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I am told it is to do with where the stairs/steps are, with my house, because I don't have internal access between the lower floor and the middle floor, they are considered as separate. Even when both fed from same electric meter, water meter, and central heating boiler, so I am charged two lots...

I remember my parents house with light switch screws top/bottom and wooden back boxes, the back boxes were a problem as the replacement switches to top/bottom lugs fouled the new switch. As to micro bore, seems they liked the corner of the room, and T2 trunking, surface mount, seems plumbers...

My own landing light, seems to have its moods as to if it will work or not, the relay should be triggered with a change of state, it does not really matter if on or off, it is triggered with a change of state. I rarely use the switches, 98% of the time I use voice control I think the problem is...

Locations containing a bath tub or shower basin, it does not refer to zones. But this is From the approved document not the actual law It says "Coming into effect 6 April 2006" but at top "The Building Regulations 2010" which seems a bit odd. However, he says "Location Surrey" seem to remember...

Well at last, a reasonable amount of rain, been drizzle for around 8 hours now, so enough to get through the trees and wet the lawn etc. And since such a long time, there has been chance for it to be absorbed. I suppose now I will have to get a lawn mower out, it was used once this year.

I was confused, as the version I looked at said nothing about plug in solar, then I found there is as yet no nationwide form, so it depends on where you live. They also want informing if the system is removed, so a tenant moving house will clearly need to inform the DNO it is removed, but can...

I looked at my 6 kW array for 2024 it was 5139 kWh and 2025 it was 6028 kWh and my panels are facing South West. So 7537/9x6 to compare 5024 kWh so yes that does seem a reasonable average output, around 1000 kWh/year per kW of panels. I agree. I would say likely I could use less than half of...

OK a personal opinion, and yes I realise it is not intended to work that way, but down to nitty-gritty the G98 is not intended for plug in solar, so it is simply not fit for purpose.

I could connect the neutral to earth in an extension lead, and test a plug in device, but since it would not power up, and I broke it apart to see how it worked, that is now rather pointless. The shutters rotate, and it is clear it opens a contact as the plug is inserted, but also the relay is...

Not required, as one inverter can have two inputs. And as long as it is unplugged once every 28 days, then not installed, as far as G98 goes. You are allowed 28 days to notify, so unplugging and plugging back in resets the timer. In real terms unless you have a smart meter, there is very little...

10 Feb 2026 seems unlikely still a problem.

I look at my 6 kW solar panel and my use, and without a battery or export payment the gains would be low.

The outside socket is not really big enough to take transformers and socket adaptors. I have sockets in the shed with adaptors, but with outside sockets, only way is an adaptor on the supply to the socket, or smart bulbs.

It is not my design, and I am looking at fitting a rope handrail to stop anyone walking the wrong side of the car, I remember from my days in collage, you can't set a trap, but you can watch someone walk into a danger. Except where local by-laws come in, to have glass on the top of a wall in...

Around 7 months late. As to There is a lot more to it than that, my GU10 LEDs are dimmable and can change the colour temperature and colour, but not with a hard-wired dimmer switch. Some can use a wall mounted switch, but to dim a TP-Link bulb, you need a TP-Link hub and knob. There was a...