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Hi @lostandconfused - you're in luck.And you're quite right to do some research here for yourself. This issue is currently being discussed in the mo...
Indeed. There are thousands of houses which have substandard electricity supplies! Fault designations for electricity supplies to premises are cover...
Whether the outer metallic braid of the mains incomer is covered by an insulated layer (Polyethylene or Bitumen), it remains the case that the actual ...
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...
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