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DIY – How to stretch 25 Amps – Avoiding blowing fuses – saving energy

lifeingalicia — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:11:03 +0000

Like a lot of old properties we inherited the dangling 10Amp circuit breaker in a small dark cabinet. Luckily we where introduced to Pablo in Monforte and set him the task of rewiring the property basics and put in a decent distribution board. New feed to each area 16A 2.5 wire for sockets and 10A [...]

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Pump failure – No shower today – ….

lifeingalicia — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:49:52 +0000

Well, sometimes things happen at the right time. Like this Sunday our central pump decided to fail gradually. Tripping the RCD more and more often. We managed a shower each in the evening resetting the switch every so often. I phoned Pablo, our electrista y fontaneiro, who promptly came round this afternoon. A quick check [...]

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It helps to buy a telefone line with a house attached

lifeingalicia — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:27:14 +0000

I’ve read a a lot about problems with Telefonica and telephones not to speak Internet in Spain. Maybe I’m lucky or maybe this is Galicia or it may have helped that we bought a telephone line with an actual house attached. I asked the agent to help us get a connection and that I would [...]

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