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if you plan to use it often, consider air con instead of electric heaters. they are far more efficient and cost less to run

If 800w is enough, it's enough. It's fair to say fan heaters tend to warm up quicker. It's also fair to say if you bought a smaller...

flap vent sealed shut and fill the void with insulation / foam other than that, they can get a builder to come and brick it up

plug in for a quick test is fine. I would run 2.5mm, mostly becuase it won't cost much more and less resistance in the cable will...

Forgot to say there is one problem with plugging into the mains, the shutdown time of any inverter can be upto 3 seconds, so that can...

Cupboard light is not likely to be part of the circuit, unless there's a cable running from that to elsewhere. If the neutrals are all...

Yep, lovelly sliver of moon

Check it's not an estimated bill,

I had a similar issue with a client's oven. Had a melted plug to the point of exposed live parts. Oven rated at 3.45kw- just over 13A...

Only thing you can really do is switch things on and off and check the monitor.

Not really dangerous at all. When I first started solar, tapping it into a socket circuit was allowed, although that was changed quite...

I bought one a few months ago Murdoch. It gives off a nice spread of light, that's the only good point. It lasts for around 1 hour, so...

if its not running through the FiT meter, there's no issue. Legally you should notify DNO of installing extra capacity, but 350W is...

I have worked on numerous three phase commercial storage heating installations since the late 70's some operated by the suppliers time...

yep just lift up. depends really on whether the cable could get damaged. Meter tails are 'singles' in that they have no built in earth...