Electricity - French regulations & supplies; Insulation, Brickwork, Roofs, Joinery, Flooring, etc
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Sat Oct 07, 2023 7:08 pm
What next
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hughnique »
Tue May 07, 2024 9:43 am
Yesterday saw the beginnings of a slight problem, when those words, this water isn't very hot , was uttered, normally it is because she has run so...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Wed May 08, 2024 5:40 pm
Solar Panels
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OTBC »
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:17 am
Thinking of giving this a punt !
Any thoughts?
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Last post by elsie
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:55 pm
Linky meter, again
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tagh »
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:03 pm
Last year my Linky meter was replaced because, apparently it was not communicating with home. Now they want to do it again, for the same reason,...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:38 pm
Price of Electricity
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Wilbro »
Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:02 pm
Having just received our EDF bill it looked quite high so I compared the prices for the same period last year with this one's.
This shows an increase...
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Last post by Doug
Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:38 pm
New VMC
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rabbit »
Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:46 pm
I’d be interested in your thoughts on a devis I have received. Our VMC is 18 years old. It is on continuously 24/7 and so I thought it might be time...
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Last post by Polarengineer
Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:36 pm
Radiator programmer kaput
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Headers »
Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:25 pm
As a heating backup, we have electric radiators with wireless controllers to allow on/off and holiday settings. Each rad has a control panel which...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:00 pm
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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:55 pm
Recovering kit after flooding
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tagh »
Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:37 pm
The small bouanderie where my washing machine and freezer are kept flooded two days ago to about 8 inches deep and the main fuses blew. I was able to...
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Last post by tagh
Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:52 pm
Hot Water Heater breaker
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Lori »
Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:15 pm
We have a 100L Atlantic Lineo hot water heater newly installed in the new shower room in April of this year. Our EDF subscription was the Option...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:13 pm
Remote tell-tale light
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rabbit »
Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:28 pm
I have a garage door to a sous-sol. I sometimes accidentally leave it open all night. The door is operated from a switch on the ground floor. What I...
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Last post by L Austin France
Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:39 am
Switch wiring help needed
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Char »
Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:49 pm
My better half has asked if I could post this request for help, hoping that one of you loverly electrical wizards will be able to help.
I apologise...
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Last post by Char
Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:49 pm
Only a finishing touch
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RobertArthur »
Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:14 pm
In the summer of 2019 I renewed out terrace, also building an extension. A lot of pavés and sand. Everybody happy, almost there and it needed only a...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:33 pm
Electric fence phenomena
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Polarengineer »
Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:42 pm
A problem appeared with my electric fence system. It is a mains powered energiser which sometimes pulses every 10 seconds. When this happens, I fetch...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:09 pm
Odd electrical problem
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Biggles »
Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:21 pm
The lights in one shower room have ceased to function when switched 'On', although the extractor fan starts normally. The light fitting consists of...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Wed Aug 09, 2023 2:22 pm
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Last post by Hotrodder
Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:42 pm
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Last post by DaveW
Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:06 pm
EDF Tempo
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Sparkle »
Thu Oct 06, 2022 10:23 am
We received a letter from EDF yesterday re the benefits of changing our contract to Tempo. We are on Tarif Bleu the cost of heures creuse 0.1470 and...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Sat May 27, 2023 5:21 pm
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Last post by niemeyjt
Sat May 27, 2023 9:51 am
Rendering loose
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hughnique »
Thu May 25, 2023 7:19 pm
I had the front of the house rendered back in 2016, had a couple of problems with a couple of areas, which culminated in the Macon not answering my...
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Last post by elsie
Fri May 26, 2023 11:20 am
External socket
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rabbit »
Sun Apr 16, 2023 2:03 pm
How do I get at the wiring in this Legrand external socket? . I expected to prise off the out to expose some screwsI have tried prising the outer...
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Last post by rabbit
Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:16 pm
All electric and power outage.
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Vallie »
Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:35 pm
During strong winds on Friday our power went off at 3pm. It was not back on until 10.30am Saturday.
We heat by log burners, have a gas hob and backup...
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Last post by niemeyjt
Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:55 pm
Electric roller blinds
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L Austin France »
Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:22 pm
We've two ground floor lounge windows with 'leccy roller blinds I fitted about 18 years ago.
One has performed faultlessly, moving as soon as...
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Last post by Blaze
Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:41 am
Bricomarche yet again
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hughnique »
Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:33 am
Last week saw a special offer on a wireless door entry system in Bricomarche, I thought that it would replace the old hard wired one, which has seen...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:10 pm
Decennial
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hughnique »
Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:42 pm
Just how does this work, I had the front of my house rendered with this enduit stuff in 2016, had a bit of a problem with one patch around a window...
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Last post by elsie
Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 am
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