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    External garage electricity wrongly connected to neighbours supply

    I have found out that my electricity supply in my external garage is wrongly connected to my neighbours electricity unit in their house and their supply for their garage is connected to the unit in my house. This seems to have been the case since the house was built in 2005 but it has only...
    • Ematthews
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    • connected electricity external garage supply
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    UK Electricity meter problem

    Just received a £900 electricity bill for an empty flat, the electricity is turned off at the fuse box so I checked the units on the meter. The units are going up 5 units per day, 20 units at night and 50 units stored. I have no storage heaters and I don’t have a hot water tank. I assumed when...
    • Davephoto
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    • electricity meter problem
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    UK Old Three phase UPS wasting electricity?

    I'm hoping someone can sanity check or correct my thinking. I have a very old UPS, it's showing a power factor on the front display of 0.1 We put a clamp meter on the 3 incomers which all read 36 Amps. the 3 outgoing legs are showing 12, 6 and 4 Amps That's 108 Amps in and 22 Amps out, I'm...
    • jimbobbrad
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    • electricity old phase three three phase ups
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Powering electrical components with static charged electricity

    Hey. I have seen those experiments with rubbing a baloon and creating static electricity to make a fluorescent light bulb glow. Im interested in making a similar experiment but with (gas free) electrical components. According my research static build up electricity is high voltage low current...
    • Danny94
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    • charged components electrical electricity powering static
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    electricity shuts down current to half of apt. also a pitch sound ?

    electricity cuts power to half of apt. and not trip the breaker . also a high pitch shrieking noise. ?
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    Electricity technical dictanery

    Does anyone have some electricity technical dictanery in pdf or something that help? thank you very much.
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    Solar Panels New Inverter do I have to tell my electricity provider

    Hi I have a solar system on the feed in tarrif, my inverter is playing up, if i get a new one fitted will the FIT people be able to know if I have a new inverter, does a serial number get fed to the generation meter electronicaly. I have heard I have to inform my electricity provider if any work...
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    Cheapest night rate for residential electricity in 2022 in UK?

    Hi, We have a battery storeage system in our house. Do you know who is offering the cheapest night rate electricity charge per kwh at the moment? And what is their daytime kwh rate? Ive just been googling for this for the last hour, but cant find out....ive filled in loads of web forms, but it...
  9. Jayy86

    Could I be paying my landlords electricity ?

    My landlord split his yard & built a granny flat before I moved in, is there any chance I could be paying his electricity? My electricity has tripled since I moved here & My vac made the main fuse switch off & his electricity went out too but he’s got what looks to be his own set up for his...
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    Turning things off to save electricity?

    Hi, I have just taken over a workspace in London. I have to pay the electricity so want to reduce it. In the breaker box in the workspace, there is one breaker labelled 'water heater' and one labelled 'storage heater'. I dont need hot water or heating, so i switched the lever to down position...
  11. Neptune

    Electricity flow and the role of Neutral

    A numpty question.... In domestic electrics, can one be electrocuted by the neutral wire when there is no short circuit fault? All the online videos suggest that current flows through live and back through the neutral. If the current going out through live is not the same as the current...
  12. OnlQQker

    If A Hydraulic Ram Pump Could Convert Electricity To 20 Watts Of Power...

    By adding in an additional overflow tank to pick up the waste water and pumped again. sketch below Then in theory isn't it possible to create enough pressure to power this hydro turbine without needing a steam?
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    Issues with high electricity bills/unbalanced loads

    Hi sparks, I would appreciate your help regarding a 3 storey high showroom connected to 3 phase. Each floor is connected to a phase but the upper floor is on for about 3 hours daily. The two other floors are heavily used with lighting,air cons and other appliances. How would you account for...
    • Sam Geoffrey
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    • electricity issues loads
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. JD6400

    How can they justify the increase in your electricity bill !?

    Just had a email from E-on to say my yearly bill is going up £81 from £103 - £184. Now this has got me wondering how they can justify this --- Firstly it is for a spare feeder pillar in a field that uses 0 kWh per year , so the increase from 19p to 29p per kWh should not effect the end bill...
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    Tools for detecting hazardous electricity

    DIY I want to detect for ‘loose’ or ‘hazardous’ electricity in the floor/walls/ceiling of my home. I get a vibrating electrical sensation in my body when I sleep and I think it might be related to an old fridge perhaps or some loose wire somewhere in the room. Any advice on which devices I can...
  16. banny07

    UK Two Electricity Meter

    Hi Guys, 4 Bed house I am going to rewire have two electricity meters. Customer want to install seprate consumer unit for upstairs on one meter and downstairs on the other one. Incoming supply is single phase with seprate cut out for each one. my question is wheather it is allowed or not as I...
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    UK Advice needed after electricity tripped

    Can anyone help with an issue i have. My electricity tripped earier i think it was the extractor fan that blew. I have since turned it back on however now my oven will not come on. Neither will all the plug sockets upstairs and down. The only ones working are the ones in the kitchen above the...
    • Lois93
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    • advice after electricity needed tripped
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Battery My house imports electricity from grid when battery is full

    Hi, I have solar/battery system in my house. Every now and again, just for say 30 mins in a day, i note that i am importing electricity from the grid even when the battery is full. Why is this happening. It doesnt happen all the time, but more often than i would like. Why is it? How do i...
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    Electricity Price Hike

    Just got quote to recontract electricity.....unit price up from 16p per unit to 21, unit cost 22p a day, gas up as well but not as much result, direct debit goes from 132 a month to 172 (!!!) - a 30% increase.....and no one else is much cheaper, inflation they all bleat, same as insurance, no...
    • overskilled
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    • electricity price
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Electrician Talk
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    UK Is this electricity meter wired correctly?

    Hello, Last year we started getting really high readings over the colder months (we'd expected this but not 5x the amount of electricity being used) We contacted a family friend who was an engineer who said that our meter is incorrectly wired up. We then spoke to our energy provider with this...
    • ECampbell
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    • correctly electricity meter wired wiring
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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