Last seen: Jan 9, 2026
I suspect these are electric mats not wet so totally separate from the rest of the system. This should be obvious by the presence eg of a switch. Th...
That doesnt seem quite the same description as the one here from the IET which says "A TN-S system, shown in fig 1, has the neutral of the source of...
This is an interesting and very useful observation, albeit one limited to a relatively small range of temperatures (which we are experiencing a lot of...
OK thats great, so basically the mixing valve is disabled and the whole system is running at the same, weather compensated, temperature. From this an...
My most recent certificate says my supply is TN-S, earthed via the 'suppliers facility'. From visual inspection the earthing 'via the suppliers facil...
@transparent thanks. Is the change of earth requirement (ie current arrangement not being sufficient) a consequence of islanding or something else? ...
So does that mean the rads are operating at the same fixed temp as the ufh, determined by the temp regulator on the manifold. If so what's the point ...
Thanks for all the help/comments. I completely agree with the above, I just want to be sure that there isn't an 'artificial' blockage at the end req...
I doubt that matters, ToU tariffs are for the benefit of the grid and electricity suppliers not to aid the transition to EVs. They have been around f...
Are those changeover switches, they are labelled as regular on-off switches? Is this arrangement OK? ...
Thats interesting. Are you saying that all of your house circuits are connected to the inverter when it is operating off grid, albeit some of the loa...
Again thanks. Noted and safety issues are fair enough. The disappointment is (a) the extra CU and more particularly (b) the need to d...
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