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Would requesting a service head test by the DNO be a potential option? Or requesting some kind of voltage monitoring? If a common factor on the consumer side is the earthing points, I may ask an electrician to recheck all the earth connections. I can also get them to check the supply cable to...

@Avocet - I think there is a big difference. It mainly comes down to ground clearance and actual benefits. It also might be that we are defining SUVs differently. I don't mean anything that is akin to a pick-up or discovery or has an actual utilitarian purpose. I'm talking about the modern...

How do you drive the Bipper to get 60mpg? Is that brim to brim measurement? And is it urban/motorway or combined? I have a 1.6HDI c4 grand, and because I clearly have nothing better to do with my life, I've been trying to see how efficient I can drive the thing. The max I have got urban...

So what, in theory, could make mains fuses pop on separate services? On the three phase, the two times it happened there in the past it was two different fuses. Other than earthing points, and the actual supply, would there be any other common factors that means a fault on one could also be...

Going back to what @flameport briefly mused. With it being in a cellar, that can get a bit on the humid side, especially with the heat as of late. What are the chances of moisture shorting out the mains fuses? This might explain why the supplies two separate supplies have had mains fuses going...

ECIR was 5 months ago, and a lot of the components there got revamped and upgraded when it was switched from three phase to single. That was in the last 10 years or so. But it gets regularly inspected. Consumer unit for the office and the flat was all upgraded in the last 5 years I think.

I can't answer that I'm afraid. All I know is that it used to be a three phase supply due to the previous commercial occupancy. But when the network realised it no longer needed that kind of supply, they converted it to a single phase supply. How that has been carried out I'm not sure but I...

OK, photos! Some of the info I have given above may have been slightly incorrect, but I was only going by memory. Location: Cellar This is the overall set-up As you can see it has some historic commercial grade isolators from yesteryear. It used to be a 3 phase supply to the commercial...

I could see it potentially being the first. But I would think the second is very unlikely. What kind of checks outside those of the ECIR should I focus on to isolate any issue (again I appreciate I have given you all limited information). Edit: A bit more info The flat has always had it's own...

Thanks for the replies, I appreciate I have limited information at the moment, it's not something I am directly involved in, but thought this forum might be the best place to at least get an idea where the problem may lie for further investigations. The spark seemed to occur as the main...

Bit of a curious one. A flat above a commercial property where, every so often, the main fuse blows. Maybe once every year or so. Property has had a full ECIR multiple times in that period, the last one being a few months ago, along with new appliances. Has always checked out fine. This time...

It's not the fact that they have gone up. It's how quickly increases are passed on. When the price goes down, it's often long drawn out slow decrease. The price goes up, it's passed on very quickly. I mean, I didn't expect anything less, and it's not a surprise, the title was being ironic...

Anyone else notice that on the mere whisper of an issue internationally, the fuel stations have wasted no time in reacting to "market conditions". Even though it takes months for those same prices to come down when there are no issues with the markets. My local has gone from 1.34 to 1.42 on...

Wonder if the weight will reveal anything about the quality of the battery. It seems that the cheaper batteries may have much less robust innards. More susceptible to damage to vibration, thinner lead plates, less cycles and so on. Just trying to work out how much of an impact that has in...

Would you just go for the far cheaper powerline rather than the more expensive (and assumed better quality) Yuasa? One thing I think people also overlook with the AGM lead acid, is that the weight of those batteries do provide a nice low centre of gravity counterweight against someone sitting...

Actually, there is no issue in that regard as far as I understand. A lot of the mobility scooter lithium batteries are the safer Li-Po type. But I still do not think the benefits work out.

Deciding on some new AGM Lead acid batteries for a mobility scooter. I'm going for 2x36Ah (approx) lead acid type. I looked in to the lithium option...but I'm not convinced of the benefit (unless someone can convince me otherwise). I using the sizing options on the tanya website, these are...

This should work, I found the analysis saved in the wayback archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20240819085644/https://ato24.de/en/blog/comparison-0w-30-engine-oils/ It's an interesting analysis. The total oil was the orange bar.

I have the same engine as the OP. These modern diesels really do require oil that is to manufacturer spec and the correct weight. That is the first key thing. My garage, which is a Citroen garage, switched to Millers oil (of the correct spec/weight) once the warrantee period ran out. In the...

Funnily enough, I thought of this thread when I came across a terrible....what turned out to be....mini roundabout, a few days ago. It was a new area to me, so that did not help. But, leading up to the actual roundabout, there were no signs at all regarding it on approach, and when you...