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Without testing circuits its a bit hit and miss . In addition to all the above, in all my years working with a REC as a first response I can honestly say its very rarely the incoming supply thats the issue

First time I heard the term strappers I thought someone was pulling my leg, lighting circuits can have all sorts of colour combinations depending on who installed it , It was also the first time I heard the saying red to red, black to black ,and blue to …… At least it looks like all live or...

Nice link, It only confirms what we already know, but at least one EU regulator is paying attention but doing nothing as usual. As long as the carbon reduction and energy / economy crisis continues I cant see any sure fire changes. As usual its left to the consumer to resolve. thanks

Hi Whit, don’t worry you will soon pick up the domestic side of things, just takes a bit of time and lots of questions . Biggest issue will be installing new circuits and the amount of room customers think you need, generally leaving a square foot of space with no elbow room for everything. I...

First page I opened when I took the wrapper off( last months mag appeared with both sides of the envelope open !) regards

Ok Paul, I have built a mains filter feeding the rig/ computer etc using the details from GM3SEK , this seems to have the same stuff as the article mentions. So incorporating a mains filter inline with the fed to the consumers unit should be an easy hit, something you could build , install into...

Hi Paul, Have you access to the April 2016 Arrl QST magazine ? There is an article in there from Tony Brock Fisher K1KP using a solar edge system an how he reduced RFI . I installed a growatt system last june, I get RFI but I can easily work around any the sprogs , my local noise is generally...

Unfortunately, in both cases its the hub that fails, the meter still registers and became dumb .So they are unable to differentiate half hourly from the register totals. If the meter had went blank and stopped registering, I would have been selling charging slots to my neighbours with EV,s😏...

According to one email reply I got , one of the conditions of Agile is if the Half hourly readings fail they will revert you to the standard tariff, I replied quoting one of their General conditions stating that if the tariff changes to your disadvantage they will email you to let you know. I...

So here in Scotland the regulations changed exactly a year ago , and I fitted battery powered smoke, heat and CO2 alarms as required around the house and they all work fine working on the 850Mhz band . At the time of buying there were no independent easy to access reports on interlinked alarms...

Hi Scruffy, 1 Ive had smart meter problems since last March, where the smart meter stopped working, 21st June, Octopus sent a metering business to change electric and gas meter. 2 I eventually got a bill for unbilled units which were all charged at white meter day rate, I got this refunded as I...

Yip , they should not charge for a safety check, (ask) but wait till after the holidays, during the day if you can.

Oh I came in as a temporary spark initially doing the storage heater contracts, then we got privatised and a lot of guys went to the contracting division then cegulec then alsthom. Just pure luck I was working as a shift electrician at the time

Hi there, As the T&E is white and the concentrics are black I would agree there is another termination somewhere. In many rural properties especially farms ,the main supply would run into a farm building first and then loop into the the farm house. The black box at the meter box with red wire...

Hi there, I worked with this stuff for years. A little info At the transformer there is 2 earthing arrangements, First we have the HV earthing, there is an earth connected to the steelwork at the top and an earth connected to the transformer tank , this runs down the pole and off in one...

I have growatt SPH5000 and a 6.5kWh battery, today I set the system to charge mid afternoon to boost the battery before the evening Octopus Agile peak.. Ive being doing this most of December. The issue I have, some days it will charge at 2.99 kW for the time allotted, but today it was ticking...

Correct, officially retired but now as you know electricians can do anything, so been doing plumbing and joinery ( well ever other trade thinks they can wire a spur ( off a spur ) ) . Luckily that extra socket promised for years to fit next to the living room door has been cancelled as we moved...

Hello all, as a retired electrician I could think of no better place to get up to date information on practises and info. Of course us retired guys have all the answers !