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  1. LED Strip Lights in Ireland: How to Choose the Right Strip LED Strip Lights in Ireland: How to Choose the Right Strip
  2. What Is LED Strip Lighting? How It Works, Types and Uses What Is LED Strip Lighting? How It Works, Types and Uses
  3. Electric Towel Radiator Buying Checklist for Trade Buyers Electric Towel Radiator Buying Checklist for Trade Buyers
  4. How to Choose a Wired Doorbell: Chimes, Pushes and Transformers How to Choose a Wired Doorbell: Chimes, Pushes and Transformers
  5. Consumer Unit Upgrade Guide: Signs, RCBOs, SPDs and Choosing a Board Consumer Unit Upgrade Guide: Signs, RCBOs, SPDs and Choosing a Board
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  1. LED Strip Lights in Ireland: How to Choose the Right Strip

    LED Strip Lights in Ireland: How to Choose the Right Strip Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 9 min read Quick answer: To choose LED strip lights in Ireland, decide where the strip goes, then pick the colour temperature (usually 3000K or 4000K), brightness in lumens per metre, a suitable IP rating, 12V or 24V, and a constant voltage driver sized about 20% above the total load. Add an Read more...

  2. What Is LED Strip Lighting? How It Works, Types and Uses

    What Is LED Strip Lighting? How It Works, Types and Uses Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 8 min read Quick answer: LED strip lighting is a flexible circuit board, usually 8–12 mm wide, covered in small surface-mounted LEDs and backed with adhesive tape. Most strips run at 12V or 24V DC from a separate LED driver, can be cut to length at marked points and are used for under- Read more...

  3. Electric Towel Radiator Buying Checklist for Trade Buyers

    Electric Towel Radiator Buying Checklist for Trade Buyers Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 10 min read Quick answer: A good electric towel radiator for trade buyers is the right size for the wall, has enough wattage for the room, carries the IP rating for its bathroom zone and is wired through a fused spur on an RCD-protected circuit. Then choose the control type (fixed or Read more...

  4. How to Choose a Wired Doorbell: Chimes, Pushes and Transformers

    How to Choose a Wired Doorbell: Chimes, Pushes and Transformers Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 9 min read Quick answer: To choose a wired doorbell, match three parts: the chime, the bell push and the power supply. Decide whether the chime has a built-in transformer or needs a separate bell transformer, check the transformer’s output voltage and VA suit the chime, and make sure any Read more...

  5. Consumer Unit Upgrade Guide: Signs, RCBOs, SPDs and Choosing a Board

    Consumer Unit Upgrade Guide: Signs, RCBOs, SPDs and Choosing a Board Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 9 min read Quick answer: You need a consumer unit upgrade if your board still has fuses, has little or no RCD protection, shows signs of overheating, trips often or has no space for new circuits. For most homes the best choice is a metal-clad, all-RCBO board with a Type 2 SPD, spare ways, and Read more...

  6. Point-of-Use vs Central Storage Water Heaters for Commercial Buildings

    Point-of-Use vs Central Storage Water Heaters for Commercial Buildings Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 9 min read Quick answer: Point-of-use electric water heaters suit commercial buildings with small, frequent draws at scattered outlets, such as office tea points and washrooms. Central storage suits large or simultaneous demand, such as showers and commercial kitchens. Choose by demand Read more...

  7. Home Alarm Systems: Smoke, CO and Intruder Alarms for Every Budget

    Home Alarm Systems: Smoke, CO and Intruder Alarms for Every Budget Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 11 min read Quick answer: A good home alarm system starts with fire and gas safety: interlinked smoke alarms in the living room, hallways and landings, a heat alarm in the kitchen and a carbon monoxide alarm near every fuel-burning appliance. An intruder alarm or PIR security lighting then Read more...

  8. Kinetic Wireless Switches: Retrofit Uses, Limitations and Buying Guide

    Kinetic Wireless Switches: Retrofit Uses, Limitations and Buying Guide Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 10 min read Quick answer: A kinetic wireless switch powers itself: each press generates a small burst of energy that sends a radio signal to a receiver wired into the lighting. There are no batteries and no cable to the switch, so kinetic switches suit retrofit jobs where new switch points Read more...

  9. Fire-Rated vs Standard Bathroom Downlights: Which Do You Need?

    Fire-Rated vs Standard Bathroom Downlights: Which Do You Need? Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 9 min read Quick answer: Bathroom downlights need to be fire rated when they are cut into a ceiling that must resist fire, such as one below a habitable room or another flat. Fire-rated models are tested for 30, 60 or 90 minutes. Separately, every bathroom downlight needs the right IP rating Read more...

  10. Best Twin and Earth Cable for a House Rewire: Sizes by Circuit

    Best Twin and Earth Cable for a House Rewire: Sizes by Circuit Updated October 2026 · Meteor Electrical guides · 10 min read Quick answer: For a typical UK full house rewire, use 1.0mm or 1.5mm twin and earth for lighting on a 6A breaker, 2.5mm for ring final socket circuits on 32A, 6mm for the cooker on 32–40A and usually 10mm for a larger electric shower. These are starting points only: the Read more...

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