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A very good question...! I've not long moved into the house and I'm not used to this sort of CH system. The previous owner had a standard bundled oil tank plus one of those 1000 litre pallet tanks as a reserve, full of kerosene. - turns out the lid of the pallet tank wasn't closed properly when...

Thanks John. No, the pump is no longer working and you have confirmed that the information I have been given is correct. It just seems a severe consequence of a quickly noticed mistake...!

Hi all. Just a quick one - at the weekend I inadvertently managed to put about 150 litres of rain water into my kerosene tank (don't ask..!). Needless to say, my external Worcester Bosch central heating boiler stopped working almost immediately as it was being fed a lovely kerosene/water sludge...

Hi there. I've just moved into a house which is riddled with cheap 20W low voltage ceiling lights. One bank of five (in the kitchen) has now completely failed. Before I indulge in a spot of post Christmas loft beam balancing, can I just check that everyone agrees a blown transformer to be the...

I guess one of the (many) things I don't understand about all of this is that I've currently got a bog-standard 10A extension reel plugged into the socket in the house, trailing out through a window and under the shed door. It runs the dryer and a power tool very nicely! Now this is very far...

Yes, not notifiable in Argyll. They don't care if we die here. We're just an embarassment to the Union...:-) Yes, I'll consult with my expert. Just trying to increase my understanding of these things (plus perhaps checking up on him just a little as he's retired and may be pretending he was a...

Hmmm, good point! This isn't something I had considered. I had thought we would 'just' wire the new 2.5mm t&e into the back of an existing socket in the house nearest to the planned point of entry into the shed. I take it this isn't a possibility then? When I first spoke to my electrician...

I'm obviously not getting it but I thought the overload protection to downstream cables would be provided by the MCBs in the new garage CU...?

Thanks for that Davy. I hadn't bargained on fitting an FCU as none of the three sockets will be concealed and there is no requirement to permanently wire any appliance into the supply. Is this strictly necessary given the MCB protection from the new garage CU? - I guess, though, a FCU would...

I'm looking to get a simple power supply into my shed. I live in Scotland so Part P doesn't apply (at the moment). However I'm not completely mad so I've enlisted the help of a qualified and competent electrician who lives near to me. He'll be doing most of the work and inspecting the...