Last seen: Aug 8, 2025
Regardless of who's worked on that mains supply to your house @david999 it is the property of your DNO.They will want to know what's happened and to b...
@david999 - Irrespective of the number of other lights also connected to that 6A MCB, if it's tripping only when the chandelier is getting hot then it...
Yes, we can come to loading factors and wind-lift later. That's substantially down to the choice of mounting rails and the rafters which the roof-br...
A standard wire-wound transformer will be at least 90% efficient, even if the coils have been hand-wound by a blind-man with three fingers missing. ...
Great questions @bretix and extremely wide in their scope.We will have to explore these avenues in a number of steps because there's not enough hours...
Is the transformer just that?... converting 240v AC to 12v AC? Or is it an 'electronic transformer'?... a switched-mode power supply in a plastic bo...
Erm @toodles the 'Head of Markets' title is what Ms Dykta has been called whilst still working for NG ESO.It's reasonably accurate, and matches the ro...
To some extent, yes. Anyone supplying energy to others requires a licence to do so, even if they're just a local non-profit Community Interest Company...
This is going to be a problem with NESO recruiting staff from the commercial sector (National Grid).They are probably unaware of how ingrained is that...
Givenergy had a visit from Ed Miliband MP in March'24.He was presumably doing his homework in advance of an election being called. When looking at C...
I think we're agreed on that point @johnmo Hydrogen produced from surplus renewable-generation is therefore a good example of a Locational Storage ...
'They' are no longer Ministers and civil servants creating policies in Whitehall. 'They' are the Directors and senior management of the National Ene...
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