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Hi Guys, Western Power just got back to me with regards to fitting a PME earth. They want £250 to fit it, is this over the top or normal price, i thought £52 + VAT. Opinions? Should i have it done or not? Thanks Jamie

6'2" here and find my Mariva very comfortable. Low insurance group (1.3 CDTI) and high driving position - it's like a mini Zafira! Jamie

Did rewire my bro's house and then got a NICEIC spark in to check EVERYTHING and sign off. Spark was a friend of a friend so done it for £60. Unfortuntely he's REALLY busy so can't do anything for about a month and i need to get this done to crack on with other stuff. p.s. eMail now in...

Cheers guys, will get on the blower to WPD when i get home! There is some earthing wire at the top left of middle pic. Not sure where is goes though! Definately gonna get a good spark in to do this bit, once this is sorted i'm confident that i can do all the rest (outdoor) myself but this one...

Anyone know a good spark! Was thinking of getting the guy who done this back, what you think? :shock: Jambo

Bought These from TLC! 10 Way Split Board with 100A Switch + 80A 30mA RCD Type B MCBs They any good or should i return and go MK? Jamie

Paying the extra £250 for them to install! Just gotta get the slab and a 6mm SWA Cable from a 32A 30mA RCBO ready where i want it installed! Jamie

Get urself a Linksys WRT54GL and update with DD-WRT firmware, £250 of router for about £40! Linksys are basically Cisco and Cisco practically invented networking! Result! Regards Jamie

Depends on your environment: 1-Home User-Combine WPA and MAC address filtering (MAC alone can be spoofed) 2-Enterprise Environment-WPA with RADIUS authentication. Regards Jamie

Would go for the Draytek Vigor2910 for DSL (Ntl or Telewest) or Vigor2800 for ADSL, Draytek are manufactured for a SOHO environment and as such are more stable and you get added extras like VPN & VLAN. Regards Jamie

Hi Guys, Just a quickie (i hope!). Installing a hot tub and decked area this summer and to keep the decking as low as poss (don't wanna be peeping over next door) i wanna sink my hot tub. I know i'm gonna need 8" Concrete base and Block on Side retaining wall but how do i stop the 'hole'...

Hi Guys, Just got around to ripping out old cupboard to replace old wylex boxes with new consumer unit. I think billy the kid wired this thing, not an expert but this thing looks dangerous (will post pics l8r). Not gonna attempt it my self, gonna get a Fully Qualified spark in. Just a quick...

New to this but couldn't you just use RCBO's on non RCD side, this would provide MCB & RCD protection. Jambo

Thanks Again Crafty. Looked at moving the board inside but SWA Cable would cost me a small fortune (10m x 10mm vs 30m x 2.5mm & 10m x 1mm & 25m x 6mm). Not really sure how i am earthed ATM, will be ripping the cupboard from around my current distro board tonight. Multi Earth rods (one...

Crafty, thanks for the reply. How is this? House 10 Way Split Board 3 x 6 A Radial Lights (3 Floors) 1 x 63 A MCB to Utility Shed Via 10mm SWA 2 Core (15m) 80A 30mA RCD 1 x 40 A Radial (Shower) 3 x 32 A Ring Mains (3 Floors) Utility Shed 4 Way CU (6mm to Earth Spike) 60A...

Hello All, I am in the middle of re-vamping my garden and will need to supply power to 2 Sheds and a large decked area. Due to the age of my Distro Panel in the house i will also be replacing with a new Consumer Unit. I plan on doing this as below. I have re-wired a house before and had...