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These have been used for years, and one would hope you can buy the plug in sensor, but look at the price, why stock the head when it is more expensive than the whole unit? And once you move from the standard basic unit, finding the make and model for a unit costing less than £20 is not worth...

Well it seems to have happened with decimate, which was to kill one in ten, now it seems to mean the reverse, to get rid or nine in ten.

Oh, wonder why? I have found the hob left switched on that many times, I would not dare to use any hob which did not auto turn off. I found it a problem in the caravan, she would just fail to turn the hob off. However, we do have an induction hob with knobs on, I can't stand touch controls, but...

I use Google Nest Mini's, but same idea. Better security having no lights, as I have some 5 foot sheer drops. Can't see the point in making it easy for them.

I think in early days the maximum strength one could distil alcohol to was less by a fair way to being 100%, seems they were unaware it was not 100%, so rather than change the rating they gave it another name, think called "Proof" the other was petrol, which was compared to two paraffins. Long...

I would say powering the outside light from a socket circuit is better than a lighting circuit, as should any water get in, tripping the RCBO will not plunge one into darkness, and it is easy to unplug it. Also, I have simply plugged in a socket adaptor, and you can switch it on/off with your...

My wife has caught up with the maths of English now, she knows the answer to the question "You don't want another cup of coffee do you?" She answers, "I want a cup of coffee." No yes or no in the answer. But we have so many errors. A boiler which does not boil the water, why are adverts for...

Yes in Chester a shop I was working in, only had cooling, it was heated by the lighting. This was before the LED age. Plug in solar panels and batteries, are at the moment being considered, but as it stands not legal to use in this country, can be used in Germany, the balcony solar kit it seems...

From what you are saying, you seem to be describing is the heating found in schools and collages, where each radiator has a restricted bypass? With two pipes, but arranged in series not parallel, this arrangement also used with fan assisted radiators, the water always flows through the radiator...

I note at work we do have a one pipe system, steam goes in one end, and water dribbles out the other end, there is no return, but somehow I can't see that is what people call a one pipe system, does not matter if in series or parallel you need two pipes to every radiator, but I notice some...

@denso13 has given you all the answers, however I did find my own central heating has some cold radiators when the room thermostat was preventing the system from running long enough. If the system has been running for some time, each TRV head will close, so water will be forced into radiators of...

HHR Storage Heaters are heavy lumps, and one can't really fit them as a temporary measure to raise the EPC and then remove again, so it seems unlikely that because the switching is not controlled directly by the smart meter they would not count, but my internet hunt does not seem to produce any...

An RCD detects an imbalance between the lives, that's line and neutral. With a line to earth fault turning off an appliance with find it, but with a neutral to earth fault, the load will increase the potential difference neutral to earth, and so also how much leaks, so any load can seem to be...

And I #42 showed window mounted heat pumps. It can be done. The question is if it is worth it. To be frank until I did a google for "window mounted air conditioner" I did not know they existed. There were so many which I did not realise even existed. I have a cheap AC from Lidi I seem to...

It does not require new cables to have an off-peak supply. Some smart meters do have a fifth wire, to auto switch on items wanting the off-peak supply, but it turns over the whole supply to off-peak tariff, all you need is the heaters to be on a timer. There is a whole range of off-peak tariffs...

You did not say Infrared, that changes things. The infrared heater does not heat the air, it heats objects in front of it, so any thermostat which measures air temperature is not going to work, it is instant heat, so a PIR to turn it on as you enter the room would work, they are used where there...

I can't tell with double insulated cables their size, but my solar panels have removed the load on the DNO supply except when charging batteries off-peak. The latter is only a problem if I set it to charge too fast, and also run other items at the same time. I have 6 kW of panels, and 6.4 kWh...

This is also my thoughts, but maybe only a 13 amp plug, and not using 13 amps. My flat was also all electric heating/cooling, using one of this type of heat pump to both heat and cool, which sat in a box built into the window. In my case mainly cooling, flat was in Hong Kong, but if you want...

I wonder how many are having power stolen from them? I look at my own home, and we seem to be using far more electricity to what I would expect this is a trough and is my lights, TV, PC, heating, freezers etc. The lowest reading for today is around 200 watt, not a lot, and my total bill is low...

I had to re-read it all, so is it all going to pot again?