Dear experts,
I had a phone call from a landlord who wishes to let a studio flat out after it has been unoccupied for about a year. A prepayment meter is installed which has obviously ran out of credit and there is no power to the property. Apparently the energy company won't restore the power...
Greetings,
I'm in the Philippines and have an office full of PCs that need to run with as little interruption as possible. Power is pretty reliable here in general, but we have rotational blackouts for an hour a day at the moment due to a regional shortage caused by damage from the typhoon in...
After a bit of digging I managed to find a table on DECC's website that was released last Wednesday that confirms that there will actually not be any solar PV Feed-In Tariff reductions in October, and that the current rates will apply until at least 31st December 2013.
DECC have based their...
I have pm'd the guy a few times as he is relatively local to me. I now know who the installer is and have had a look at the property on Google Earth.
I suspect he has been well and truely shafted. The company involved are spun out of a laminate flooring stack em high sell it cheap chain...
I have an electricity monitor on our 4kw pv system so I can see what the output is and I noticed today that about noon when all but the last 2 panels were in full sun it was outputting 0.3kw. As the sun moved and that last 2 panels came into full sun it went up to full output of over 3kw in...
BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Insulation collapse, call centre voice recognition technology , Insulation
The man is deluded. He doesn't even understand the basics of the measures. £12 million on pilots - no results yet. "Well into the next year until GD is full up and running" Wonder how many...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-plans-to-cut-emissions-from-heat
I'll eat my hat if this ever gets going!!!! The coalition legacy will be more nuclear and some vague promise of carbon capture - everything else will have been binned!
Hi all, Tested a lighting circuit recently and got live to earth dead short and neutral to earth dead short on insulation resistance all loads were still connected there was a fluorescent fitting on the circuit and signs of green goo in switches and ceiling roses and the MCB was not tripping. Do...
Sorry can't access the alarms forums hence why it's here.
The plan is to move a veritas 8 compact alarm into an upstairs cupboard and have a remote keypad at the door. When fitting the keypad today just to see if all is ok (which it is), I noticed when I disconnected the supply and battery the...
I was going to post up my table showing the quarterly installations to date vs the trigger points, but it looks like a pain in the arse to do it, so please see all the details and analysis on my blog article instead > Next FIT cut postponed until 1st August 2013 <
obviously it's unofficial...
Have a builder client desperate to get some temp boards into some new builds just about at the electrical first fix stage, DNO have put the supplies in but Eon (subbed to an EDF fitter) have refused to fit meters until the whole lot are finished which is clearly ridiculous. Anybody else ever...
my amtech flags up a code 1 when max zs is reached on a protective device when tested and the results entered
ELECSA guidance notes quote it as a cde 2
anybody suggest which to follow as it can create problems on site
Hi folks i was wondering if someone would be able to clarify the steps i need to take to renew my grading card that was obtained in November '06 with CSCS.
Basically i went travelling and the last thing on my mind was sparking so my grading card has expired along with my CSCS. It is time to...
Hi all and happy new year
so are you all back to work as of tomorrow (tues) and if so what rate you giving 43 or 21, or are the government appealing so that needs sorting out first.?
thanks
Grand
It has just been confirmed that the current method for registering domestic installers will continue until April 2013. This provides more time for anyone looking to qualify under the current scheme to get trained in confidence that they will be able to progress their career following the...
..Just wondering, does anyone have any installations booked for after the 12th Dec?
We've got 1 customer whose new roof won't be ready in time but has vowed to press ahead anyway..
City & Guilds have finally seen sense and extended the 2330 qualification until January 2013. This means that those of you who are taking this qualification at level 2 can now progress to level 3 without having to map over to the 2357 qualification which has the AM2 embedded within it. See this...
I honestly cannot wait until all this madness subsides. This isn't running a business - this is like managing a disaster. I spend half the day on the phone and the other half in a mild panic. Suppliers can't cope and don't seem to care when they let us down. We have had two customer's roof...
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