Recent content by GarethW

I'm guessing that the two coin/credit cables go to the same place on the circuit board, which are probably two "push to make switches". Can you open it up and have a look to see if there is a problem with the connection ?

My mistake

Obviously I am talking about a domestic installation

I think the max MCB for any socket circuit is limited to 32 amp.

Personaly, I would keep them and plug in surround sound system. To have these wires already hidden and installed is a God send ! I've never had one untill three years ago and I'll always have one now.

Can the smart functions of the Hive be turned off, so you can just use it as a standard thermostat ?

Would wrapping the antenna/transceiver stop communication ? Thus turning it back to a dumb meter !

I know nothing about solar, so what's the £2k admin charge about ?

Could you use a UPS instead ? No getting the genny and extension lead out or resetting the timers on the thermostat

Nice !!

If I recall correctly, the closer you are to the sub-station the higher your voltage is. So if a standard incandescent bulb is rated at 230 volts and your actual voltage is 253 volts (+10% / –6% tolerance), that could be why they are blowing. As Winston suggested, get LEDs that are far more...

Just because he's charging you twice as much doesn't mean to say that it's split equally between the two. Thee electrician might be getting £300 and the apprentice £100

Take off the "terminal box with two terminals for live, two for earth, and two for neutral". On your exicting ceiling rose, put the two lives in the switched live, the two earths in the earth and the two neutrals in the neutral terminal.

Just what I was thinking.

Brilliant idea, I didn't think of that !