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So today I did a little experiment and thought I would see what would happen if one powered up a 70W HPS bulb with an internal ignitor directly on the 230v mains without using a ballast. Sadly not much happened other than a brief flash for a fraction of a second before the MCB for the circuit...

Hi guys, I want to assemble a panel of lights of different colors for the lighting of my living room The only thing I know of electricity is that: there are different cables for different resistors for different voltages according to use. I have the idea of order of LED lights in a square...

As some may know, I have 3 T4 fluorescent strip lights for under cabinet lighting in my kitchen. The other day I noticed the middle 20W one was not lit. Tried the switch on the strip light, but nothing. Then tapped it a couple of times and it came back to life and lit up. It has been playing...

I have just purchased braided flex and a 5 point ceiling rose to take 5 E27 pendants. Also I have 4x5 point wago and 2x3 wago connectors to join all the earth, live and neutral wires. I plan on putting all this into a junction box with glands to fit the braided flex and flat 1/1.5 twin and...

Hi all. Any advice on the following is much appreciated. I am replacing current bathroom flush light fitting with an IP44 rated Flush Light fitting. The current fitting is connected to Ceiling rose plate (which is then just covered by the flush mount fitting). Its a ring circuit. I cant just...

Good morning, I am replacing an outside light (non PIR) with a new PIR one however, I am having a little difficulty with the differing electrical connections on the new light. The attached pictures should help, but what I want to know is what goes where? There is also a switch just inside the...

Hi My ceiling has the following wires. 2 brown 1 blue 2 yellow/green 1 blue with a brown sleeve My light fitting has: 1 brown 1 blue 1 green/yellow How would I attach these together? Many thanks for any help.