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    Need new ballastrade / handrail for external steps

    Hi, Just hoping someone may have some design ideas or experience on what price to aim for or any companies in my area (E Sussex) that would be worth getting to quote Initial ideas looking for stainless 316 with 12mm bar between posts need approx 13m meters length total small balcony and run...
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    *** Official Ubiquiti Discussion Thread ***

    Thinking of getting an AP or several, what do you recommend 3 story house, bottom floor is garage with concrete ceiling Already have cat6 run to loft/landing ceiling area central position, garage ceiling central position and front and back walls on middle floor that didnt get used for ip cams...
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    New Fence Advice

    Check how the wood has been treated & get pressure treated not dipped will last longer before rotting and doesn't need painting
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    Sparkies please! Wiring Hive to control Immersion Heater

    Diagram should show 2 desperate supplies 1 3A for the Hive and 1 15/16A for the immersion guess its just been simplified The Hive just tells the contactor to turn the switched side on or off but the circuits are kept electrically separate
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    Sparkies please! Wiring Hive to control Immersion Heater

    The 2 circuits remain separate, the 3A circuit controlling the 15/16A circuit but they aren't electrically connected
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    Blanking off two way light switches for Hue

    5A for lighting generally, those 3 wires will fit into a 5A choc block you need 1 connector for the 2 live wires and 2 more for the 3 dead wires at each switch - so 3 total
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    Blanking off two way light switches for Hue

    Put them in their own chock block or other connector for the dead wires to make safe, shouldn't just leave even dead wires loose in the back of the box etc can put all 3 dead wires together in 1 connector
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    Blanking off two way light switches for Hue

    Join 2 and 4 - the rest just make safe but they will be dead you've got plastic fastfix boxes in the wall if you had plastic switches then nothing needed earthing before but if you use metal blank plates they will need the earth connecting
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    Blanking off two way light switches for Hue

    Make sure the power is off To bypass both of those switches and leave the light permanently on you just need to join the 2 core cable black and red wires together from your 2nd picture the 3 core red yellow blue will then be unused at the moment in your first pic the yellow that not in a...
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    any boiler installers here?

    Not a Gas man but.. The ideal has a 10-12 year warranty vs 5 standard -10 chargeable on viessmann and the ideal vogue is a copy of a Vaillant design so if the max is the same it should be good
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    Washing Machine Dying?

    could be the spider at the back of the drum has broken or powder has eaten through it, knocking noise and drum jumping around or rocking rather than smooth spin, plastic smell could be where weight of drum isn't supported so it sags and rubs the inside of the plastic tub melting the plastic - if...
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    Garage lighting ideas?

    Using more lower power fitting vs less higher powered ones lets you get a better spread and reduce or eliminate shadows - i spaced mine around the edge of the garage approx 1m from the walls - dont get any darks spots or shadows - used relux light design software to work out the spacing...
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    Garage lighting ideas?

    +1 on the JCC fittings 10 year warranty and can get an extra 5% discount code for https://www.electrical2go.co.uk "forum1st" I used the same fittings and found the twin 6ft were overpriced for only an extra few lumens, best price vs lumens were the twin 4ft 55w if i remember right - i used 10...
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    How to make server cupboard floor dust free

    I would use garage floor paint on the floor, varnish the woodwork and plasterboard would keep the dust down more than emulsion maybe Put a low level vent maybe on the bottom step and a high up vent at the front to get some natural ventilation and maybe a thermostat and silent fan set to come on...
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    Wiring in a Ring floodlight

    On those lights they have 4 terminals, an extra 1 that can be used for a switch override or to control another light or be controlled by another light most often you see 1 light and an override switch so you can turn the light on when you want using the 4th terminal you can buy the lights in...
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    Wiring in a Ring floodlight

    You will just lose the function of them each setting the other off - so the 1 1\2 coach still there will just work solo and only come on with its own sensor
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    Wiring in a Ring floodlight

    Normally 3 core wiring to a outside light would be: brown - permanent live black / brown sleeve - switch live / override / link to another light Grey / blue sleeve - neutral So in this case just use brown and grey and put the black in a choc block on its own, to make it safe as it will...
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    Need help finding switches please!

    Probably have to unscrew it and take a look for a brand on the back if you want an identical switch or search for brushed stainless screwless switches to find the closest match if you take it off wall be extra careful cos its a metal switch, best to turn circuit(s) off
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    Removal of gas meter

    There are some tariffs with zero standing charge, would probably be easier to just change the gas only to one of those, turn the valve off and forget getting the meter removed They will still ask for meter readings and a direct debit amount but you can let this build up and get a refund every...
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    Darren Pencille murder trial

    BBC and SKY updating the story as the case goes on, SKY giving more critical quotes from passengers of victims behavior stern, stubborn and patronising, taunting him, special needs, doesn't sound good Seems Pencille did say he was hearing voices etc so Pomeroy must have known he was mentally...
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