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ericmark replied to the thread Mains tripping.My comments have been flavoured due to my own problems. I had expected to find the problem reasonably fast, the replacement RCBOs are... -
ericmark replied to the thread Cooling the home, how can I keep a room under 20ºC?.Yes, it would cool the fermentor, but it would also make the room damp.
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The 'high integrity' came about with the trend of putting the freezer on its own radial, and as long as it was labelled as being...
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ericmark replied to the thread Mains tripping.This was also my problem, which is why I went all RCBO. But, using an emergency torch can remove the problem of lights failing if...
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ericmark replied to the thread Mains tripping.The domestic distribution board can be type tested, which means under 125 amps total, single phase, and all within the board has been...
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ericmark replied to the thread Emergency light led.My daughter stuck black insulation tape over the LED, but that resulted in us not knowing when the battery had failed.
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ericmark replied to the thread Interesting Regulation of Yesteryear.My landing light, likely does not comply, my wife got a chandelier, which I refused to fit, it required leaning over the stair well, and...
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ericmark replied to the thread What to do, once we get rain, to get lawn back..Weed and feed. I think the main problem is the trees, which starve the lawn of water, but at least only had to use the lawn mover once...
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ericmark replied to the thread Trellis width too narrow for U clips.I used cable cleats, mainly as in stock, but the plastic cleats seem to work fine.
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ericmark replied to the thread Interesting Regulation of Yesteryear.I don't work on anyone else's installation any more. So I do not really care what the rules say, it's what I think is safe which...
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ericmark replied to the thread Mains tripping.Most of my PCs are laptops, so loss of power not really a problem. In around 1995 I fitted two RCDs to the house, well before the...
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ericmark replied to the thread Mains tripping.It is a pain finding an earth fault, my whole house is just under the limit for one RCD, 9 mA is the limit, as background leakage, and...
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ericmark replied to the thread Should a wall heater have a fused spur?.I have noted, items like boilers, and showers now say RCD is required, but 25 years ago they didn't, however also read (I was bored) the...
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ericmark replied to the thread Interesting Regulation of Yesteryear.So what we now call live conductors, back then, was called circuit conductors. I seem to remember there were a few odd things, the...
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ericmark replied to the thread Old fluorescent light - do they have starters?.I use a smart bulb, so can switch it on before leaving car, and off once in the house, or I would use the filament type. Not enough room...
