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I foresee a new business opportunity. I can start a new company to survey rental homes and replace old light-fittings with an LED unit at £5000 each...
The usual type of underground cable with a metal 'outer' is Steel Wire Armoured.This has an external Polyethylene (or XPLE) layer outside of the steel...
I too think that the Solis earthing diagram is confusing. As I see it the situation is this... We commonly have circuits which are protected by an...
I think their response is genuine, and becoming increasingly common amongst DNOs...... with the possible exception of UKPN in SE England. DNO's also...
That might be the case. But I think we'd need a link to such an instruction before we can follow that up. I have provided an additional earth for ...
My apologies @jamespa - I read what you'd posted here and had assumed that you were querying the designation of TN-S on the certificate, and the ...
@papahuhu the build up of ICE is a widespread problem.There are consumers complaining from New York to Minnesota and Chicago. Greenlanders are equal...
No. That's uncommon. It goes back to the days when homes had a separate off-peak meter. As I wrote below my diagram, a separate isolat...
For your PME (TN-S) supply the earth to each property is provided via the neutral wire.Your house earth connects to the Neutral at the Service Fuse. ...
I haven't previously met the concept of the local grid being fully self-diagnostic. The DNO Engineers have a device they can attach to the wires whi...
Here's the Power Cut map from Cornwall at 23:00 last night The best strategy for adding a (diesel) generator is to connect it to a dedica...
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