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Interesting. I found a table which said clipped was 65. Nonetheless, it's within reason really. Heating: I intend removing the heaters. I cannot afford 4.5KW of heating on a daily basis. I've other ideas for heating there; future project. The CU in the house - feeding this - is a 40A mcb...

It's actually only a 32A breaker feeding office. Just noticed that. Not exactly a lot of headroom. So, given the cable looks like 6mm (I will confirm in the morning when it's light). I could increase that to a 63A? Cable is armoured, pinned along inside wall of wooden garage, through wall...

thanks for the replies. You're correct - I could just add a single radial using the 16A breaker for the servers. They are directly below the CU so short run of 2.5 would suffice(?). Do I _need_ 3 heaters? Dunno - they already there ;) Given what I have done - adding in two extra sockets onto...

I've a garden office (just bought house) which has the following: 3x1500w panel heaters each with own mcb and 2.5mm cable and each having their own 16A breaker. 1 x mains ring which had one run badly eaten by mice causing the rcd to drop as soon as ring was made live. No more space in DB...

Ah yes. Good point. I saw it as a feature on some but not others. Will ensure. What about tilting tables? Are the cheaper ones pointless and you're better off with a fixed but more sturdy for the price? I have a b&q mitre saw which is great at cutting 46.5 degree corners.

Evening folks, I want to buy a bandsaw for occasional, hobbyist uses. Budget I recon would be around £100-300 but clearly, the less the better. Uses would be, I suspect, wood (ply, mdf, thin wood etc), maybe some thin sheet metal like brass, Ali etc. I'm looking at the following...

For me, it's not a ripoff as I didn't pay for it (and I wouldn't anyway...) You're right though. The suspect part is that I can only take it to one of their cohorts for diagnosis. It's win / win. Meh - I'll DIY it

I've a 63 plate Mini Countryman I bought from an "Honest Joe" dealer who included a Warranty Assist policy. I have smell of exhaust in the cabin when stationary and gave them a call. They want to charge me £73 to diagnosis. If it is not covered then I lose the £72 and need to pay for the repair...

Not a bad idea. Once I've moved in I'll get a better idea on what is achievable.

I chuckled when I saw your reply. My brain took me back to the photos of the house - Here is a snip of one :) That's been their solution all along. Makes sense now :) Your point on seeing the ladder is exactly what I am trying to avoid. I might stick with the basic solution.

Evening folks, I have a vaulted ceiling in the house and a bathroom of normal height with exposed ceiling. Above the ceiling of the bathroom has been boarded and used for storage. The existing owners simply get a small ladder when they need something from up there. I will need frequent access...

Earth? Naaa, that's for sissies :) In fairness, that was something I had not appreciated when I initially set it up. My inverters had an earth tab which I grounded to the house supply earth bus. I moved the lighting circuits and low-power plug rings to the new DB which was cross-fed by a...

Thanks all - I agreed to it and moving forward now. Everyone is over the moon (for whatever reason )

No worries. Interest is because I had the same setup as you a few years back - solar charged batteries by day, ran house by night. I'm about to move house and planning a bigger version of it so doing a lot of swatting. I can recommend a guy who I used last time and again using now. Will send...

Interesting. You could get a cheap 'scope from banggood.com for around £20-30 and see if the frequency or sinwave deviates any. I ran my valiant off a 500W VoltMaster inverter a few years ago. Snow downed a tree snapping wires leaving me the only smug one in our area with heat so it's certainly...

thanks. I've since also spoken to a friend in the trade (he's an inspector) and he echoed exactly what has been said here. Pay it and move on. In the greater scheme of things it's not a lot of money at all and makes a "problem" go away. I like those solutions. :)

Afternoon all, edited to abbreviate. Sorry I am selling my house and have been advised by solictor to pay for an indemnity policy as I cannot find a number of certificates including a FENSA cert. Should I do this or should I "fight my case"? thanks C

Ha ha. I'm an IoT nut. I've got sensors measuring everything. Boiler cold water inlet, heated out, ch flow, return etc. I've already planned the sensors for this. I laughed at your comment though - be a steam train driver managing the fire. This, along with other research done, I'm inclined...

Thank you. Very helpful.

Could it be that the inverter, like mine does, does not see the load as real and stays low voltage? i.e. Below 230v. Mine, a VoltMaster, stays at 180V until there is a few 10s of Watts load when it then ramps up the output to 230.