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The 0.79kW is a standard consumption rating. All cookers currently on sale meet this standard because it's the threshold between class A and class B for energy consumption. It's measured by cooking a standard brick for an hour, thus the consumption is kWh per hour, dimensionally the same as kW.

Oh nostalgia! In my day the epitome was a pair of 813’s in push pull...

It's reasonably simple if you look in the right places. As for the tenant losing supply if he doesn't pay, well that's his fault, provided the landlord isn't overcharging. Landlords can avoid overcharging by following guidance published by OFGEM — the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets...

I owned a house built in 1968 which had black sheathed singles for lighting neutral and single plus E for line. red insulated 3/029 for line, green insulated 1/044 for E, both in a grey sheath.

With the conventional method, the twin cores carry energy to and from the circuit components, so the magnetic field is kept close to the wires. In your proposal, the cores are run far apart, so you'll get stray electro magnetic fields which can induce hum in nearby wires and electronic...

Rubbish! BAS is using a different meaning of "interested", one that is the opposite of "disinterested". The meaning of the holmslaw's use of "interested" is the opposite of "uninterested". BTW if you are one of the depressingly illiterate many who think "disinterested" and...

I'm not sure which side of the fence I'm on, except it's opposite to the side BAS is on. :lol: :lol: I used to design and install industrial, commercial and farm installations some with 11kV. Electricians did the physical work, for which I was responsible. When the NICEIC inspector came to...

My first house had lead sheathed wiring. It was built in 1926.

In my house I have both heat recovery and air source heat pumps. The heat pumps are Mitsubishi air conditioning units run in reverse. They never freeze up because they have a defrosting cycle, rather like the defrosting cycle on a frost-free refrigerator. I use them more in heat pump mode than...

The ultimate energy saving appliance must be the heat pump since it produces three times as much heat as the energy it uses. As a house heating system, the heat pump running cost is on a par with gas, but is not the first choice because the capital costs are greater than gas. If the...

The government is cross subsidising energy costs to achieve its CO2 based energy saving targets. The concept is that anyone minimising their energy costs will play their part in energy saving that also meets CO2 targets. The view that inefficient uses of electricity in the winter doesn't...

The manufacturers who make foil to stick behind radiators got it wrong then. Just needs some white paint slapped around. Insulate ceilings? Don't bother insulating the attic, just paint your ceiling white.

Hell will freeze over before BAS wins this one. In1635 the French set up L'Académie Française to protect the purity of the French language from desecration by English. They have finally given up.Click

Do your two hobs total 6.6 or 7kW? Or are they each 6.6 or 7kW? I have two Domino hobs on one 32A circuit, no problems since a NICEIC electrician installed them 5 years ago.

His best mate worked faster. After a six day task he took a kip on the seventh...

Near the phosphate mines? :lol: :lol:

As EFLI suggests, use 2 X 4mm²

Everyone knows that; it was a joke. Well, everyone but two. :roll:

You must use the valve's auxiliary switch to turn the boiler on. This ensures that the valve is fully open before the boiler fires. More importantly, if there is a fault that stops the valve from opening, the boiler cannot fire (as it would if driven from the timer/thermostat).

Ericmark — He's connecting it to an existing circuit!!! Official government advice (published in Approved Document P) is that you don't need to notify the fitting and replacement of cookers unless a new circuit is needed. The OP is connecting to an existing circuit, so does not need to notify...