Recent content by MARK POLLITT

Thanks for your help Andy. I will take your advice and and get an engineer in now that I know what it is. Mark

Hi I have a Vaillant boiler (combi) that has developed a slight leak. The boiler is about 4 years old and I live in a hard water area. The leak is from a black coloured plastic unit that is mounted to the top and rear of the pump. The unit has a brass cap with a about 40mm diameter. on the cap...

Thanks for the guidance everyone, much appreciated. Mark

OK I think that my terminology is causing confusion here. To recap, this is a brand new house. There is a cooker switch (big red sucker) on the kitchen wall adjacent to the hob and oven. It extends (under the tiles) about 3 feet to a connection point behind the oven(where the oven is taking...

Crafty And there I was thinking "new house, everything must be Kosher in the wiring department!"As you point out the oven was probably installed by a kitchen fitter (who wasn't even qualified as a kitchen fitter). Obviously the oven cabling has misled me. I will check the fusing on the...

Crafty Do you mean that what's happened here is that the the oven installer has used an oversize piece of cable and taken it to the 'cooker' spur when it could in fact have been wired to the 13amp spur? Mark

I have just bought a ceramic hob which is rated at 6.6kW (it is to replace a gas hob). We have an existing oven/grill rated at 2.8kw. The house is new. Behind the oven is a spur from the cooker socket to which the oven is connected and also a 13amp fused spur (which supplies the ignition to...

It seems to be the most logical explanation for the heavy cable to an appliance that draws no more current than a fan heater but some qualified opinion would be good before I go and 'logically' fry myself! Mark

Sorry to butt in on your question Markymark but I have a similar query so maybe some kowledgeable reader could kill two birds with one stone. I have just bought a ceramic hob which is rated at 6.6kW (it is to replace a gas hob). We have an existing oven/grill rated at 2.8kw. The house is new...