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I've installed intruder alarms before but I haven't installed a panic button at any point so I just wanted some advice on exactly how it's done.

At the panic alarm (pictures attached) - Am I right in saying the 2 wires that go to the PA at the control panel attach to the silver screws at each end of the electrode? And so do the 2 wires that go to the TAMPER at the control panel attach to the gold screws?

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Is the meter in the top LHC for one property and the meter in the top RHC for another property?

Up until this point i've had no real need to understand what the different devices are in an electricity meter box. I think now might be a good time to find out though! :D On the attached picture what is the grey meter (TRHC) and the black box (BLHC)?

What's the difference (if any!) between a dry wall and a stud wall?

I haven't done this before or seen it done. Are there any short courses which cover this type of work?

Regarding installing emergency lighting and fire / smoke alarms - Are there certain qualifications needed before being able to install them?

A customer wants a panic button adding to their existing intruder alarm. Does the panic button have to be the same make as the alarm itself?

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With pull cord wall lights can the pull cord be removed so that the lights are contolled by the switch alone?

The 7.6Kohms principle sounds like a good idea. That's something I hadn't really thought of but i'll definitely use that in the future! ''Do an Ins res with all conductors bunched together on the one probe and stick the other one to Existing main earth as a good ref point, or push your probe...

I was thinking more along the lines of if i've clipped a wire with a nail instead of severing it. This way the IR and continuity tests would most likely be fine but when the extension wiring becomes live the RCD may trip.

A customer's having an extension built and I was in yesterday to do all the wiring for it prior to the wall being covered and plastered. I secured all the cables in capping, taking care not to catch any of the cables with the securing nails, but now i'm starting to get paranoid and thinking...

I though you meant on a radial socket circuit. My apologies! :Blushing

How can it be ok to run it on a radial circuit but not on a ring circuit?

Cheers ianmacd. You learn something new everyday!

Thanks ianmacd. Extending the cable in the back box might be a good shout. Is a wago the same as a connector box? I haven't heard that term before.