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No Economy 7 electricity supply - both storage heater and water heater stopped working?!
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Thanks everyone - have found a local electrician who can come out tomorrow afternoon. Until then everything on E7 will be staying switched off!6
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I had a main switch in the consumer unit that melted due to the screw holding one of the tails being not very tight. Definitely worth getting it checked.
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So the electrician came today and this is what he found! He can't make the actual repair until next Monday, but has ordered the parts and I'll be keeping the E7 off until then. Very scary to see how bad the damage is with my own eyes!
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Ouch! Sounds like MSE saved you from a close call.Bambi12345 said:
So the electrician came today and this is what he found! He can't make the actual repair until next Monday, but has ordered the parts and I'll be keeping the E7 off until then. Very scary to see how bad the damage is with my own eyes!2 -
That's not pretty!
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.1 -
Yuk! Even the adjacent RCD got a bit singed but hopefully that one has only surface damage.Reed1
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Well done the MSE energy forum regulars! ... superb support to Bambi (OP).4
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Possible Fire prevented in the nick of time
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Thanks everyone! I am very grateful for all the support and advice here - if I hadn't been hanging around the meter cupboard around switchover time I may not have noticed this!1
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What a fantastic advert this thread is for the MSE Forum! Expert assistance provided by the forum's energy specialists which looks like it has averted a potential fire hazard and diligent OP doing all the right things to resolve the problem.
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