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Anyone looking at this today? Countdown has finished but there seems to be nowt but a sign-up form and list of webnars. I think I've signed up four times! Last time made for interesting listening while and a couple of nice freebies 👍

Evening! This query relates to a flat above a shop. In the shop are the DNO supply fuses, meters and more. Does every part of an installation after the meters actually belong to the customer? If so, how does a supplier fit/ bill for a separate meter in a flat? If not, how does ownership...

Any tips or phrases that work for getting a DNO cutout (fuse holder) changed for free? I work in the Western Power region so have no idea how other DNOs tend to work. Sometimes i call Western Power directly, sometimes i get the customer to. Is it just me or does the service, and hence any costs...

Evening! I'm after a caravan-hookup-style point /enclosure for an outdoor woodland stage. Currently a weatherproof double socket is fixed to the side of the stage (SWA direct feed from a building TT install) but this is not satisfactory. I need the hookup to have circuit protection, a couple...

Anyone know what kind of cable this is please? It looks a bit concentric but not like any i've seen. It's running straight out of the house meter to DB1 in the house. It's not terminated very well at all and I have no idea what its capacity / type is as never come across it before! It has a...

Just received this today, so thought i'd share :) COVID-19 permitted work clarification The Government announcement on Monday 23rd March 2020 where Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated "people should only leave their homes to go to work where it is absolutely necessary" has since developed...

Does anyone know the cross-sectional area of the sheath of mineral insulated cable? (I still call it MIMS). I've hunted all over the place, especially in section 543, and can't find a figure. I've a vague memory of calcs for SWA armouring, but also can't find that.... There's lots of 10mm MIMS...

I've been baffled by the responses in various counters this week to my simple question of "What SPDs are you selling most now?" I thought i'd ask on here, what are people fitting? As I understand the 18th, unless you do a complicated risk assesment that says otherwise, pretty much any...

Has anyone used Kewtech's calibration services - ExpressCal? I got an email last week with a 50% off 'black friday' offer valid til the 30th! Thought i'd sound out the forum before taking the plunge and letting them pickup all my bits and bobs. Also, hope it can benefit others...

I'm after recommendations for modern domestic burglar alarms please. Either to replace the hardware on the ends of an existing wired system, or to install from scratch one that links in with smart home tech. This is not my forte as I haven't fitted an alarm for decades, and the last ones I did...

Just got off the phone with Hager technical who said they'd "never heard of the fault I was describing and couldn't help". He didn't even suggest buy a replacement! The story goes... While testing an old split-load board, the RCCB stopped working. It's a 63A, 30mA one and the board was made in...

Morning, I'm looking for current thinking on the best type and application of occupancy sensors as many threads on here are quite old. When is it better to use Microwave or PIR or a dual sensor for lighting? Ideally, which would you use in: Kitchen Corridor Store room Stairwell Large...

Just wanted to share that this week/month's job is wiring up an amazing heating installation. It's a twin biomass powered Windhager system, with a bespoke energy room to connect up, five Biddle fan convectors in three zones and various controls, pumps and lighting. Exciting stuff! Spent a very...

A customer asked what was involved in putting a lamppost in his front garden. He'd heard that it might not be allowed due to dazzling drivers, or building regs or something. It would be a decorative 3m high sort, not your normal highway type! Can anybody, erhum, shed light or wisdom on this...

Just purchased this heater (called the Fiji model) from Denmans as our heating's not coping with the frost. It is a budget model to say the least but even so I noticed that the cable seemed a bit thin. That's because this class 2 appliance is supplied by a 2x0.75mm flex. Correct me if i'm...

Not sure if an electrician's forum is the right place to find info but as many of you have amazing knowledge I thought I'd ask! My central heating is unconventional to say the least and I'm trying to find out which would be the most efficient way to improve it. And then the best value for...

In this day of LED lamps where the wattage is not always an indicator of light output why is the lumens quoted so variable and often a missing statistic? To add further confusion, when trying to replace older incandescent or halogen lamps it is near impossible to find a lumens figure for them...

Pardon my heating newbieness, but i'd love to hear some wisdom please. In a holiday bungalow that's been used occasionally for the last 50 years I've come across some queries. I spotted a top mounted Creda immersion heater (Redhead brand, code 61466, marked as BS3456 as well) with heat damaged...

I was mooching around on ebay and found several VPhase items going cheap. It got me thinking about doing a personal experiment at home. The VO4Home is also listed (not cheap) as is the Voltis and Apex so they're all still on the market. I've hunted through these forums and others and realise...

Anyone had this before?   Called to investigate nuisance tripping - i'll get to the RCD stats later - and customer's main suspect was conservatory electrics "after all the recent storms and rain".   Checked out wiring, socket, outside lights and inside ceiling fan/light. Found no damage, short...