wiring help

Hello all. I was after some advice about installing a Hive to replace a Drayton LP522/DigistatSCR controlling a Vaillant Ecotech Plus 630. The current wiring seems to just have N (blue), L (brown), 3 (grey), and 4 (black) connected. Do I need to make any changes or add any links to get this...

Replacing an old bathroom light that takes a G10 bulb with one single LED downlight, link below. https://www.screwfix.com/p/luceco-ftype-fixed-fire-rated-led-downlight-white-600lm-6w-220-240v/7046t My current wiring looks like this: Inside of the downlight to be installed: After i...

Hello I have installed the Drayton wiser hub r and have connected it to the dual digital thermostats. Whenever I increase the temp on the thermostats the little flame appears, and the LED for heating on the hub r lights up but the central heating on the boiler does not come on. We do not have a...

Help! I'm trying to install Hive active heating 2 to replace my existing system but I'm not too sure on the wiring, I've found tons of guides and posts about this already but I'm not able to transfer the solutions to my setup. This damn wiring is starting to infiltrate my dreams so any help or...

I want my new 3rd Gen. Nest to control both a heating zone and the boiler itself so that I can remotely switch it on/off. The heating is working fine (terminal 3 comes live as the heatlink calls for heat) but terminal 6 on the Heat Link is permanently live and does not switch when selecting Hot...

I'm currently building an arcade table. There are three mains powered components inside the table - speakers, monitor and single-board computer. The space inside the table is very limited so on a previous build I connected a standard 4 gang extension cord to the outside and brought the wires...

Greetings all, I've just temporarily installed a nest Outdoor Camera and fed the 25ft of cable through the windows until next week. I then intend to fit an external socket and take the power from that via the 3 pin plug. My idea is to do the following: Convert the unused phone socket next to...

Hi Guys, I am going to be installing a CCTV system on my property this week, though i have been skeptical on how to hide the wiring on the external brick wall. I do not want to recess the wires into to wall or through the cavity. I would just prefer to cable clip the wires on the brick wall...

Hi Guys, I am going to be installing a CCTV system on my property this week, though i have been skeptical on how to hide the wiring on the external brick wall. I do not want to recess the wires into to wall or through the cavity. I would just prefer to cable clip the wires on the brick wall...

Hi Guys, I am going to be installing a CCTV system on my property this week, though i have been skeptical on how to hide the wiring on the external brick wall. I do not want to recess the wires into to wall or through the cavity. I would just prefer to cable clip the wires on the brick wall...

Hi, I've been having a browse but struggling to find help on here to match my situation. I should say up front that for some reason in my area there doesn't seem to be any sparks that just want to change a switch...well not at least in the next 4-6 weeks! Anyway, to explain, I have a two gang...

Hello, I am changing the fittings in my kids room from an ordinary plastic switch to a brass dimmer switch. However the wiring is different. Currently, there is a black and a red cable however the dimmer switch has a few additions. It has the arrow symbol through a smooth wave, an L2 and an L1...

Hi, Just bought a Vents 100 MTHK Extractor Fan with Humidistat and Timer. I want this to be controlled just by humidity levels. I want to know if it can be wired to a normal plug, and how. It's not for a bathroom situation, so it's not near any water. It's only for a utility room that gets...

Hi Folks, I am new to this forum and would appreciate your help. I currently have a Hortsmann Channel Plus H27XL programmer for HW & CH. I recently bought a Drayton MiGenie Wish 2 one (wireless) as i was told that it was easy to swap this over but this has baffled me? The wiring on my current...

Kitchen Wiring by Megachicken posted 3 Jun 2016 at 5:32 PM Hi Folks, First post so be gentle. I'm trying to plan out my new kitchen and think I am going to need some new electrics. Just wanting to know if this is possible before I go any further into planning where stuff goes. As the image...

Hi I am trying to wire up a Texecom Premier Elite 24 Metal Panel. I am using: 5 x Bosch Bluline pet friendly PIR's 2 x Knight Fire & Security XEND24 Grade 3 Class II Door Contacts 2 x Texecom Premier Elite LCDLP Prox Keypads (one for house and one for garage so alarm can be deactivated at...