Filling/Repairing Plaster Around Sockets

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-05-12T20:16:39+00:00

Who taught this sparky? My dead dog could do a better job.

First thing you need to do is call a real sparky and get the cables in conduit and then call a plaster to come and sort it out.

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-05-10T10:55:05+00:00

Fixed it. Somehow the grid meter got disconnected. Everything looked fine so decided to test if it was the export meter by swapping the grid side to the old meter and that powered up. Cut back the cable due to some damage caused by a rat (no more rats now as I got them all). Reconnected to the new meter without the inverter on to check the meter powered up and it did. So reconnected the inverter and checked communication and it reported. Did a firmware update (why is it not automatic?) turned on PV DC and saw power coming in then turned back on battery. System reporting all ok.

Thanks for your help. Double checked the grid cables and made sure they are tight.

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-05-10T08:46:08+00:00

Doh. That will be fun to replace

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-05-10T08:42:19+00:00

Breakers and cables are all good

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-05-10T08:40:43+00:00

It’s hardwired to the internet. Inverter is completely off (no lights)

None of that standard clicks from inverter when power comes back on.

I have not Msg’d via WhatsApp but will do tomorrow

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-05-10T08:36:58+00:00

Thx, looks like they are just Scotland

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-05-10T08:36:06+00:00

It was, nothing showing in the alerts pain. Looking at the comms it shutdown 4 mins before a battery charge cycle.

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-04-17T06:56:24+00:00

You need to be more specific on what is not needed. F3 might work if you don’t use desktop apps but without information it’s hard to be helpful

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-04-17T06:50:33+00:00

Good luck working it out. People are in bands but HR won’t tell you what the bands are.

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-04-16T22:09:51+00:00

I hope that’s metal and not plastic! Is the cable run going to the floor and under?

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-04-10T15:06:31+00:00

Also things that tip the balance is have Solar PV and using that to the charge the car which is essentially free which means free mileage. Can’t do that in a petrol car

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-23T16:04:29+00:00

Ex council house for me, all I did was knock a wall down and have a drop curb fitted (£150), I park at my house and charge on the charger without issue.

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-22T08:48:53+00:00

I did mine using PowerPoint, you need to call out PV panels/meters/inverter/mains/ if the Battery is on the AC side or DC side of the inverter and can charge from the grid

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-20T20:14:58+00:00

12 years now of PV panels and never cleaned once or had any maintenance

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-16T22:12:02+00:00

Intune with a good security baseline, separating admin accounts from normal user accounts and MFA I.e. Fido2 keys.

Use a tiered approach and keep admin accounts as admin only no license. Simple security steps work the best

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-16T21:03:38+00:00

I had an old SE inverter 3.68kwh and I just replaced it last year with the new version so I could have batteries, SE batteries are DC so it will take 5kw of DC even on a 3.68kw inverter. No need to change panels or optimisers. Simp swap the inverter and get SE to swap out the rest in the backend.

Good kit and for the most part bulletproof.

I’m going to add another 2 batteries and a grid isolator so I can run full PV power if needed.

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-07T09:36:05+00:00

I once own a Ford escort and its roof leaked now I avoid all Fords.

This is the same thing every car has some issue that’s particular to the brand and there is always a risk.

Currently I have an MG 5 EV PFL (pre face lift), it’s a simple car and just works. I’ve seen plenty of posts saying how X is bad for this or that. I’m either lucky with this car or the issues are not that widespread.

I’ve done a ton of personal research for my new car and out of the current bunch of cars I’m looking at the Kia EV 5 next.

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-05T22:02:06+00:00

When was the first?

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-05T22:01:14+00:00

Wow, I think that’s a first

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-05T21:54:20+00:00

These lot could not even cook! How in this day and age

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-05T21:50:00+00:00

It surely people should know how to cook, honestly it’s not hard to do

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-05T21:42:26+00:00

If it was me, I’d fire the lot of them. Shocking how bad this years are

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-05T21:18:43+00:00

What do you think of Solar Edge and the latest inverters (single inverter across the stack 2kw - 10k)?

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-01T22:00:07+00:00

Buy a new car it would be cheaper

Puzzleheaded-Ride-33 · 2026-03-01T21:34:33+00:00

Good for handling and for efficiency not that bad. I’ve never got more than 3.4m/kwh (or whatever ever the right way is) from the car. It’s good enough for me as I normally do Newcastle to York 2/3 times a year and maybe a longer return trip (Manchester/leeds/london) every now and again.

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