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My Potterton EP2 central heating time switch has come up with a classic problem now. CH settings fine and all work ok but the HW setting for ON/Off 3 will not allow me to go past 3.30 pm off time? Originally set at 4.20 pm and after a few years use wanted to change it to 3.30 pm but once set...

Will be doing some DIY work in the house removing floor tiles and also putting in some new cables in the kitchen which will need to be chiselled out. Also cleaning cement of patio slabs for re cementing outside. My question is should I go for a SDS plus hammer drill like the Bosch GBH3-28DFR or...

I installed a Optima XM6 control panel back in 1993 and put in Texecom Reflex Quad PIR units around the ground floor and garage which has run over the years without any problems apart from the usual battery replacement for the unit and the bell housing outside on the wall of the house. This unit...

Have been looking at the Neff B57VS4NOB oven and the Neff C17MS32NOB combination microwave for a customer. She went to the John Lewis website to look at the reviews and Mumsnet and they came back with terrible reviews about the touch screen and software problems. Nearly all the JL users had...

Microwave part of the appliance blew the 8.0 amp fuse inside and checked out the HT cap which was leaking badly, this in turn had cooked the HT transformer so when only half the mains voltage was applied with a variac it started to cook nicely at 10.0amps checking the HT voltage with a HT probe...

Have been looking for a flow meter that can be connected to an open vented boiler to measure the flow rates. There seems to be not much in the domestic market. Looked at the expensive RS spares website and for a hydraulic flow meter 10-100 l/min they were priced at £447.00 each? Could any...

Having had a new boiler installed and looked up the information on balancing the radiators in the house could somebody explain to a beginner why you balance them up with all thermostatic valves on max? i.e. My Westherm on position 5. I understand the balancing of the system for the required...

New Viessmann 100-W boiler taking longer to heat radiators up than old cast iron unit I have been using a Ideal Classic NF70 open balanced gas boiler for some 24 years without any problems occurring with something like 25kW input running 14 radiators via a Grundfos pump on speed 2 plus two...

My house was built some 22 years ago with a gravity fed system using the old reliable Ideal Classic NF70 boiler and two 2 zone Honeywell valves to control H/W and C/H with a Potterton EP2 programmable timer up in the airing cupboard and a Grundfoss UPS 15-60 pump. All 14 rads have mechanical...

I have a Ideal Classic NF70 boiler which has been using a EP6000 electronic programmer since 1992 but unfortunately having run out of flat 48 volt relays to replace on the PCB it has to go. Have now purchased a new Potterton EP2 programmer and have placed this on the original backplate assuming...

Have been looking at the Bosch GLM80 laser rangefinder as it looks a great piece of kit for decorating but have just found a interesting problem? Although there appears to be only one model called GLM80 there seems to be two different systems on sale in Europe? One just measures units in metric...

I have an Ideal Classic NF70 gas boiler which has run for 20 years and given no problems over so many years of use. But the original Potterton EP6000 programmer has had its relays replaced twice over the years and LED’s but the actual membrane for setting up the times has stopped working...

I have been using a Potterton EP6000 programmer for some 21 years for my CH system and replaced the 48volt relays when they slowly burnt out over the years, but now the membrane hardly works when pressing the buttons so purchased a new Potterton EP2. Potterton EP2 plugged straight in and no...