Recent content by Murdochcat

So if this is the case why does the UK pay so much more for its electricity than most other comparable developed countries

There is a massive lack of transparency on how the costs are calculated and how our prices are set

Thing is why are our electricity prices going up with so much being produced from “free” sources. Makes zero sense

Do you know when you use the most electricity each day? If you’re out at work during the week you’ll hardly save anything during the day and get penalised when cooking your dinner

They should have been covered by a minimum 1 year warranty - did you get them replaced FOC?

My late FIL had a serious damp problem in their lounge. To see the other side of the wall he went on the roof and could see that the adjacent neighbour had piled up garden waste against his wall. One polite conversation later the neighbour removed the garden waste and a couple of hot summers...

IIRC there are 12v fans that only need 2 core cable from the transformer to the fan unit

Cumulative leakage across all those circuits wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the old board had a single up front RCD. At least now if something trips you’ll know which circuit and all the others will still work Thanks for the update - it’s good that you’ve done this

I get your thinking about the night rate but cheaper night rate often means more expensive day rate

do you need the off peak rate?

So wired in singles

It’s a question of judgement, so not always essential

So you are saving a person on a £100k salary doesn’t pay more in tax and ni than 9 people on minimum wages?

If you still are connected to the BT copper network DO NOT put that in the cavity

You might find the switch drops are in metal conduit so pulling new cables would be much easier. You need to “brief” the spark doing the EICR on what you want to know, then allow them the time to investigate properly