wiring

Hi, i want to wire up a photocell switch to my outdoor lights but want to wire it up to the 5amp light switch in the hall. in the old days I had a handy Smiths Timeguard light switch , the size of a normal UK wall light switch and it had a photocell in it and then a timer up to 8hours (so turned...

Hi All, Kindly asking for some help. Moved into a new build property that has an Ariston boiler and separate water tank with 2 zones (upstairs and downstairs). Each Zone has its own Thermostat - Danfoss TPOne with only a brown (COM) and a black (NO) wire. The TPOne is battery operated and acts...

Hi, I'm hoping to switch my old Electronic Programmer from an EPH R27 over to a Drayton Wiser 2-Channel Kit. I thought it would just be a case or removing the old EPH Programmer and popping on the new Drayton Smart Hub. But it seems things are backwards in terms of functionality when I do...

Hi all, looking for some advice. Trying to change over the existing digistate scr to hive. Advice on which wires to move over would be appreciated This is for a duel system.

Hi all, I want to swap my old PRT2 with a newer digital thermostat, I'm just not 100% on the wiring. It looks to me like RED into LX and YELLOW into L1, then BLUE can be safely terminated as it's not needed? Would be really grateful if someone can confirm whether this sounds correct, I've...

Hello my cooker uses a MSA-V01-M (wiring pic linked) which isn't working anymore and I'm trying to change it with a MP-V01-SVC (pictures linked). First of all can someone confirm that this swap is feasible? if so Can I get some help with the wiring please? I've found this...

Hi All! I’ve been researching the installation of hive in place of our current system which is a Honeywell ST9400c. Our set up is boiler and water cylinder, with two thermostats controlling both upstairs and downstairs. I’ve pretty much got my head around the process but quickly losing...

Hi all, I'm planning to run a cable from the house to the garage to power a few sockets and a few lights. The load cable will be a 2.5mm 3 core H07RN-F which will go into a junction box in the garage and from there will continue to the sockets. For the sockets I used a 1.9mm?(thats what the...

I want to put up a new external wall lamp. I have found more wires than I know what to do with. Three browns (two in a dummy block) three blues (two in a wago and one loose, sleeved red), two earths. I wonder how to connect these to the new light which has one loose blue, one earth in a three...

Just a question, what happens if a live current goes down the orange wire on a not energised (position W) drayton mid position valve, not as an output but as an input?

Hi all . Thinking of getting some 13a sockets in the garage/shed and i am going for SWA cable (some cable might have to go underground/under lawn. so , going for 2.5mm 3 core SWA for the sockets . On the screwfix site though the cores of the cable are coloured Brown, Black, Grey. (I am in rep...

Hi, Just wondering how professional alarm companies hide the cable, I’ve seen it before where it’s against the wall but not inside the wall but still looks not too bad. All cable in my house is hidden but I’d like to add some additional cable going up and around the perimeter of bathroom and...

I've moved into a house with very basic central heating controls (one of those timer dials from the 80s) and non traditional piping set up which is causing some complications and I want to do the minimum work at the minute to modernise it. The way they've piped up the house the boiler sits...

during the reno i have a switch which i want to replace but the one my son have purchased has l21 and l22 terminal with a common. The old one have common L1 and L2. could i just have a confirmation of where to connect where. the switch will be metal so would it need the box connected to the...

Hi all, I've been trying to sort out wiring for extractor hood, but isn't working currently. I've put a double pole isolation switch spurred onto a double socket in the ring (shown below), which connects the twin cable that goes to the hood. When on there's power in the double socket, but the...

Hi, I'm replacing an existing Honeywell receiver (R4H91) on my combi boiler with a Hive (single channel) and am confused with the existing wiring in the Honeywell. See images below, 1st image of the current receiver wiring, 2nd image of the wider system wiring in case this is helpful. I'm a...

Hello, after a recent Hive success on DIYNOT, I decided to attempt my relatives hive installation. They have an existing EPH Controls R27-HW 1 zone timer and thermostats on an S plan system. The old timer has wires for L, N Heating on, Hot Water on Thus it is not a simple change as the old...

Hi, I am currently in the final stages of having the driveway laid. I want outdoor lighting and an electric gate in the future, and would like to run the wire from the house to the end of the drive now. Does the armoured cable have to be run underground? If so, what's the minimum depth. Or, is...

Hello everyone, I have a Honeywell thermostat that I would like to decommission as we have a tado smart heating system. I had in my notes that the model is a T6360B1028 but looking at the user manual for the T6360, the wiring diagram doesn’t quite match up. In order for the tado system to...

Hi all, Nice to meet you. I’ve just bought a hive thermostat. Followed along and wired it in, it connects and when I press heat it turns the receiver green… the bad part is it doesn’t actually switch the boiler on? It’s a vogue max combi 26. It used to have a salus open therm which I have...