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  1. Harry Bloomfield

    Magnetic filter.

    Many boiler manufacturers insist on one be fitted, for their warranty. They can safeguard your boiler, but only if you have a poorly maintained system, lacking inhibitor. I make a point, as I have always done since original install, of looking after my system, and checking the inhibitor level -...
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    Boiler fused spur and power cut

    A boiler is a single load point, and so could only be run from a single source point. On modern boilers, the pump is fed/powered by the boiler.
  3. Harry Bloomfield

    Lighting earth issues - could I just run a fused spur from the power circuit

    I don't sit there for hours, watching it, but on those occasions I have checked it, it is always within those bounds. Some small variation, is unavoidable, due to my own loads turning on and off, though less so if measure at the CU, which I never have bothered.
  4. Harry Bloomfield

    Lighting earth issues - could I just run a fused spur from the power circuit

    A rock solid 240 to 242v here. 230v oven lamps, last no time at all, if they are not marked 240v, no point to buying them.
  5. Harry Bloomfield

    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    Think of just towing to a field, in the UK - where, how do you recharge?
  6. Harry Bloomfield

    Chameleon IHD7 - Smart Meters

    Despite checking with Chameleon's 'check if your meter are suitable', before buying the used IHD7, I have not been able to get it to connect at all, and despite Octopus arranging with the meters, to accept the GPUID. After numerous email exchanges with Octopus, ending with my pointing out to...
  7. Harry Bloomfield

    Lighting earth issues - could I just run a fused spur from the power circuit

    However, if you actually measure it, it is in fact 240v. Fit a 230v incandescent lamp, and you can expect a short life from it.
  8. Harry Bloomfield

    Pulling teeth

    Ad reported
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    Stop, go - diynot

    Maybe here too..
  10. Harry Bloomfield

    Order of kitchen appliances from pipework....?

    You start, by deciding where you want them/where works best for you. Then you compromise on the layout, depending upon what is practical, and possible.
  11. Harry Bloomfield

    WB heatlave not responding to stat requests - otherwise working

    What sort of stat? If a wireless one, is it within range/how are the batteries?
  12. Harry Bloomfield

    Clock Ideas for Car ?

    Which would have to be an LCD(isplay), if on batteries, which would mean turning a light on, to see the time.
  13. Harry Bloomfield

    Solar panels and hot water

    Reported!
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    Yup, short ranges!
  15. Harry Bloomfield

    Boiler fused spur and power cut

    In which case, you need to make absolutely sure, that the entire heating system, is fed from that single point.
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