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Ha, wondered when the bleeding obvious would raise its head. I had already worked out that if just a hand full of homes or business started with EV, the local TX would die. Already most of my customers are on TX's that are at the edge of capacity, never mind not boiling the kettle, thats the...

Basically you are in deep ****, TV licence is a criminal offence, you, you orther half, the dog and goldfish will go to jail. Suggest: 1. Disable wifi broadcast SSID from router 2. Change your laptop password to djwcncwiqc284 3. Dont tell other half password 4. Put a note on the door saying...

maybe, or maybe not

I would only add a little experience from changing out old boards to new ones, i.e. RCD protection. Some of the benefits of the testing prior to energising and hand over is to prove. 1. That the installation is not already breaking down to earth or between conductors  2. That any RCD...

I need a million....... cos when i dont work i spend. Looks like i will be working til 70, like Tel  :-)

Wow, really. I am Gas Safe as well as registered electrician and i would be very concerned as the Gas safe guy could easily loose his licence, boilers etc need to b notified just like CUs and Gas Safe can come and inspect at anytime, anywhere they choose. I would not sign off a Gas job someone...

Its a self invested personal pension (SIPP) - my company makes contributions as well as myself, a benefit of being the boss, ha ha. I have one for Mrs Kurt , this takes the lions share from the business and uses less risky stuff, mine takes a few fliers to increase potential growth. I have tried...

Video just confirms my point about trust, even for the humble fiver. You have to trust the Bank of England to control nicely the value of that fiver whilst its sat under the mattress. Someone mentioned Gold, and indeed that used to be a universal standard that individual banks could not...

Think he already said he pulled the main fuse. Talking of which, i was recently preparing a new TP 100A install , ready for a new shiny meter. The service head was a Henley. It had two of the tiniest little holes to put an earth cable in to the Neutral block. I was approaching with 25sqmm earth...

Sounds like my dad.. lol - As i said its very difficult if you look at the options available, they all amount to a certain level of trust, in fact the whole system is a trust system, otherwise the banking system cannot work (as we found out in 2008) e.g.- Pensions: Fund managers control the...

The central banks are having kittens about even a 1/ 4 point % rise, this will have no effect on mortgages as the rates are largely below the minimum anyway. The issue appears to be that the western economies are stuck waiting for the first country to move. The US is by rights the leader here...

Manufacturers: Tridonic, Osram, Philips to name a few. You need a minimum of 22W, preferably 24W 350mA - just google the manufacturers, then decide whether they will fit in the space you have.

You can always leave a message, lol

My phone rings several times a day and i get emails asking me to do work from "management cos" . I delete the emails and never answer the phone to nos i do not recognise. That way i waste no time (apart from deleting an email and looking at the phone) - which is bad enough. I dont take it...

I am replacing ones that have failed well below their expected life, i dont believe its a function of how long they are on, more the manufacturer / batch. I did have to giggle when the local wholesaler converted the trade counter to 600X600 panels and around 40% have failed in a couple of...

Ha ha, fear not, i am already replacing LED panels and lamps, not many but enough to keep me in wine and fags, lol

Biggest change i have seen in a long time. Lights i installed 3 years ago i cannot replace easily and cheaply, OK if just one or two but not when there are 40 odd , lol

80Amp fuse does not blow immediately at 81amps, you can draw more for a short period of time (hours) before it will be a problem. In fact i have a number of commercial / ind clients pushing the edge of their supply regularly going over as i have installed meters to make sure they load manage...

11KW of servers on an RCD at 30mA................forget it. Even if it energises, one fart and its game over. Suggest start again, consider input power cct, then a/c as 11KW will need some form of cooling unless you leave the doors open, lol Earthing system, surge arrestors and of course at...