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    Earthing isolator switch

    Hi - Can the panel advise on the following please: My REC have told me they need to replace my meter. I'm planning on using the oppportunity to add an isolator between the meter and my CU. I'm not sure about earthing arrangements. I'm out in the sticks on an overhead supply and my earth is...
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    Testing my electrics

    Hi - I don't have a specific problem but after reading a lot of useful advice in this forum I would like to do some health checks on my electrics. I've got a TT supply (overhead with an Earth rod outside). I've got a DIY multimeter and am reasonably comfortable with general household...
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    Feed and Vent side by side?

    Can anyone give me a steer please on best position of the feed pipe and the Vent pipes for an open vented CH system? I appreciate that each needs to be on the same side of the pump so as to ensure water doesn't get pumped out of the vent but is it acceptable, from a good design perspective...
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    How to wire in a shower CU

    Cab anyone give me a steer please on wiring in a shower CU? I've got a 63A RCD and a 45A MCB. The RCD has got 2 terminals at the top marked 1 and N and 2 at the bottom marked 2 and N. There is a copper 'bridge' from the bottom T2 on the RCD to the bottom terminal on the MCB alongside it...
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    Avoiding overloading house circuits

    Can anyone give me a steer on the following please? I am installing an electric flow CH boiler (made by Heatrae Sadie). The unit I need for my house is rated at 9Kw. As I don't have a spare slot in my existing CU my plan is to install a separate CU (a 50A model sold as a 'shower CU') and wire...
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    Adding to a full Consumer unit

    I want to install an electric shower. I've read all the previous postings and have got the cable and MCB size sorted out but my consumer unit is full. The current arrangment in my house is that the meter tails are connected to 2 small square junction boxes and from there wired to the CU...
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    Elctric Central heating and single pipe systems

    Can anyone give me some advice on Electric central heating please? I've currently got a solid fuel boiler which supplies a pumped single pipe system with 8 rads. All the rads work fine but the boiler has started to leak and rather than fork out £1500 for a new solif fuel boiler I'm thinking of...
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