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Did they ever say that the light are supplied off that garage board?? Just because there’s a breaker in it doesn’t mean that it’s connected to anything

Lights off the house circuit??

IF the OP ever comes back to this thread…… That brown RCD is in it’s mid (activated) position,,,, it just needs pulling down and pushing back up

So they get your EV charging usage from the charge points app?? If so they won’t know where the electricity comes from

Aico make a relay base (Ei128R) that you could wire an external sounder through

Well…. If, on the slim chance that, you have a PEN fault and a car is plugged in (outside) then touching it could be slightly problematic,,,,, unless you’ve added PEN fault protection

Sounds like your neighbour is going to need to have a voltage optimiser fitted

Yeh, it’ll more than likely need A type RCD protection,,, the built in RCD’s on most of them don’t comply as they’re electronic and don’t have a manual test button

The funny thing is,,,, I’m fitting a T1,2,3 SPD tomorrow,,,, I got that surge one for just under £150 inc VAT…… still expensive compared to a standard T2

It’s not as simple as just providing a safe home,,,, there are loads of other hoops that you have to jump through (which vary dependant on which part of the UK you live in)… in Wales landlords and properties have to be registered under the “rent smart Wales” scheme, which costs a few hundred...

The easiest way to sort this is to stick them in the same RCBO (as already discussed) If you really want them as 2 separate circuits then you’ll need to replace the strapper between the landing and hallway light switch as well as the switch wires from the landing switch to the light (as well as...

For those that knew Paul Skyrme (aka Sidewinder) and don’t follow social media, I just thought that I’d pass on that he sadly passed away today..

The MCB dolly’s between 1350 and 1450 is in Part M of the building regs which applies to all building work, the only allowance to existing properties is that it can be no worse with regard to compliance than it was before the work with regard to the heights of accessories and consumer units

IIRC,,, didn’t Prysmian cable used to have a slight fig 8 profile?

Solar, battery storage and EV’s can work quite well together,,, if the PV and battery storage are sized correctly (I dont know much about PV or battery storage I’m afraid) BUT…. I do know that anything that saves energy is 0% VAT rated,,, this also includes any associated works under the same...

I have Xero and am pretty much in the same situation (LTD, VAT, main contractor CIS ,,,) and pay £1500 a year,,, they take all my figures out of Xero and stick them into their own software, do my VAT, corporation tax and personal tax return…. I do my own CIS returns as I only have 1 subbie

IIRC mines around £600 a year £5m PLI £300k PI Employers liability for 1 casual employee £7k tool cover £100k efficacy It’s the employers liability that stung me… it added about £200 on the premium!

What makes you think that it passed??

I email everything too,,,,, I'm meant to send them to my customer within something like 4 weeks

As Prodave says.... these are bullet proof