Install outdoor lighting, garden

To install an outdoor lighting you must: provide for the location of terminals, make a trench for the cables if your device is not attached to the house, put up your electrical circuit.Without forgetting to meet safety standards.

Prepare outdoor lighting

Making a drawing of her house, her garden is the best way to start the installation.Determine the location of the terminals (in the garden, driveway leading to the house).List them in the drawing. Mention also the area where you will do your trench, taking account of any obstacles (arbres. ..). Measure the distance between the location of fixtures and general electrical panel. You can then calculate the lengths of cable, wire and sheath warning necessary. See the drawing.

Exterior lighting: the trench

Digging in the space provided on your drawing, a trench 25 cm wide and 60 cm deep.Dig up to 85 cm for a roadway. Place a 15 cm bed of sand at the bottom of this trench.You will get a maximum security. Your cables are not interfered with by subsequent work (eg tree planting).

The wiring of your garden éclairagede

Then put the protective sleeve at the bottom of the trench. Pass the cable inside the sheath with the pull-son. Pull up the other end. Then cover the sheath 15 to 20 cm of sand. Install a fence above warning buried electrical cable. Cover with sand and earth.Tamp until a flat surface at ground level.

Outdoor lighting: installation of terminals

The terminals chosen to make your garden lighting must be firmly established on the ground. If you pour concrete to lay the terminals (in an alley, for example) out of the ground before the duct and cable.

The circuit design of outdoor lighting

Disconnect all power before working. Place the top circuit, from the general picture, a GFCI. Protect then install your garden lighting with one or more circuit breakers equipped with suitable amperage fuses. The garden lights are connected to many?Feel free to divide the power supply circuits to avoid overloading the system. Make the electrical connections within equipment or in a sealed junction box. Your garden lighting is powered from your electricity at 220 V: You must use a security cable for this purpose. If your devices are low voltage, connect them to a processor. You install it conveniently close to your power supply.

Installation and connection of a circuit breaker

 
GFCI: protects the circuitry to prevent overheating in high demand; protects people by cutting the power in case of anomaly. The effectiveness of a circuit breaker depends on its sensitivity.

RCD: What's this?

Choosing the right breaker

This module is implemented in the table at the start of the installation or electrical circuits. It continuously monitors the amount of electricity that enters the house and that comes through. These two values must be equal.

If it finds a difference, if there is less power output, then there is a leak: it fires instantly cut the power . Its sensitivity, the threshold at which it determines that the difference is an anomaly, is variable. For example, it is 500 mA (milliamp) for the breaker subscriber asked by your energy supplier. This value is too high to protect users.

That's why the table has other circuit breakers, high sensitivity, only 30 mA. Note that there are also switches. They do not provide protection against overloads and control only a single circuit while a circuit breaker can protect many. Simply choose a caliber.

Before connecting the GFCI

Look at your table allocation. Raise brand elements installed to give you the same.Disconnect power: Turn the power switch "off." Check for power before working on your GFCI. Lift and remove the protective cover from the electrical panel. Start connecting the circuit breaker.

Connecting the circuit breaker

Insert the circuit breaker on the rail. Connect the input of the other modules, so it's the first element of general electrical panel.

Connecting the circuit breaker: the connection

Connect neutral and phase son of general food together according to color (blue = neutral, phase = red). Downstream, connect the neutral (blue) and phase (red) to the circuit.

The installation of an earth

Any device connected to land is a guarantee of peace in a dwelling. In the event of insulation failure, the current is attracted to the earth. Install an earth is required. This transaction is subject to strict rules that ensure its proper functioning.

Install the earth: to be done before

The earth itself is a post of great length, planted vertically. It may also consist of a loop, set up in the bottom of the excavation before constructoinconstruction the house.

This outlet is a ground wire to the main earthing terminal. On it are also connected the main protective conductor (from the overall picture) and the main equipotential bonding. The latter connects all the pipes and metal structures of the building and the local equipotential, that of the bathroom for example.

If any of these components is poorly done, the ground may be completely ineffective .On the other hand, we must take into account the resistivity of the soil, that youIs to say its ability to absorb the flow, like water on a sponge. The resistivity varies with the terrain and degree of humidity . It must be calculated with a special device, a ohmmetreohmmètre earth, different testers sold in supermarkets. The embodiment shown below is a general case. Validate your work done by a professional.

A reminder: it is strictly forbidden to use a metal pipe, whatever, as a ground carelessly.It is, alas, too often the case in older dwellings.

Components of a grounding

Make a trench between the house where you will do your installation earth. Bury the sheath TPC, where you have previously passed the earthing conductor.

The hole to install the earthing

Dig a hole the size of the cement box with a lid. Push the ground rod about 2 m deep .Leave a few inches beyond the pole, with the clamp. Connect the driver picketed by the clamp and wrap the sealant to protect it. Enclose everything in the cement box. Attach to the wall, 30 cm above the ground, the array of measurement, between the painting and general electrical installation earthing.

Connecting a grounding

Plug the end of the grounding conductor, leaving the sheath TPC at the bar of measurement. Take a length of ground wire (green and yellow), strip both ends. Then, connect one on the strip and the other on your electrical panel generally. If this wire through the wall, it must be protected by a sheath PWC.

The installation of a parabola

Install a parabola is: - although the guide - secure it - treat the connection - to the channel setting - secure the cable.

Know Before installing a satellite dish

Contact neighbors to make sure that the channels that interest you are well captured in your city. Complete the installation of a parabola is an investment. Not being able to enjoy it because you do not pick is pity.

Prepare to install the dish

Assemble your dish according to manufacturer's instructions. Choose the location for installing the dish. It must always be:
- On the south;
- Upward;
- In a place without obstacles in front;
- Where it will not offer too much windage.

Secure the mast on which it is attached. It must be firmly anchored in the ground, on a wall or a chimney very solid. Verify the verticality of parable to install your spirit level.

How to install a satellite dish

Attach the dish on the mast. Adjust its orientation according to the manufacturer.Measure the length of coaxial cable needed to connect the dish to your TV stand. Screw the two F plugs at each end of the cable. Connect the coaxial cable from one side to the receiving head and the other the receiver. Unplug the TV. Connect the receiver to the TV with the SCART cable. Connect the receiver and the TV sector. Turn on the TV and receiver. Set the receiver on the TV as specified by the manufacturer.

Install a parable finishes

Place caps on sealing plugs F of coaxial cable. Attach the cable to the wall with jumpers. Take care, fixing it, not crush, bend or damage, which might alter the quality of reception.

Install a dimmer switch

Nothing is easier than installing a dimmer switch. Once the installation is completed, the connections are very simple. With halogen bulbs so you can vary the light from 60 to 500 W and meet all lighting needs.

Before installing a switch

Disconnect power by turning the power switch "off" before working on the grid. Always check that there is no current phase with a tester before connecting a dimmer switch.

Installation of switch

To install a dimmer switch projecting, remove the case cover and locate the drill holes on the wall. Drill and ankles. To install a dimmer switch built in, make a hole the size of the base of the switch in the wall. Seal it.

Setup switch: connecting

Remove the son of the walls and make the following connection:
- Connect the phase (red wire) from the overall picture on the dimmer switch;
- Connect the neutral wire (blue) and earth (green and yellow wire) from the overall picture on the ceiling;
- Connect the ceiling with dimmer switch (brown wire).

Install a switch: finishes

Screw the base of the dimmer switch projecting wall, then over the top and finally clip on the cover. For a dimmer switch recessed screw the top on the base built, then clip the top part above.

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Install a switch back and forth

Install a back and forth is a conventional electrical wiring. Especially useful to turn off and turn on a light from two distant points of each other at each end of a corridor. Make the connection of a back and forth is not difficult. Pay close attention to the connections of son.

Install a back and forth safely

Before installing a back and forth, or switch, perform the securing of your "yard." Stop the Tide: place the power switch "off." Make sure the current does not flow by controlling a phase tester.

Install a back-and-forth: installation

Drill the hole for recessed switch

To install switches protruding, remove the cover from the two boxes and look for holes to be drilled on both walls.Drill and ankles. To put wall switches, make a hole the size of the base of the switch in your walls and seal.

Connecting a switch back and forth

Making connections

The switches must be connected together by bus, son of orange (or purple). Remove the son of the walls and do the following:
- Connect the phase (red wire) from the overall picture on the first switch back and forth;
- Connect the neutral wire (blue) and earth (green and yellow wire) from the overall picture on the ceiling;
- Connect the second switch back and forth into dome (brown wire);
- Connect the two switches by the two orange son.

Installation of a back and forth: finishes

Screw the back and forth

Screw the base switches projecting wall, then over the top and finally clip on the cover. For recessed switches, screw the top on the base built, then clip the top part above.

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Install recessed halogen spotlights

Before you install a recessed spot, make sure that: - your ceiling is compatible with this type of installation - no obstructions will interfere with the installation - there is enough space to avoid overheating.

Halogen light installation: to do before

Make sure your ceiling can accept the installation of a recessed spot. It can be:
- In gypsum board;
- BA 13;
- Wood paneling; 
- PVC (provided it is at least in the M3 fire classification);
- Tense;
- Leaf;
- Cob. 

Between the ceiling and the ceiling and walls, there must be a gap of 5 cm or 10 cm to prevent overheating of the halogen spotlight. Before working on leads, turn the power on the board. Check for current before placing halogen spotlights.

Recessed spot: site preparation

Realizing the location of the spot

Draw the location of the ceiling spot with the template provided by the manufacturer. Make sure the location is not crossed by beams. With your drill with the hole saw, make a hole the right size. Sand the edges of the hole.

Recessed spotlight: installation and connection

Connection and installation of the spot

Disconnect the fixture already in place and pull the son to the location of halogen spotlight. Connect the terminals on the spot according to the standards of color: red = live, blue = neutral, earth = green and yellow. Put the spotlight in the hole and clip it with the system provided. Insert the bulb.