Good afternoon,
I hope I am asking this in the correct place and apologies if not.
Firstly I am not a sparky but I have a question that will be straight forward for you guys on here.
I am going to be renting a small premises and the feed for my unit is coming from a 415v distribution in the...
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I am new to this forum, so apologies for my simplicity!
I live in a flat and would like to have electricity in my garage. The garage isnt directly adjacent to my flat (its a couple flats along).
Inside the garage there is some wiring, lights, mains plugs etc, but they havent worked...
I like little jobs like this.
Old school friend texts me, "could you fit a couple of metal switches for me please"
He's quite handy with DIY, and old cars, but says himself he's no electrician. "Its witchcraft!"
Good to see a do-it-yourself-er NOT attempting electrical work when they're not...
Switched energy supplier to SSE a while ago and have chased for a smart meter to be installed. They say they cannot fit one as my current meter (and old first utility smart meter) is a cycle 6 and their meters wont work with it as its too powerful (or the supply is too powerful).
I have never...
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This morning I visited a new client who needs me to find out why there bills are so high.
At the moment I can only give a quick rundown of the installation as it was just a general chit chat about the issue. I will be going back to do some proper investigation in a week or so.
This is an...
Electricity North West Ltd has been fined £900,000 after a worker died from falling six metres while carrying out routine maintenance of power lines.
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Here’s one for you:
A friend of a friend asked me to assess the wiring in his recently deceased father’s house – a small bungalow in fact.
Now the Dad (‘Frank’) was a bit of a botcher so I was expecting the worst.
Consumer unit – perfect with the wiring all neatly fitted etc. Wiring for the...
Here's a weird one that's suitable for losing my forum virginity...
The villain of the piece is my stair head light, which went out one evening. No drama, no breaker tripping, just darkness. So, I whipped out the existing energy saver and changed it. Nothing. So, I tried another one, and an...
I installed a 4Kw system in November 2015
From commissioning to November 2016 I generated approx 3500Kwh
My electricity bill for
Dec 2014 – Nov 2015 was 1477 Kwh
Dec 2015 – Nov 2016 was 1309 Kwh
and my pattern of usage has not changed significantly in this period - apart from a change from...
hello there im new here; just need to research about EMs but i found nothing in internet or books! in this week i googled alot about DEM (i found regular (old) mechanical electricity meters but i'm just looking for Digital one's) but nothing popped up o google or Quora! i asked alot from my...
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Looking for some ideas of what is going on with our electricity. We had a carpenter who managed to drill into a mains cable (house was fully rewired only 2 months ago). He got an electrician out who crimped the broken wire in the wall . however, we are keeping on experiencing intermittent...
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My parents have recently had a meter replacement and since then the electricity bill has increased dramatically. The installers claim the old meter must of been wrong. They will charge if the come out and nothing is wrong.
They have solar panels on the roof but this was already...
Good night/evening/afternoon/morning, forum members.
I was wondering what makes rubber a good insulator. I understand less dense materials make better insulators, as insulators absorb/trap heat. But I want to know why rubber is a good insulator.
For example, wood makes a good insulator due to...
This new edition highlights what can be done by dutyholders to achieve electrical safety compliance with the duties imposed by the Regulations. References to relevant regulations, standards and publications have been updated.
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