Recent content by al101uk

My simple brain intrepted what you said as new RCBO in each slot of a new Consumer box and basically replicate what I already have. Upstairs Lights Upstairs Power Downstairs lights Downstairs power Garage Oven Maybe seperate out the loft which will be the home for a lot of the computer...

Thanks, I guess I have my answer. I think the problem with a new consumer unit has been that we want to get other electrical work done and the electrician wanted to sort that and run required cables before replacing the consumer unit (the other half may have requested the consumer unit to be...

Oh and when I turned the power back on upstairs we went through turning on each appliance slowly over time, the problem is that we could spend six months doing that and not find the issue due to the infrequency of the trips. I guess it's also worth adding that we managed to get a trip of the...

Hi, Thanks for all the feedback and here's a pic of the consumer unit. It's normally the main switch on the left that trips so we lose power to the entire house. I went through all of the switches checking which circuit did what last night and turned off the ones that are not needed (one...

I think the problem is I don't really know what I'm talking about :-) I'll try and get some pictures and post them here, can't do that at the moment. A job for tomorrow. I'm not asking you guys for a fix, completely understand that's probably not realistic. I'm more just looking for a way...

Hi, Wondered if anyone could help me narrow down an issue I've been having with our houses electrical system? We have a typical mains fuse box hooked up to a few different circuits (upstairs power/ligh, downstairs power/light etc), the offending circuits appear to be one goes out to the garage...

Thought I'd post my experience of the install. It was as easy as I posted above with one small gotcha. I have a Worcester boiler (Worcester Greenstar 30 CDi), once the Nest was installed it wanted to run a test, which I did. Seconds after the boiler fired I got an error on the boiler and it...

Thanks, sounds like I'm ready to give it a go tonight :)

... and immediately after posting I find a raft of posts in a very similar vein... I'm 99% certain I'm right... there are some configurations that have a loop and others that do not, anyone know the reason for this? I don't believe I need one?

Hi, I think I have the simplest NEST installation possible and want to do it myself, but want to make absolutely sure that I'm not missing something. Basically I'm happy to power the thermostat via it's USB cable and forget about running cables from the Heat Link... so no worries about...

Hi, All done, paid someone and they did weld on an extra bit of pipe. Apparently a ten minute job, but paid a local plumber who did it for less than half what BG wanted. Amazing how many people I have spoken to since who tell me their boiler vents in exactly the same way! Shouldn't they...

Thanks, guess I'll pay someone to do the job properly.

Hi, I've just had British Gas out to do an inspection for Homecare. They have refused to cover the boiler (a Potterton) because of "blow off at risk". Having spoken to them they have advised that the pipe that water vents from which sticks out of the wall of the house comes straight out...