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  1. Murdoch

    New member

    Definitely less volatile - some might say calm even
  2. Murdoch

    New member

    Welcome to the funny farm.
  3. Murdoch

    Heating For Garden Building

    Maybe the answer is to work inside your house when it’s very cold outside 😉
  4. Murdoch

    Heating For Garden Building

    Isle of Mull - what a great place to live, we visited a couple of years ago Did the generic calculator allow you to specify it’s a garden building! And for clarity what do you mean by 50% duty cycle ?
  5. Murdoch

    Extractor Fan and Switch

    Could you post a photo showing your consumer unit / fuseboard?
  6. Murdoch

    Extractor Fan and Switch

    Did the spark run out of cable clips ?
  7. Murdoch

    Sudden increase in usage after electrical work

    It would be unusual for a gas boiler combi to have an immersion Your plan to switch off circuits to try and narrow down should help a lot You mention electrics to the garage - what’s in there ?
  8. Murdoch

    Sudden increase in usage after electrical work

    what was their usage per month before the CU change ? and after ? Does the property have any electrical heating at all? Underfloor? 500 extra per month is a lot and as above turn the circuits off 1 by 1 to see if anything changes much - this should gibe you an idea which circuit is using the...
  9. Murdoch

    House purchase - old electrics

    So yes you fall under the part P notifications - so the spark owes you this too
  10. Murdoch

    House purchase - old electrics

    Where in the UK are you ?
  11. Murdoch

    Night tariff times changing, how to adjust times my storage heaters switch on/off?

    It’s very hard to give advice from this information and pictures - you really need somebody on-site to conduct a thorough EICR You appear to have 37 + circuits so identifying all these will take time If you have an EV point, which board is it attached to?
  12. Murdoch

    Oven stopped working, state of this plug!!

    Agree 100% Not old school. It’s the thorough and proper way of providing for now and the future
  13. Murdoch

    Oven stopped working, state of this plug!!

    It’s a new build. They don’t give a dam for the regulations
  14. Murdoch

    Interesting head lamp / torch

    Anyone seen, tried or got one of these head band lights ? https://getlumilight.com/products/lumi-light
  15. Murdoch

    Scottish Rentals require a current satisfactory EICR.........

    Wow. England is 5 years but I always recommended a shorter period if the tenancy changes every 12 months
  16. Murdoch

    Scottish Rentals require a current satisfactory EICR.........

    Not sure I agree with the “change of tenancy” bit
  17. Murdoch

    Electric cable

    Mechanical protection certainly helps protect from damage by ainmaks / humans and the weather etc
  18. Murdoch

    Electric cable

    Standard twin and Earth cable is not suitable for installation outside
  19. Murdoch

    New tester

    That’s why we do dead before live testing 😉
  20. Murdoch

    New tester

    Aware of the issue, seen it on many occasions over the years but never heard it called that. Every day is a learning day
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