dpmiller

Surely roadside fibre cabinets only apply to FTTC, plain old ADSL *is* copper pair back to the exchange... In our case the exchange would be about 8km, but the Cabinet isn't much better as it's at the far end of the nearby village, so still about 4km of copper.

but why?

is it 3-phase? Split means you'll need it evacuating on removal and regassing once the new gas lines are installed

the gypsum stuff is extremely stiff even at 50mm. Sure thicker would be stiffer, but you're looking at something akin to the "temper" of a vibrated Council paving slab.

diesel with a splash of ATF would be penetrant of choice for me.

is it sitting over a pit, or does it leak ?

gypsum pumped screed for us too. quick, clean, level.

with the power isolated push a pin/ straightened paperclip/whatever into the small hole beside the one the wire goes into.

yeah, you'd want a nosey inside to see what variety of gears bearings and clutches are rattling around in there

the sticky Lucas additive would certainly take the pressure. Are they all straight-cut gears and are there and friction clutches inside?

so you couldn't park on it either?

what is your skill set?

buy a welder?

plus tap extenders can get you out of trouble toohttps://www.bes.co.uk/tap-extension-1-2in-m-x-1-2in-f-10222/

Interesting, i'd read reviews saying they cracked PB, and so went with one of the blue plastic jobbies instead

Colour is an issue too- black will expand more and quicker, and darker colours lighten more with age. We went with Brett Martin Proline ogee in anthracite and it's quiet and unobtrusive. Didn't cost a whole lot more than cheap halfround or square...

Can't find the detail just now but no not necessarily the front elevation. Something like 6ft round the corner was acceptable. They still allow internal meters at a pinch but prefer external. Check with your own DNO tho, they differ wildly.

You also need to find where the DNO *allows* you to put it. NIE are sticky about that, refused to let us site ours beside the back door...

yep.

I could certainly try, I'd need to kill all the other loads tho as the MVHR probably uses a coouple of hundred watts.

Does look like you're correct, @DamonHD and that it might be something power factor-ish. Book says sub-50mW each but I'm kinda loathe to take as gospel Chinese specs... Both of my CT-monitors, an Owl and a Sava read about the same; are there any low-cost options for more accurate monitoring that'll let me confirm what's going on?

yes, that's very pretty.

Our PV uses six Hoymiles dual microinverters. These have a dark current of around 25W each so the 150 or so Watts that they're supping overnight is a consideration. As I've a twilight switched circuit for the outside lights, any harm in using it to control a contactor, taking the inverters offline at night?

If it was originally a field, would it be worth cutting a trench to try and find existing land drains?

just about every merchants over here...