Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

Probably it does.... A fault L to E, or N to E can cause an RCD to trip, some sockets do isolate both L & N, but they are not common, so to be sure - unplug. Once everything is unplugged, reset the RCD, then plug things back in, one at a time, until it trips - then you have found the cause.

Capacitance, might be the reason.

I have around ten MCB's, with the few which need to remain on, at the far end from the door via which - I enter and leave, a bit of plastic shoved in between those, and all the rest, including lighting which need to be turned off when I exit the place. The bit of plastic, enable me by feel, to...

A quick means, to ensure nowt is left on.

Nowt to stop 'em adding a variable to the switching time, such as using the last two digits of the serial number. The actual time it switches, does not matter, just that the customer gets their allotted 7 hours. I wonder where the OP has gone, he seems to have fired off a question, and run?

Give us a twirl!

Oh, it not for your own personal use! A faulty appliance can easily trip a kitchen circuit RCBO, and for the inexperienced, take hours/days to get back on - which was why I suggested, and installed a separate fridge/freezer circuit. I like a separate circuit, with the an alarm which bleeps...

Really? She is the female!

I am likewise incredulous, that the two times should be not synced. Why would they not be? They only need to indicate, that the off-peak time has a variable, start and end timing, and that it comes on, when it comes on?

Does anyone remember the white, pint pot tea mugs? They used to be common, but I've not seen one for years.

My garage/workshop situation, equates to your kitchen situation. I have a row of sockets along the wall, above the benches, then a second row, along the front face of the benches. In addition I have a number of outlets conveniently scattered around the space. Some need to remain powered 24/7...

I read that, as a maximum length for the cable, from the thermostat, but that the two cables must be separated.

My own electric bill, no panels, no batteries, no wind generators, etc., only came to less than half of that.

To gain efficiency, the boiler manufactures, have reduced the size of the water passages, in modern boilers, to the point where they are easily blocked by debris in the circulated water. As a means to avoid this, many/all insist that you fit a filter, to reduce the debris, and your boilers...

Easily solved, by removing the pedestal out of the way, but you will need to find some way to support it, whilst you work. A length of timber, cut to size, works well.