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  1. Gutsy-Fungus

    Electricity DNO Supply installation outdated and UNSAFE?

    Hi folks, Moving into my new property in a couple of weeks to find a concerning electrical installation in the cubby hole underneath ther stairs. I have attached a couple of pictures of the installation. Does this main feed from the DNO (#3) look safe (left hand picture)? It is corroded and...
  2. DPG

    Electricity theft

    In the news today...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p2ll3vpp3o
  3. S

    Best way to maximise export of generated electricity?

    I hope to install an 8kw panel array. I have spoken to 2 installers who both seemed a bit cagey about maximum export on a G99 Fasttrack application. In short one says I am limited to 3.68kw (which I thought was automatic on a G98) the other said 7.68kw but was selling a 5kw inverter on the...
  4. cliffed

    Electricity & Water Nice

    Lights still on … even though everything else is under water 😎
  5. Mike Johnson

    Electricity needs in the future/now?

    Interesting interview with a professor who seems to know what he is talking about.
  6. R

    Possible Infinite Electricity Needs Proofing.

    Hello I'm Ronald Alliy, I have current came up with what I believe is a Infinite Electricity source. Attached is my proof. I'm a noob at blender 3d atm this is the best I could come up with. Item's needed, non experienced list. 1 motor 1 gear box 1 drill motor 1 drill battery 2 wind mill...
  7. B

    Electricity running through water pipe?

    Hey all :-) Hope its chill that I'm here asking questions, I just inherited this old decrepit place in NSW (Australia) and went to wash my hands in the up stairs bathroom sink n got an electric shock. I went and flicked off all the switches, I checked with a voltage tester (the kind that glows...
  8. OnlQQker

    What Has Gone Wrong Here?

    Nothing in the video description, or in the comments, what would cause this scenario?
  9. C

    Is my neighbour using my electricity?

    Hi everyone! Im not an electrician but just a guy looking for a possible answer before I call my electricity supplier. Every month without fail I use on average around 100 units of electricity and less in the summer. 1 month ago I noticed I had used 220 units of electricity and this month it...
  10. E

    Electricity supply - Maximum Capacity of Connection 18 kVA

    Hello everyone! I have a question regarding the electricity supply and the maximum demand. One energy utility supplies an 18 kVA maximum capacity of electricity for a three-phase connection, and I'm wondering what this means in terms of the appliances and equipment I can safely use without...
  11. D

    Domestic electricity Spain: How to replace old ICP switch in consumer unit?

    Hola! I’m in the process of renovating an apartment in Madrid. The consumer unit is fitted with an old 15amp ICP switch. I believe its function is now handled by the smart meter, so it is redundant. As this is limiting the power available to the property I would like to remove it. My...
  12. C

    Hello Everyone, Anyone good at solving Electricity Thefts?

    Hello I'm Crispin. Nice to meet you all. A landlord with an unfortunate tenant who has lost in the region of £1000 after a neighbour appears to have tapped into his mains consumer cable (leading from meter cupboard to fuse box) to siphon off electricity for their own personel use, over the...
  13. M

    Two electricity meters convert to one?

    I have a small 3 bedroom flat with two electricity meters, both meters have been in the flat since 1992, I bought it in 1997. I have white meter heating (storage heaters) however no longer use them. The readings seem incredibly unreliable as some months can be £100 and the following month can be...
  14. E

    External garage electricity wrongly connected to neighbours supply

    I have found out that my electricity supply in my external garage is wrongly connected to my neighbours electricity unit in their house and their supply for their garage is connected to the unit in my house. This seems to have been the case since the house was built in 2005 but it has only...
  15. D

    UK Electricity meter problem

    Just received a £900 electricity bill for an empty flat, the electricity is turned off at the fuse box so I checked the units on the meter. The units are going up 5 units per day, 20 units at night and 50 units stored. I have no storage heaters and I don’t have a hot water tank. I assumed when...
  16. D

    Powering electrical components with static charged electricity

    Hey. I have seen those experiments with rubbing a baloon and creating static electricity to make a fluorescent light bulb glow. Im interested in making a similar experiment but with (gas free) electrical components. According my research static build up electricity is high voltage low current...
  17. B

    electricity shuts down current to half of apt. also a pitch sound ?

    electricity cuts power to half of apt. and not trip the breaker . also a high pitch shrieking noise. ?
  18. B

    Electricity technical dictanery

    Does anyone have some electricity technical dictanery in pdf or something that help? thank you very much.
  19. Jayy86

    Could I be paying my landlords electricity ?

    My landlord split his yard & built a granny flat before I moved in, is there any chance I could be paying his electricity? My electricity has tripled since I moved here & My vac made the main fuse switch off & his electricity went out too but he’s got what looks to be his own set up for his...
  20. bobmeades

    Oil verses economy 7 electricity for heating a hot Water tank?.

    With rising energy costs small differences in cost, are getting larger. So assuming a well insulated tank & not much water being used during the day Washing up & face wash then a bath in the evening would the immersion heater on Economy 7 be enough & comparison of cost with oil. Thanks.

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