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Anyone care to precis what they say to save me an hour of my life?

I fitted my own complete MVHR system when building my new self build house a couple of years ago. I was able to borrow the anemometer...

So you spent many many £000's on buying a house including due dilligence and getting an eicr done, but have decided not so spend a few...

Welcome to Talk Electrician Forum. If you are NOT an electrician / trainee / apprentice, this part of the forum (Electrician Talk Forum)...

And 1.5kW in a towel rail it would be glowing red. They are normally between 200w and 400w

One house I previously lived in had such a switch that was faulty. After reporting it twice and having an engineer come and look twice...

Get the Energy supplier to swap it for a single rate meter, which will probably be a smart meter, that will get rid of the timeswitch...

Thanks for letting us know. Your previous fan had an over tun timer so it would stay on for a few minutes after you turn the light off...

Convention is grey= neutral, brown= permanent live and black = switched L, but there are variations so you would normally check to...

I can't imagine what "appliances" you are thinking of that cannot be unplugged or switched off at an FCU?

And to trip an MCB it is just as likely to be a L-E short, which is much more likely with a nail through a cable.

And if it goes instantly with a loud bang, rather than after a number of seconds, you can assume its kicking out on the mag, for a B32...

For a L-N short it in not an insulation tester you need but a low ohms tester, same as you use for instance for measuring continuity on...