Recent content by marcp

no idea the second board was the only way my electrician could think to remove a residual load or something,,,, we inherited the rest

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The readings go back a couple of years - all estimated the current is consistent with the actual no.... No cards ( but we do have gates -but that does not seem to stop anyone else though (from postman to countless other deliveries) I have taken some shots and uploaded them but cant...

Hi John I am online and have already printed out the usage but it is all estimated and so has no real info within it ( other than how bad they are at estimating) I have started keeping a diary and will start to input hem as you suggest no shared occupation - i have taken some...

Firstly I am kinda glad the house hasn't burned down - no funny smells Softus - what i meant was I have a rcd panels with about 10 circuits on it I went through these at a time of quite heavy usage - saturday afternoon with everyone up etc and one by one switched them off to see if there...

In the morning i will do the 'everything out of its socket and off' test i will also track down a good electrician - The guy who rewired was nice and did a good job but he was at a loss to explain the tripping. I have no idea if he did a PSCC test - dont know what one is... So I had...

firstly Id like to say thanks to you all for some really great advice. As you can imagine since i found out yesterday I have been worried sick some answers Steve - we never did discover what the problem was. But it was an RCD. Our electrician fitted a 2 new proteus boards ( to split it...

I will certainly get one of the gadgets - what am I looking for? One thing or circuit creating a consistently high draw? or a mismatch between what is being used and what the meter says? Can meters be inaccurate in their reading? I dont really know much about them - this is an old...

I shall keep this brief I have just received a bill for £7,404 yes you read that right.... We moved into an old house 8 years ago - its a big place but there are only 3 of s in it completely rewired it - Installed oil heating for CH and hot water and we have a wood burner we...