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It seems, as far as smart meters go, you are up north. The Octopus Pink thing may help, but because smart meter wise I am down south, I don't know how it all works up north. I have tried to read my smart meter and failed, there are so many displays, and no instructions as to what they all...

I am watching the temperature in one room (3) drop, OK the sensor is on the windowsill so the coldest place in the room, this room has no heating, used as a laundry room, so the washing machine and tumble drier do heat it a bit, and clearly above freezing, so that's not a problem, but moving to...

Good idea from @omega015 I found the energiser app was a smart life app re-named, so I could not run the energiser app and smart life app with the same router.

Orange will run boiler only if the domestic hot water is hot enough and grey is also line.

The hot water return same problem as the high current supply, to get it installed means removing the ceiling to get assess, so non-starter. Gas kettle, would mean having gas bottles to supply the LPG. I remember my parents and the solid fuel stove, with kettle always on the corner, always on the...

Sorry @dstill side tracked a bit, we are told the systems are easy to set up, a monkey could do it, but seems you're short of monkeys in Hartlepool;) What I found was some systems use an independent hub, as with Wiser, and some connect to the wall thermostat, as with Kasa, and with the latter...

I use Google Nest Mini's, never got to automate the home, we got them as VHF radio does not work where we live, so we get same radio stations from internet with the Nest Mini, and two can be paired to give stereo. It used Google Home app on the phone, but in the main just voice commands, we...

I know I need to run half a bowl full of cold water before I get hot water. I have 5 hot water tapes in the house, so a local hot water heater will likely only serve one tap, it would need to store the water as no way I could get a 6 kW supply to the taps, so think there is nothing I can do...

I have used an active RCD to power grinding wheels and the like, so it will not re-energise when power returns, but that is hardly the case here. As to location, not sure how I missed it, but people do read replies and act on them without posting, so it does not harm to say it depends on where...

One gave right to be in Britain only, the other whole of EU.

That is clearly wrong, that's why we have an EICR rather than the old PIR, and it does not say anywhere does not comply, it says dangerous and potential dangerous. Even the regulations say the "not necessarily" can be read the other way, of course. We have had some new regulations which...

My first water central heating system had no TRV heads, same with parents, but the central heating was never designed as the sole method to heat the home, we had coal, coke, or gas fires to heat the living rooms, the central heating was only designed as a back-up to take chill off the home...

Not really, no Toyota spares kept on the Island, loads of Landrover spares on the island, so sensible to consider Murphy law. I was talking about the Falklands and Saint Helena.

I do see the Boo Kay spelt Bucket, but as to an EICR the code 4, does not comply with current edition, was removed, so if it passed when designed, it still should pass. However, we years ago have knife switches with live parts you could touch, that is clearly not permitted any more even if...

It does not seem like a gravity back boiler to me, one you talk about gas, and two you talk about a pump, all the gravity back boilers I have used were coal-fired, and had no pumps. And they only heated bedrooms, living room was heated by the fire in front of the boiler. Sounds like a gas...

Before leaving the EU there were two British Passports, one for EU British and one for non EU British, and the non EU British I met were super patriotic and truly British in all their outlooks, even the Black British were super patriotic and real saints. One odd Toyota owner, the rest had Land...

I see your point, a nail through a cable can take out the 5 amp 1-minute delay RCD with the 30 mA 40 mS I have seen that happen, but in the main, water is the cause, and it slowly gets worse, so we see using an approx x3 between RCD's the 10, 30, 100, 300, 1amp and 5 amp does in the main give...

I have looked at small heaters of 4.3 and 5.0 kW Eberspächer Hydronic S3 Economy for example, would prefer 28 sec gas oil so uses same as main boiler, but can't see how such a small cheap unit can be better than running the large expensive unit using mark/space ratio. It does not make sense. 12...

I have to agree with @Harry Bloomfield but I also look at the problem with a massive 20 kW oil boiler, and the massive hysteresis it causes. So, looking at the alternatives.

Moel-y-sant is about 5 miles away from me, and given up trying to get reception, last house, Winter Hill was 68 miles away, and it was a stronger signal to Moel-y-parc 10 miles away and in line of sight. So distance is not so important, it is how powerful the transmitter is away and what is...