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Wonder if anyone can help, I have just installed a Yale 6400 alarm all is working as it should and I am very happy with it apart from this one thing. Every time I press any button on the control panel it makes a very loud 'bleep' is there any way to turn this off or at least turn the volume...

Ok chill people lol. Thanks for all the responses it was only an idea I had yesterday while fiddling around in the loft. I shall leave the cold tank supplying the hot water til I can sort a combi boiler. Cheers again folks.

Sort of, a small header tank In the loft for the boiler and a larger one for the cold water and a normal hot water tank in an airing cupboard

Good evening everyone. I am planning to remove my old cold water tank in the loft to make access much better but also as I don't like the idea of cleaning teeth in old stale water! My question is do I need the tank? My plan is to connect the tank inlet straight to the tank outlet, possible...

An easy way to test any unknown material, burn it!! sounds daft but it you cut or break a small piece of and burn it (outside!) timber will burn with white or gray smoke and a yellow flame, plastics tend to have a black or very dark smoke and a whole range of coloured flames and asbestos just...

Good morning everyone, I am looking at getting a new bandsaw and cant really make my mind up! I have a fairly small budget as its just for using at home every now and then so I was looking at the small axminster one but really fancy a slighty larger depth of cut (woodturning) I am now looking at...

Good morning everyone, I am looking at getting a new bandsaw and cant really make my mind up! I have a fairly small budget as its just for using at home every now and then so I was looking at the small axminster one but really fancy a slighty larger depth of cut (woodturning) I am now looking at...

Ok so just spent an hour with a multi meter looking at the wiring, the out come is that im going to rip it all out and start again! Looking at the wiring diagram I see the grey wire should be connected to terminal number one on the programmer and the cylinder stat, there is no wire in terminal...

Blue wires SHOULD be neutral, the idiot who originally wired the system up has made all the connections with choc boxes and short lengths of blue cable!! It's a right mess.

Just looked at the wiring again, I connected like for like when I changed the valve and didnt really pay any attention the where the wires went. The Grey wire from the valve which I belive to be the CH one is connected to the earth from the pump??? guessing it has never worked. Now just have to...

Right just got home and checked my new valve, as space cat said the valve is only moving to the mid position. with only the CH turned on i can still push the manual lever about 2mm further, when i do this the pump starts up as it should. Im guessing the wire that moves the valve to the CH...

Cheers will check that first, I'm thinking given the state of the wiring at the moment it might be as easy to start again and rewire the whole airing cupboard. Really wanted to just check it is not working before I spend all day in there only to find I was barking up the wrong tree! Wonder if I...

Hi, thank you that's very helpful. Sounds like I need to spend an hour with the multi meter when I get home. The HW is working as it should, when just CH is turned on the valve does move past the mid position and allows water to enter the rads, if I turn the room stat down the valve closes and...

Cheers for the quick reply, I will double check my connections vim thinking I might rewire the whole airing cupboard anyway as it's rather a mess in there and valve, room stat, control box and feed for the immersion are all connected in one 1 1/4" pattress behind a fused switch for the...

Hi sorry answer didn't make much sense! I changed the complete valve, so brass body and silver box. The old valve had seized so only opening for HW. I reconnected the wires as they were before. Drained the system, refilled again and bleed the rads several times. Could it be the new valve is faulty?