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    Ovo won't Fit a Smart Meter.

    Back in my apprentice days we had a foundry as part of the factory site and there was a particular alarm sound that was based on the power usage. When that alarm sounded we were required to stop all non essential operations and machines so that the foundry furnace could remain with power without...
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    LED Rope light power lead

    Four possible reasons come to mind initially. 1. The transformer was faulty at time of original supply. (was it working before shortening the power cable.) 2. Incorrect Instruction Manual Details 3. Unfortunate surge event occurring at the exact moment of switch on. 4. Error in following the...
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    Stainless Steel 20mm Conduit

    Not sure what material you were using but it sure wasn't stainless steel if the coating peeled off. Agree that SS can suffer cross contamination, so rubber faced or brass protection shims in clamps. Hardened carbon steel dies will be OK but must be lubricated to stop pickup and galling. Never...
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    Connect 25 AA batteries in parallel and series

    What is your target voltage output you want from this pack??
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    Smart meters problems

    From my understanding the smart metre needs the neutral supply for self power operation. Not that they would take a lot of power but it means the users are not paying for the cost of metre operations, if that makes sense. From this particular installation I,m guessing the metre installers don't...
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    Not so smart ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

    Glad she is challenging it, sounds like an unscrupulous sales person rather than an issue with smart metering and that she inadvertently agreed to a change in tarrif. I always enjoy calls from companies saying they are going to save me money on gas or electric as when you question them on what...
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    Not so smart ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

    Had smart meter fitted in January. My usage has dropped as the local display just makes you aware of what your using. I have no idea why someone's standing charge would change from having a metre. That is based on your tarrif plan, so unless the smart metre was installed as part of a supplier...
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    New Consumer Unit Installation - L&N Reverse at the sockets

    To answer you question on relative safety at this time. The line and neutral reversal is a problem if you have a secondary fault occur before the situation is resolved. As an example should your washing machine develope a fault. It is possible the plug fuse will blow but this will only...
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    A quick check on if replacement CU is required.

    If its supply, fit, test and notify of the new CU sounds reasonable to be fair to your electrician and you get what you need and he clearly feels that he's covered at the end of the day.
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    Eicr, board change recommendation?

    Either as an individual or team up with another Spark and approach the local authority for testing contract. You can say that you had joined a company that currently provides this service to them (but don't mention names) and say you left them because of unscrupulous methods and false reporting...
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    Under kitchen cupboard lights

    Just trying to understand. Are the LED lights spurred directly from the back of a double socket with no other isolation or are you saving the transformer has been plugged into the double socket with conventional plug ??
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    Connecting speaker wire to audio plugs

    Is the existing cable bare plastered in or run in a buried conduit. Could you pull out the current cable and replace with an optical lead to connect to amp???
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    RCD constantly Tripping on long cable run

    Have you done an IR on the cables / circuit in question, is this a damp property ?? My first guess would be a moisture problem developing allowing some tracking at the junctions. Your RCD downstream of spur 3 is only looking at two spur junctions. RCD 1 upfront is looking at the sum of all 5...
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    NICEIC Certification Scheme Consumer Unit Installation Up to Scratch??? NICEIC approved Installer.

    Looks to me like there is a cable of sort emerging behind the clamp in the shadows.
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    Electrical install by Diesel Pump

    you might want to confirm that any materials you use including cables seals etc are suitable and are not degraded by petroleum based products.
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    Running a cable along railing

    A nice long run of SWA along a set of railings sounds like it could be vunerable for theft.. you might want to weight that up in the cost calculations if its a bit of a dodgy area
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    Led g9 confusion

    Currently have two, five lamp fittings running Megaman 2w G9 LEDs. Had been using 20w halogens before. Working well for us but don't have dimmers so can't comment on that aspect.
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    Help me source one of these...

    From the location you took that image from ???? Or am I missing some thing.
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    Hiya! Needing Ceiling fan help for vaulted ceiling

    Just a quick note to the OP, you mention those rare warm summer nights. Your new vaulted ceiling provides extra space for that to dissipate up to. Are you sure you want to be then blowing that back down on you ????. If anything it will probably be more use in winter to circulate warm air back...
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    Backdating an invoice?

    Just make him aware the you will be invoicing him and he is responsible for paying you. Don't get caught in a dispute between new and previous home owners.

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