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KISS, ( keep it simple stupid ) Thank you all for your help and advise but I think for a utility room I've been over complicating what...

electricity from renewable energy is cheaper than from fossil fuels and renewable energy is not subject to global oil markets...

Tony here is something for you to think about this is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody...

I've had this quote on standby since my last post, awaiting the inimitable tony's response, expecting him to describe how he doesn't...

what makes you think we all have to suffer? there is a green technology race happening, if we arent involved we will get left behind...

They already have, being a pre tensioned connector with no tool required means that unlike chocolate blocks they cannot be...

Actually choc blocks dont have that good a safety record, and have caused many issues with high resistance joints causing damage over...

We only drop a 2 core (red/white) from the light fitting here (no neutral or earth required for the dropper) for a single switch with...

Now that is truly DIY nowadays, belongs in the same place as scotch locks !

Essentially the ceiling roses are replaced with jb's and instead of a T&E down to the switch you drop a three core & E . Now you use...

Well you would be wrong lol- I did my apprenticeship back in the early 1980's, and have been doing electricals since getting my trade...

Standard light switches typically have no terminal for a neutral as its not needed, the neutral being connected at the ceiling rose...

The main reason the 'loops in the roof with droppers' was used was lower cost/less wiring over the run in TPE from the light to the...

We still use them even for LED or downlights, not only for lamp batten bases... (imagine the nightmare if you had to run each light back...

This was how it used to be done but now those ceiling roses get less use because people fit lights that come with there own rose so...