lights

I’m a pretty decent DIYer, I’ve done different handyman work since I was a kid with my dad and have done a lot since becoming an adult. However I feel like this situation is beyond my skills. We purchased a house and nearly every light switch is different. We have some paddle dimmers, some...

Hi guys, I’ve been trying to replace my landing light all night last night and I just wanted to see if I’ve wired it up correctly before I connect it up. I followed this diagram that I found. And I have a blue wire and yellow wire left, I’m assuming the yellow wire is the switch wire, I’ve...

Hi. Currently have one outside light that has an outside switch fed from the boiler fused spur (see photos). can this be converted using outside junction boxes and conduit so that I can have 3 lights at various positions (see photos). I naturally understand that this is probably a job for an...

I have a couple of security lights with PIR sensors. However, they are fairly old and are failing, so I want to replace them. Both of them have halogen bulbs and switching the power off and on quickly, overrides the sensor/timer so that the light stays on. This is useful when, for example...

Hi, I have two 5amp sockets which are to be used for side lights and controlled by a dimmer on the wall in my living room. I have never used these sockets and bought two lamps and changed these to suitable plugs. On using it trips circuit. I was convinced that it was the lamps. Then I...

Hi. I'm putting a new ceiling light in and wanted some advice. I've got a single core with 3 wires. Red, Black and a bare copper earth. I've purchased some sleeving to cover the earth wire after reading somewhere that I should The lighting rose has an earth wire running from the core My...

I’ve just removed my old doorbell, which was wired through the mains (replacing it with a more modern cordless doorbell). This left me with a bit of mains flex sticking out of the wall just above my fusebox in a hallway cupboard. I’d like to use that to power two 11W LED ceiling lights (bought...

In my flat I have a long hallway which has little LED ceiling lights. These are controlled by 3 conventional 2 way wall switches - all the lights are on the same circuit and come on at the same time. I'd like to add a 4th wall switch in a particular spot at the end of the hallway. I checked out...

Hi, I'm looking to install a heavy (about 4kg) light to replace some old ones in our living room. The original one was just mounted on the plasterboard. I'm not confident that this will support the light, so want to mount it into the beam above the plasterboard ceiling. This is however 85mm...

Hi I've got an outdoor security light at the front of the house - cable exits the external wall into a junction box and then the light connects off the junction box. I've stuck a photo below. I'm relaying the driveway this year and thinking about fitting a couple of free standing post lights at...

Hi My kitchen has 12 downlights, with a triple switch at the entrance, which turns different sections of the room, one of them only turns on and off two of the downlights which seems silly. There is also another switch by the garden door which turns on and off 5 downlights, the same as one of...

My cooker has a dodgy element in the fan oven ( I use the top oven now) However when it trips the upstairs/downstairs lights go off I am no electrician however this seems bonkers to me ! Any info advice would be greatly appreciated

Hi. I can't see that this fits anywhere else, and I'm getting right fed up of my house, so I hope some of you might have advice! Ceiling in one of my untouched bedrooms is lath and plaster. The room also has a couple of lath and plaster stud walls, which, after finally getting through layers of...

Hi Im new to this forum, hopefully im in the right area for this. Ok, so i need power outdoors to power some decking lights (16 x 0.6w) and a pond fountain, which i believe was around 400w- may be wrong there but its definitely a very small amount. So, i have no power in that area. Closest...

This isn't quite an electrics question, but it relates to a sticker on some outdoor lights that we have. I am not sure where else to post this question. The lights we have are pretty common and they look like this (NOT THE ACTUAL PRODUCT WE BOUGHT, BUT OURS LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THIS)...

Hi everyone, I’ve been decorating and wanted to switch out a light switch from an old plastic standard one to a metal dimmable one. however not sure which wires to connect. Any help/advice much appreciated, thanks.

So I’m trying to change a triple light switch and the old one’s connections are not like the new one. Can anyone help by letting me know what to put where? (See pics) Thanks, Andy.

I know some very old water fountains use to have mains powered underwater lights. Just wondering what the history is behind when the were banned and made presumably illegal? Regards: Elliott.

Hello forum. I have a - in my opinion - strange problem with the lights on my Peugeot 206 CC. First off, it's a 2001, 1.6 16V with a good history for service. It makes no fuzz, doesn't chew oil or weird sounds. All of a sudden, the rear lights, number plate lights, rear foglight and the front...

3 lights. It would be easier if the cable went to 1st light, with 2nd and 3rd light cables both spurred off from 1st light, in a Y formation. I could do it linear, but easier in a Y. What do regs allow? Thanks, Dain