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It's £105 extra for installation, so presumably they're qualified electricians.

Thanks for all the useful replies. So would the fitters from the delivery company be OK to hook everything up? They charge about £100, which is similar to having my own electrician I suppose. I'm sure that the company that did my EICR and new CU would do it - the problem with these...

I see that my electric shower is on 40A and that's the biggest in the CU. Would it be safer to ask the electrician to put a similar one in for the new cooker circuit, or would that require a new cable?

I'm looking at a new electric cooker with an induction hob. The instructions state that it draws a maximum of 10.8KW and that the 'fuse rating' is 46.5A. So what size breaker will it need in the CU (currently 32A, so not big enough) and will it need an updated cable? Several people have asked...

I'm in SE London and my bills so far have reflected the correct readings when I inspect the meters. But the web pages of my supplier have a page which is supposed to show the amount used each day, monthly totals and costs etc. That is always missing some days or even weeks, showing zero usage...

Is an electric cooker safe if not RCD protected? I thought that they were considered pretty much like electric showers - potentially lethal without an RCD.

In case you hadn't read about it, tonight's Panorama on BBC1 is about the rollout and effectiveness of these meters. I've watched it on iPlayer this morning and it's very informative. Lots of stuff I hadn't realised or known about.....and I follow this forum! (I'm in London, so your edition...

This was what mine looked like two years ago before they were changed. I suspect that the UK Power electricians were concerned about the amount of insulation that had been removed all those years ago. I wonder if they would have changed them if I hadn't ordered a more powerful cutout.

When I had a main fuse upgrade (60A to 100A) the blokes from UK Power noted that the existing tails were non-compliant as they had the outer insulation (black) removed by a couple of inches to show the colours of the cables inside. This was done by the previous DNO in the 1980s when the cutout...

The main issue seems to be lower pressure than a conventional shower, but I've only really seen that when we have a heatwave which goes on for a few days and the incoming supply to the house gets warm. Even today, when it's 20 degrees outside, the pressure at my shower is excellent.

Yes thanks. Obviously, it's not ideal but at least I can get the printer back online in a few seconds when needed.

I have a Mira Sport 9KW which is brilliant. It has a summer and winter setting depending on the incoming water temperature. My plumber fitted a filter in the incoming pipework which lasts 10 years and stops it furring up with limescale.

I don't believe it!

opps....I don't suppose you'd know the batch commands for stopping then restarting the spooler would you? I'm determined to sort this out. I did go into the spooler cache (via the Services menus) but there weren't any files stuck there (the directory was blank) so nothing to erase (yes, I did...

It's a BT Hub 2 with digital voice etc. I'll have a look at your suggestion so thanks for sending it. I have been on YT and found that going into the print spooler service and re-clicking Automatic, then Apply, cures the problem for a while. Some guy in the states got so annoyed with this...

Thanks everyone - both laptops can now print and scan. But I have a new issue; the printer settings on both devices go 'Offline' at random interludes. Last night my wife's was OK but mine was off so it doesn't happen to both simultaneously but both are affected separately. If I switch the...

I contacted my DNO (UK Power) about exactly the same problem last week. They said that this isn't considered an emergency if there's no heat or smell of burning near the main fuse, but they will come to have a look if I book it in as a fault and possibly change the fuse and holder if deemed...

I have successfully installed a Canon Pixma onto one laptop so that it works wirelessly. The setup webpage from Canon is very good, but doesn't go on to say how to install it to use with a second laptop. It starts with load paper and install the cartridges etc. so is clearly just for the first...

Openreach will also come to remove the old line (usually from a pole in the road to near the top of your property) so you'll be fully disconnected. They took their time after I'd requested it but turned up eventually. There was a 'do not climb' order on my pole so the operative wrapped my old...

Where do you buy those aerosol canisters of compressed air? I think they're used to get rid of dust particles and other fine items that are difficult to see or get to. In the comments to the YT video, a responder stated that he used the tyre inflator that plugs into the ciggy lighter to...