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Update on this: I didn't have time to refit the sink so left it sat in place meantime. Over a few days, the foam started to compress under the weight of the sink (though only at the sink end, the lighter draining end still sat proud). Encouraged by this, I got some better clips (where better...

No, it fits great without the foam. Nice and flush all the way around. If the clamps arent't there to compress the foam, what is meant to compress the foam? It's pretty springy and the sink is really not that heavy.

I did overlap the foam but posibly not enough. I had about half (~3mm) in and half outside the perimeter of the sink. Didn't want to go too muchg thinner than that but maybe that is how the tape is meant to work?

I tried and failed to fit a new kicthen sink yesterday. Simple top mount stainless sink but without a raised profile around it's perimeter (just flat stainless steel). The sink came with a roll of adhesive foam tape so I applied that to the sink and lowered it into the hole in the worktop...

Hawd the bus!! I never said the EV fitter didn't fix the issues. He double checked my earth bonding and did indeed tighten the screws in the Henley block. My greivance is purely with the initial meter swap insatall.

The Electrician who I had install our EV charger this weekend confirmed it needed to be earth bonded. He also found that the main incoming leads from the meter were not tightened down in the Henley Terminal Blocks that feed the consumer units. This stuff is really dissapointing.

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Sorry, I don't have pic, I reconnected it. We're on a PME system, there's no ambiguity, we need the gas main earthe bonded. It's an exposed metal pipe that emerges from the ground and runs the length of the internal garage wall (past the meter FFS). It is almost guaranteed to be at a different...

We had new elec and gas meters installed a couple of years back. Both meters are in the garage and the gas main passes through the garage along a wall. I was just tidying the garage and noticed that the earth bonding that was attached to the pipes as they entered and exited the old meter have...

@JohnW2. Thanks for your detailed response. Just on your last point above. While the connection to gas and water mains is intended only as part of the equipotential bonding scheme (and so shouldn't be relied upon to perform other functions), does the current path I highlight in picture 10 not...

Love this from @JohnW2 : 'I think you'd have to ask the person(s) who did the 'mandating' to get an answer to that question. The situation is, again, obviously probabilistic, so it's all down to whether the probability of harm is considered high enough to warrant pre-emptory action/regulations...

The 'charger' does not limit the amount of curent the EV can draw. It's just a switch with some basic communication intelligance. All the smart stuff is built into the car itself. My van, for example, can charge at up to 16A. Plug it into a 32A charger and it will still ask for only 16A. It's...

I recently looked at getting an EV charger installed and learned about PEN protection for the first time. I'm not an electrician so it wasn't something I'd previously thought about (also please forgive any misuse of terminology). To help get my head around it, I drew out a few pictures showing...

Unfortunetely, this is true. The £1100 deal was for a very basic charger with an app that is known to be 'lumpy'. A decent charger with a good rep was coming in at more like £1300. Part of the reson I like the simple Voldt style chargers is exacttly that, their relative simplicity. No app...

That makes sense bu the tools I'm thinking of are portable table saws and similar. They have a lot of exposed metalwork and so, in the event of PME failure, would present the same risk as an EV. Obviously, the likelyhood of the failure happening while the tool is in use is much smaller (we...

Thanks. Good points all round. On the other hand, I could use a proper PEN protected outlet for tools in that spot. So, a comando socket would at least kill two birds with one stone and all that. I'll see what a local spark says and make a choice from there. Just wanted to check there wasn't a...

Based on above, and assuming I want to stick with a comando socket based solution, can anyone comment on whether this plan would form the basis of a safe system?: Additional consumer unit featuring dedicated PME (swap out the 40A RCBO for a 32A one)...

Okay, I've done a frankly geeky level of reading on this and maybe it's useful to someone else so, here goes: Products like the Voldt Comando Socket charger are UK legal. They pass the required product standards (EN 62752). Indeed, Voldt will send you their certificateof UK compliance...

A bit more research/understanding highlights the need to notify the DNO to tell them we're going to be using more power on average (irrespective of fixed EV charger of Comando tin which to plug a charger). Only a spark can do that apparently. As above though, does the jump from 13A to 16A...