED's. For the one that has an ELC lamp in it (Geni Mojo Spin Master 1), I was thinking about getting the following...

Hi, New to the forums. Trying, and failing, to find a simple direct-equivalent replacement for an old outside light, with a PIR, that also has a manual switched override. So when switch is "off" then light is controlled by PIR, and when switch is "on" then light is permanently on. The PIR...

Hello. I recently replaced a light that was being very unreliable; it would only occasionally work at all, and sometimes I'd have to wobble the bulb a little to make it work. Anyway, I now have the light down, and I disassembled then reassembled it to make site all the connections were good...

Hi all, I have just installed an antique brass bulkhead to the (artex) ceiling of our kitchen. I chased into the artex to get the wire from the original light to sit behind the bulkhead where it then enters the unit via the hole at the side. As it is a brass fixture it conducts a lot of heat...

Just wondering what benefits is their of induction lighting these days and why do some buildings use it, such as the Philips induction lighting that is used to light up the faces of the Great Clock of the palace of Westminster (Aka Big Ben). The article below lists several benefits of induction...

I don't know how much additional power percentage wise relative to the bulb a SOX lamps ballast takes up, but can LED's achieve the same or greater lumen per what ratio that Low Pressure Sodium/SOX achieve? I am well aware of the awful colour rendering and CRI of SOX lamp's mono chromatic light...

Hi I just replaced a light shade in one of my bedrooms. Unfortunately I was a bit heavy handed removing the old light shade (the pendant cable twisted a couple of times). After replacing the light shade the light is no longer working! I tried the bulb in another room and it worked, confirming...

Hello. I want to put in a small, LED up/down light by the back door. I know how to do this and I have the equipment to do it, but I've not been able to find a clear answer on which type of cable I should use. My current idea of the set up is this.... - There is a socket near the back door...

In the process of renovating the front room, we decided to ditch the plain white light switches with nice brushed chrome ones. I knew the house was re-wired in 2008 and that the switches all had earth cables in the back box. The old switches are marked switch 1, switch 2 and COM. There is also...

Long story short, the Fibaro FGS-223 module was inside a IP56 enclosure outdoors that controls the driveway lights, and I was having wireless rage issues between the module and my Z-Wave enabled Samsung SmartThings hub. After much trouble with the module only working when the SmartThings hub...

This: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SMSL3DG.html It is IP65 rated so should be suitable for outside use, but it is under the "Indoor Lighting > LED Wall & Step Lights" section of TLC's site and the manual says: "IP65 Rated suitable for restricted external applications". What is meant...

Are ceramic metal halide lamps interchangeable with non ceramic metal halide lamps or do the ceramic ones need different control gear? I am thinking of getting this light fixture: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p27660?table=no and this bulb to go with it...

My Aunty is moving from her council flat in Croydon to a council flat in Kent to be nearer to the family, and so have been doing some simple electrical jobs for her. Whilst I was replacing the 4 brushed chrome light switches (That I fitted about 4 years ago) in the flat for cheap plastic ones...

For those who know the Gatwick area and the short tunnel on the A23 that's between the south terminal car park and the main area of Gatwick airport, it seems to me the amount of HPS lights in the tunnel is overkill! Not to mention that a lot of the lights in the tunnel don't even work! Here...

Hi, Just want to know whether something is compliant with the regs or not. I want to add a light into our conservatory as we do not currently have one. in the wall next to the door to the conservatory is a double socket on the ring main. there is also a fused switch spurred off of the socket...

Hi everyone. Last week I ran out of oil and I noticed the lockout light is on on the boiler. Ordered new oil which came 3 days later,but in the meantime I have turned off the boiler and the water pressure went down to 0. So, I tried to restart the boiler but no luck.After reading some advice on...