Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

Then why pose a question on a DIY website?

The most efficient form I can think of, to transfer warmth to the body, is an electric under blanket.

You are correct, though not something I would do.

There is no better time to learn!

It took me a while to get round to it, due to sorting other issues on the tractor, plus numerous hospital appointments, weather and etc., but today, I finally got there. Other issues were a broken front drive belt, a snapped weld on the brake pedal. This latter was a 20mm shaft, spot welded, end...

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Always the best, and certainly the lowest cost option, is DIY for so many jobs.

[Pendant mode on] To be even more ridiculous, all of the 100% will be lost, from the room anyway, lost through the walls The only warmth from which any value is derived, is the tiny amount, which warms the individuals in the room.

Either it is inside, or outside your fence line.

More common is a single terminal, for all of the wires to go in, rather than three individual terminals. I would be questioning the need for there ever to be four wires, at one socket, and be trying to trace them. Two wires suggests a socket is on the ring. Three would suggest a socket on the...

My 100 to 300w, is comprised of 1 modern upright freezer 1 not quite so modern upright, fridge freezer 4x modern TV's scattered around the place, usually one on at a time, during the day. router 3x Alexa 6x smart plugs 3x Raspberry Pi Laptop, on most of the time; desktop rarely; plus various...

If that is not your phone cable, then who ever put it there, would need a way leave, to put it there, and be paying you for the privilege.

Yes, but without troubling the vendor. The other type of site, is one where the client, lists the requirements of the job, and tradesmen interested in doing the job, having read the requirements, offer their quote for the work.

None-the-less, the times when they do produce the 800w, will be during the day, when many homes are empty, and so their base load will be at a minimum. I would suggest my 100 to 300w, is not far from normal, when a gas option is used. Obviously, to pick up the house load, the inverter would...

Volt sticks detect the 'field' around a live cable. If the cable is screened, or armoured, they cannot detect anything. They are not allowed to use plastic pipe indoors, for gas pipes. Plastic can melt, if there is a fire.