Recent content by Gkinghrn

No Neutral (as suspected) but fortunately the actual light socket (which has the neutral there) is close enough that i can take a feed from that and worst case simply get a USB socket for what I need - thank you for that - kind of suspected i was on to a loser ..lol

Anyone know if such a thing exists? Even if the USB is only live when the switch is on it would help me with positioning an alarm that uses USB... Ive scoured the web but found nothing - I did find this but not sure it would work or not...

As per my previous thread I am likely to be installing some of these. I may get a professional in though having just seen 4 sets of lighting cables going into the top of the rose I was going to replace -i wasnt planning on using the ceiling rose as a junction box. Looking around at various...

Folks this should not degenerate into the pros and cons of DIY electrics. There had been some good advice , some good banter and other observations around the safety element of this work and I appreciate all of that. What I Do not appreciate is some of the rude and condescending posts from one...

Thanks Dave and Doc

completely rude , Ill informed as you know zero about me beyond what you surmise from a few Internet posts , incorrect and disappointing. You are free to comment on my posts but unless it's constructive I would rather you didn't bother. Sorry but if this is how new folk are welcomed here its...

I have some knowledge and understand some basics and can grasp the complexity of work. I would never do anything I wasn't sure about and I came to the forum to ask for people's views and advice in a subject I was unsure of , that of signing off some basic electrical work. I am aware of my...

so you are saying if I have a question on electrics I should Google it and not ask here in an electrical forum? (Which I found by using Google) ...

whilst factually accurate I don't think it's very helpful. Thanks Dave

What do you need to verify it's a ring v a spur with 2 cables?

Hello to everyone. just moved house into the Dorset area and over the next few years I have a number of jobs that will need done in this place. I'm 55 years young , I enjoy DIY etc but I know my limitations when it comes to electrics , plumbing and building work so whilst i dabble a bit with...

Bedroom currently  (its about 6m x 4.5m) but is going to be a new Cinema room  and yes dimmable LED's .... 

Thanks Dave - there is no loft insulation here ..its an odd design to some extent but this is the only room with no loft insulation above it - i suspect it was too cramped for the insulators to get into and they couldn't be bothered crawling in. LED's would be the preferred choice.

Thanks again to those who responded . The intention is to take my single bedroom light and replace it with a number of recessed down lighters. So an alteration/extension to an existing circuit is how I would describe it So take that one single lighting circuit/rose and extend it by adding...

your diyer never said he was a professional so fail to see why you want to trip him up .... Seems unhelpful... Suspect I got the views I can work with . Thank you everyone who responded ..