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Re: Finding a cable within a wall?!


  • Subject: Re: Finding a cable within a wall?!
  • From: "noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:08:22 -0000

perfect thats what i'll do,
sorry to ask again, what ratings best on the lighting circuit? all I
want to run is an aerial booster and an inspection light so I assume
current is pretty low?
Thanks
Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Neil Ball" <neilball@...> wrote:
>
> Does your kit run off a plug-top (wall wart) transformer? If so you
would
> need to make a 5A plug to 13A socket cable if you go down the 5A
socket
> route. Still safer than putting in a 13A socket directly and having
someone
> plug in something they should not a year or two down the line.
Alternatively
> use a switched fused spur with low current fuse to feed the socket
outlet.
>
>
>
> Neil B.
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> noel_pilot
> Sent: 12 September 2006 15:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Finding a cable within a wall?!
>
>
>
> awesome thanks all :)
>
> tried last night and not much doing, definitely need some bamboo
> sticks or proper rods, will look in b and q at the weekend!
>
> couple of people have suggested im ok running a loft box (normal
> booster initially but eventually loftbox) from a lighting circuit so i
> think im just going to put a socket in from a lighting circuit and run
> from that,
> I assume the hint to use 5amp sockets is to stop someone putting
> something too power hungry into a normal 13amp socket, not for any
> real reason of power requirements?!
>
> thanks
>
> Noel
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>










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