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with some shower switches I think a length of chain would be better as I sometimes feel like the string will snap as the switch mechanism is so stiff.

Strangely I came across these whilst browsing on Temu ( I know!!) £4.98

I think mine were about £6 years ago, I dont like that £161 price....

as opps says those uninsulated push on terminals need a special crimp tool. RS used to do one but i cant find it on the website now. this is the correct tool and although it looks like the cheapo ones you see in poundland etc the crimping jaws are very different you can just make out that the...

To me those pre insulated crimps always look like a bodge when installed. I think it's the way the plastic gets deformed during crimping and therefore i avoid using them.

No. as you say the two holes are for fixing the box to a surface. Looks like the existing is inside a stud wall so will you make an access point

Not tried it (yet!) but would normal bootlace ferrules and a pair of pliers work to produce a flat blade i have a pair of parallel jaw pliers so I might give it a go. it does seem to work though

FWIW I use led bulbs that I buy in Poundland and they seem as good as any. I did also get a few clearance bargains from toolstation recently, namely a few "2w" bulbs that got used in several lamps. I also hacked some Poundland pifco bulbs following big clives advice on you tube such that they...

if you can connect the existing cable to the old light to one of the new lights and then daisy chain to the other three lights then you dont actually need the splitters BUT if you connect the existing cable to a splitter then you will only get three outputs to go to the other lights, however as...

the second link is not the one you need as it is intended to provide the drop down to the switch, you just need the 4 way splitter x 2

yes but you will need two as the "4" way splitter only has three "outputs" so one splitter for two lights and a feed to another splitter for the other two

I have had a sensor I bought from Lidl outside my house working faultlessly for years and I have wired it as bernard suggested such that an indoor switch can be used to override the sensor and bring the light (4 of them) on continously