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James May did an interesting thing about his Porche A/C lights, think it showed red when it was on, and nothing when it was off. If it was the RCD, which is a device that trips if there is an 'earth leakage fault' which basically means that a wire is loose or damp, causing a mismatch between what is going in and what is going out, then turn off power and look at ALL the wired connects. If the fuse has blown this shows 'over current' and the fuse blows to stop anything catching fire. The RCD and the fuse/MCB (mini circuit breaker) do different things, though there are combined units that can do both. There are many things that can cause an RCD to trip, one is damp, and shower pumps can easily get damp.

Does it mention far infra red? Yes it does.

Save me the bother correcting the (expletive deleted)ing (expletive deleted)

All depends which side the warm, wet, air is. Trouble with a loft is it can quickly swing between both. So, is this a warm or a cold roof?

But this week I had an altitude gap of 8' (2440mm), as they were both minus numbers, that is a 6' (1830mm). So I would conclude that GPS (on a phone) is not too good, or my house has sunk.

Powered it with caffeine and cheese sandwiches. And 9 gallons of diesel, which is cheaper in Oxford than down here for a change.

Then a harder hit with a larger tool. Well at least your are happy to get the tools out and give it a go. We like that.

Black line is roughly what I have driven today, both ways. So off to bed, I need to sleep on the cans of Blue Sparkle.

I moved all my possessions down in two trip in an old Corsa. That included my very long ladder, which I got rid of the other day.

May be the RCD and a mini circuit breaker is in the consumer unit. Is anything 'tripped' in there?

ASM will take them off your hands, and give you a couple of quid for them.

Or a kink in the flexible shower pipe (if it has one)

Camper van is even better.

On the shower pipe. Just to draw some water though. But if no noise at all (except a tiny water noise), then the unit is probably dead, though that may be just the cable. Remember that electricity and wet fingers are not a good mix. It should be on its own RCD, they usually have a green test button on them and are often on the outside of the bathroom wall, high up, near the door. But could be anywhere.

That is the kind of excuse that a fraudster would claim once in trouble.

Was not so bad in Aylesbury, ice warning light went off. I used to live 'down the Lizard', have they got mobile phone coverage yet? My current temperature 22/01/2023 21:01:37, 5.625°C

Looks very similar to mine. Is it running making a noise) and now water coming though? That may just be that it has drained the header tank and got an airlock. Open the taps and start sucking, well it works for me. The other thing is they have a flow switch in them, that may have got stuck, so no noise when you open the tap. It is probably easier to get a replacement. Scroll down this page and see if something is similar.

I shall look at it later, just recovering for my weekly drive up country and back. As you have a suspended floor, it may be easier to insulate than you think. Can you crawl under it?

At the end of the trial, work out your kWh rate to see what it really saves.

Is it (expletive deleted). On the drive up was listening to the weather forecast, outskirts of Oxford was -10⁰C last night. Was 6⁰C when I left home this morning.

Welcome How large will a shipping container be when it has 400mm of insulation glued to the inside? How much more will it cost than a factory built timber frame place that matched the insulated foundation and has a guaranteed airtight? There is a reason that houses are not made from old shipping containers, and it is not lack of shipping containers.

So are we at the moment, not unusual in the catering/hospitality sector. Pubs are now really restaurants, the days of the regular drinker are over in most places. Thousands of pubs have closed down over the last 20 years, some numbers here: https://beerandpub.com/statistics/pub-numbers/ You have to distinguish between discretionary spending and essential spending. Hospitality depends on discretionary spending. It has also suffered from a lack of labour, much has been said about Brexit being to blame, I am not sure if that is right or not, not been the case down here, no idea what happens up country, still got the same Europeans working in the Aylesbury Costa last time I was in, shall check tomorrow if I have time. There is also this affect that many over 50 have chosen to work part time or give up work entirely. I am in the group and highly recommend it. I don't feel the need to work full time to buy new things. I have enough, and that is enough. There are some industries that have been effected by high energy prices, but that is not exclusive to the UK and what I agree is an odd pricing system we use for electricity pricing. The chemical industries are suffering globally, but their profitability won't. More on energy prices here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/energypricesandtheireffectonhouseholds/2022-02-01

My one at home, that I did the sound test on, was the cheapest from Currys. https://www.currys.co.uk/products/essentials-cur48w22-undercounter-fridge-white-10227820.html The Bush one at work is probably 15 years old, no idea what model it is, looks similar to this one though. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9312603

We have an old fridge at work made by Bush that is so quiet I may swap it for my one at home. Just did two sound readings, one with it not running, and one with it runnin. 1 meter away. The spike on the first one (not running) is me breathing. Not running Running

Nowhere near as much energy as you put into it.