MikeSharp01

Some of these strapped to the pipes might work better. You will need to get the correct temp and hysteresis for your application though. https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/thermostatic-switches/2282557?cm_mmc=UK-PLA-DS3A-_-google-_-CSS_UK_EN_Switches_MOB_Whoop-_-Thermostatic+Switches_Whoop+(2)-_-2282557&matchtype=&pla-330742918010&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=9765532031&cq_term=&cq_plac=&cq_net=g&cq_plt=gp&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpPKiBhDvARIsACn-gzCal-PfS3eUj6c7kHhc9NGEGX2IGLGBP_By_yl0lyh7sgzJ7hzJNS4aAlklEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

18mm Marine play won't bend much over that distance and you can stop that by putting a bead of aluminium angle along the front.

You should have a wayleave for that pole, if not then a local law firm should be able to sort that if it is now on your land. You will then have the contact details. If you were then to revoke the way leave then they have to move the pole this may be some leverage. I suspect that the £5500 includes running the fibre from the local cabinet, which they are obliged to do for a new development as I believe HMG insists. If you crack that one then your neighbour's will piggy back off it, as they will run a multifibre to the pole, and they may feel like helping you pay. Long shots all of it.

Cripes - I wanted to get away with 14 ways.

No but you could make one from something like this 25x50 aluminium channel https://www.metals4u.co.uk/materials/aluminium/aluminium-channel/12979-p

Yes me too - now I need a pay it to remind me to make a list. PS that is some ADC, and sensor combi that can resolve to 4dp over 100 degree range 1 in a million or is this wine getting to me.

So we are going to go for 4mm radial wiring and I was wondering what the practical challenges are. For instance most sockets are specified for 2x4mm in each terminal so spurs are a challenge and squeezing 2x4mm into the back box of the socket looks like a pain. How are these issues best approached and are there any more I should be considering?

Have you checked with the college what their metering requirements are? They may be happy to include bills but they may like to know who is using what and if you ever change to an HMO you may then want separate metering yourself. @pocster will be along shortly, not an early riser, I have no doubt he will have an answer.

A couple of things come to mind: Think through a PV roof as in see if can get a single roof face facing as near south as possible so if the image above has north at the top then try and get the long edge on the south side rather than the North as it is - I can see a tree indicated that might cast some shadow so that may be a deciding factor. It looks like you will need that party wall agreement with or without a basement. To cut the footprint perhaps loose the garage, or a proportion of it, to give you a little more manoeuvring room.

Too late I think as all @Gone West pointed out several months ago.

Yes - and some would say 'but why should I pay VAT on power I generated myself'

Interesting - so it has begun.

I suspect because this will be something of a square wheel. Imagine paying the £100s, possibly £1000s, of quid I pay in fuel duty every year as a one off payment. It will have to be based on distance traveled and probably when traveled and by what road type as well.

Set me wondering how the taxation of EV charging, along shortly I am confident to replace fuel duty, will work if you do it via your PV as you won't be able to insert it after the meter on your EV charge point.

Do you have access to the full text? Looks like an interesting read. It's research gate so usually open. Source but in this case you need to pop the title into Google and you can find a copy to read by the looks of it.

Welcome to the forum. 72mSq is a big Kitchen (9x8m) depending on the slab buildup and the insulation / air tightness of the overall build, you will want to be heating a lot of concrete and lots of insulation, it might be worth looking at the Willis heater option. These are small, a few Kw, water heaters that you can run over night on the cheap rate to warm the slab and let it cool during the day. @TerryE has done this successfully and done the sums, for his house, to show the cost / value outcomes against ASHP anyway.

Welcome to THE forum, not that much of an echo chamber, for people like us - looks like a grand plan.

Its amazing what you can do with photoshop or some AI deep fake system. Oh - I get it that's where the microwave came from as well - respect!

Bonkers or what!

Hi - and Welcome to THE forum for people like us.... This may be another one of those occasions where the designer has not understood your build ups correctly. To get an accurate calculation do what @Thorfun suggests. The spreadsheet is here: https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=62325&key=a181232df44762993cdfe81c623c7c47 I think..

There are loads of them at graduate level anyway. I am involved with three of them in Engineering across a range of large corporations and SMEs. The students need good A levels including Maths and the ones I know work very hard and are very capable.

Looks clear enough to me and it must apply everywhere because it points up what MCS must do and MCS does it. Have a look here: https://mcscertified.com/installers-manufacturers/becoming-certified/ It is very much a close shop there but any other body could set up to do the same thing and be able to certify.

Someone needs to draw up multiple cause and influence diagrams for this systems problem based on the discussions above. This whole discussion is, in the end, a soft systems problem.

Not sure this will do it. We need a better technical education system, properly invested in AND to change mindset about what is and what is not an acceptable profession for "middle Englands" (all other UK territories also) children.

This topic seems not have been mentioned much since this initial discussion. The several other places include: and So I thought I would poke it now as I have to decide on which circuits to fit Arc Fault Detection Devices (AFDDs). The 18th regs seem to mandate them on sockets in all buildings not just the tall ones or HMOS etc, as 'recommend' is to be interpreted as 'should' the way I read it. AFDD devices have moved on a bit in the 3-4 years since the OP and you can now get single unit combined double pole with AFDD, RCD and MCB for around £120 (I have been looking at those from LEWDEN but others seem to be similarly priced.) So if I put them on the five radial (we won't be having any rings) 13A socket groups I am into £600 and then I wonder about the 5A lighting sockets, these are sockets after all, but as they are all fed via a DMX dimmer it is not obvious how and AFDD might respond to such a situation. Anyone any thoughts to add to this question and the wider AFDD debate four years on?