u/ConfusedMaverick

I had some work done upgrading a consumer unit, and an EICR was part of the quote.

After finishing the work, they quoted for "remedials" because there were issues with the EICR

All fair enough. But the quote for the remedials is astronomical, more than the original job. I suspect they feel they under quoted for the initial job and are trying to catch up.

I would like to get another electrician to look at the EICR remedials on a time & materials basis.

However, I have been told that I can't get the EIC for the original work unless the people who did the original work also carry out the remedials.

This seems like a bit of a hostage situation if true - I believe have to get an EIC to sell the house, for example, surely this doesn't mean I have to pay the original electricians whatever they want to issue the EIC?

Can anyone qualified issue it?

Thanks for your thoughts!

After driving a Leaf for years, I just found that I have been charging at 3.5 kW overnight, not 7 kW. There's a setting.

I wondered why it often didn't complete charging overnight 🤦

And why public charging on Type 2 was dismal.

This must be the default setting, and the toggle is well hidden, so I bet I am not the only one. Any other muppets out there?

On the positive side.... I have just started charging during the day on my own solar power, and 7 kW would be too much, the panels are too weak, 3.5 kW is perfect.

Anyway, it's nice to know I have the choice.

I have had FIT with solar panels for many years, and I have just had a parallel system installed for SEG, increasing my capacity.

The installers assured me that this is fine - the rules say you can't be paid twice for the same electricity, but the two systems are independent with separate meters, so no risk of that...

But Octopus say I can't have both seg and fit on the same mpan. Then I explained the setup, and they said it would be fine. Now they have changed their mind again and said it's against the rules.

They don't seem to know quite what they are doing, but I tend to believe the installers - there's nothing in the rules to say you can't have two installations on the same mpan, one fit and one seg, as long as the meters are separate so you can't be paid twice.

Has anyone managed to get this set up with Octopus? What did you do or say to persuade them?!