The Best Home CCTV System in 2026: What to Buy and What to Skip
Four cameras beat eight badly-placed ones, and 4K is not automatically the right answer. What a home CCTV system actually needs in 2026.
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NVR vs DVR: Which CCTV Recorder Do You Actually Need? (2026)
An NVR records IP cameras over network cable; a DVR records analogue cameras over coax. Which one you need comes down to what's in your walls — the honest comparison,...
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Warm White vs Cool White: Which Should You Actually Choose? (2026)
Warm white or cool white? Warm (2700–3000K) for living spaces, cool (4000K+) for task areas. The Kelvin scale in plain English, a room-by-room guide, and the open-plan mistake that makes...
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PTZ Camera Guide: When Pan-Tilt-Zoom Earns Its Money (2026)
One PTZ can replace four fixed cameras — or watch the wrong corner of your yard all night. Which one you get depends entirely on the site.
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Track Lighting: How to Plan, Size and Fit It (2026)
One circuit, one fixing run, and heads you can aim and move. How much track you need, what single circuit means, and the load limit people miss.
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Interlinked Smoke Alarms: What UK Homes Actually Need (2026)
Interlinked alarms all sound together. What the UK rules ask for, RF versus hard-wired interlink, and which alarm belongs in which room.
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Intermediate Switch: When You Need One and How It Works (2026)
Three switches on one light needs two 2-way switches and one intermediate between them. How the crossover works, and how to tell the two apart.
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Outdoor Socket Guide: IP Ratings, RCDs and Fitting (2026)
An outdoor socket needs an IP55 enclosure, RCD protection and a proper gland. Which rating you actually need, and the fixed versus plug-in decision.
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Fan Isolator Switch: Why Your Extractor Needs One (2026)
A fan isolator cuts all three conductors feeding an extractor, including the switched live an ordinary switch leaves connected. What to buy and where it goes.
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Immersion Heater Timer: Which One to Fit, and What It Actually Saves (2026)
An immersion heater timer stops a 3kW element running all evening. Which of the three types to fit, what a boost control actually does, and where DIY stops.
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Shaver Sockets and Bathroom Power: What's Actually Allowed (2026)
A shaver socket is the only socket normally allowed in a UK bathroom, because of the isolating transformer inside it. Zones, the 20VA limit and the 3m exception.
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LED Downlights: Spacing, Fire Rating and Getting the Count Right (2026)
Space downlights at roughly half your ceiling height apart. Fire rating, IP zones, GU10 vs integrated, and why twelve fittings is not twice as good as six.
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