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Here's the answer... The certificate was actually requested of the electricity supplier by the electricity transmission company who own the cable supplying the house, presumably all the way up to the meter. When a consumer asks for an economy 7 meter, they always request a certificate which...

thanks, spark - I'll just have to talk to them again... but at least I have some options to give them...

Our new electricity supplier want to see an electrical safety certificate before they will swap our old meter for a new economy 7 meter. We haven't really had any work done to the wiring as such - the economy 7 is to feed a thermal store overnight and is using the same feed cable as the previous...

You guys... I have a normal cooker, OK? :) The info I read suggested the same cable that carries 13A would carry 450A. That was where my doubt lay. But as you rightly surmised, the point of my question was to just check out if I could use the same pyro I might want to use for the ring, for...

Still looking at this - thanks for your replies so far. Two more questions, please? 1. I can see how I might be able to use galvanised conduit and metalclad sockets for the 13A ring in the kitchen. What I haven't yet been able to find is something that might match for the cooker switch. The...

@ spark123 - that's exactly the stuff! As you suggest, it will need some minor bends. I was hoping to just be able to run it straight down the wall in the three or four places where I need sockets, with little doglegs over the thick (quartzite) tiling above the worktop. The sockets will be...

Does anyone know if it is still possible to get hold of galvanised cable conduit for surface-mounted circuits? I live in an old house with horrible lime plaster of varying depths over stone, which makes it quite a task to bury any new wiring without doing loads of additional work as well...

Yes, you are right - immersion is 3KW.

My new thermal store heating system needs power for (1) 16A immersion, (2) heating circuit pump timer, (3) solar circuit pump controller. This suggests three radials running back to the consumer unit... or does it? I'll definately get someone to look at this for me, but it would be useful to...

...best make sure you never rely on your PC to store important information, though. Every week without updating XP, brings you a week closer to the inevitability of some malcontent's software creation wiping your hard-drive...

@didthathurt... thanks for your reply, your advice gives me a good starting point, at least. I'll go economy 7 for a year and keep records of where the electricity is going. having settled that, my next problem is knowing whether to go for the 'no standing charge' rates or if paying £15 a...

Does anyone have any good advice for me regarding electricity tariffs? We have a new heating system which uses a 300L thermal store heated by electricity, a solar panel, and a wood burner to store water for heating radiators and hot water. In the winter, it makes sense to go economy 7: we can...