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Thanks Rob Will bear that in mind - it would be good to think of a system that would enable me to switch across from mains to rainwater easily in the event of a pump failure, but it has to be something that will achieve this without risk of contaminating the mains. The current system has worked...

reply to my own post in case somebody finds this useful in the future - the culprit was hardened rubber on the seal on one end of the flexible hose. Replacement with a new hose (had to buy the whole filling loop unfortunately) solved the problem.

Hi all, I have a problem with a filling loop that leaks - here is the situation: I have a rainwater harvesting system supplying water to the washing machine and toilets. Recently the pump (in the tank) has started misbehaving so I needed to switch the system across to using mains water. To do...

Thanks for the suggestions. 2A strip connectors might do the job, and the Wago blocks look really good but I might be pushed for space. Cheers Tom

Don't panic - I'm not talking about mains voltage! When building our house I anticipated the need for electric blinds on four windows in the stairwell where the windows are hard to reach. I didn't know what sort of blinds we would get, whether they would be AC or DC, or what power they would...