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I have a Scantronic 9800 installed in 1992. One of the external doors is due to be replaced and I need to disable (omit?) temporarily the tampler fitted to the door frame. The present door is wood and there are no magnets present (although trying a magnet near the tampler activates it)...

oldbuffer, Yes, clear what needs doing after finding the documentation. Tried briefly today but the valves are just a little too recessed to grip safely using an adjustable spanner, so better to use use a socket as Vado recommend. I don't have a 27mm socket .....so capital investment needed to...

Thanks again. I don't know the model and the invoice shows only a retailer reference, so have asked Vado. On their site, there seem to be two different types - one with brass cartridge and one with a polymer insert. I fear the valves might be hidden in the inlets that may be less accessible...

oldbuffer, Many thanks - you set me on the right track. Circumstantially I can now recreate the problem at will (well, I've done it six times). I'll describe the situation for the benefit of all. First an admission: I forgot we had two showers (the second is just for visitors). Both have...

Oldbuffer - thanks! I can (will) do that, but the shower control and bath mixer are embedded in the wall so unable t feel. However for the three other mixers I will feel the supply. Update: Before explaining the result, I should emphasise the flow temp at a basin mixer varies between warm and...

Basic question to someone who knows.....should the mixer taps and bath / shower controls I've mentioned above, allow a significant flow from cold to hot when the levers are set to "maximum hot"?

Megaflo tank, indirect, 5 yrs old. Yes, I'm now suspecting that somehow the cold is getting into the hot flow, but I'm undertain what the normal operation shoud be. For example, the shower has independent temp and flow controls so presumably when set to a mid position, cold can flow into hot...

It's a Megaflo so cannot tell, but the pipe from the top is deffo too hot (or gets that way when the tank is being heated)..... Its all a bit confusing (to me). I need to carry out the tap test again, to be certain. All basin taps (2 Vado up, 1 Grohe downsairs) are single pillar. Shower (Vado)...

I’m a user, not a plumber! Apologies for the long post. I have a traditional boiler, gravity fed c.h. system and unvented h. w. using a Megaflo. The timer for h.w. is set to 3 periods, moning, mid-day top up and evening. The h.w. tank used to retain sufficient heat so that after 10 mins of...