September 2, 2025

Flick a switch, and the light comes on. Plug in the kettle, and it hums to life. In Britain, electricity feels as dependable as the sunrise, there every morning, reliable, invisible. Yet the National Grid, the web of wires, substations, and power plants that keeps the UK alive, is more fragile than most people realise. […]

Walk into the loft of an older UK house and you might be greeted by a sight that makes electricians shake their heads: cables twisted, looped, and bundled together like a bad plate of pasta. That’s what most people mean when they talk about spaghetti wiring. It’s not an official technical term, but anyone who’s

Picture this. You’ve just bought a brand-new smart TV, settled down with a cuppa, and out of nowhere, there’s a thunderstorm. Lightning cracks in the distance, and suddenly the screen flickers black. Done. Finished. £1,000 down the drain in a second. That, in essence, is the type of scenario surge protection devices (SPDs) are designed

Across the UK, the sight of rooftops glittering with solar panels has gone from novelty to normal. Ten years ago, you might have spotted the odd array on a new-build or an eco-conscious homeowner’s roof. Now, entire estates, schools, farms, and even supermarkets are making use of them. Rising energy bills, government targets for net