Recent content by andy118

Thanks, I realised I'm out of my depth with this and managed to put the replacement switch back. Have arranged an electrician for fitting the new one. Out of interest how safe is it to test live wires? Would a normal voltmeter be enough?

Hi, Bit confused how to wire a replacement lightwave switch. An electrician replaced it with a normal one so not sure how it was done. I've got 4 red wires, 2 thick ones would presume are live. The other 2 would they be switching cables. The left side connected to upstairs which has a...

Thanks, that's really useful. Ideally after the cheapest to run, it's hot water for 2 sinks and a bath which is rarely used. I suggested under sink heaters to a plumber but told this would be much more complicated and expensive. I'll probably go with a newer horstmann timer for simplicity.

I suppose a basic timer could do the trick. It's no longer an economy 7 tariff but would rather it only on part of the day. Would you need to see the entire unit off? Here's it without the face plate.

Thanks, I have a manual but it doesn't mention this reset so not sure if it's a slightly different model. I set the switch to the one hour boost on the far right and pressed the buttons but still no change. I'm ultimately wanting to replace the existing immersion heater with a dual heater as...

Left it off for over 20 minutes and no change.

Started having an issue after the electric tripped where the timer is always on and the display has frozen. I've read the newer model can be reset with pressing all the buttons but this doesn't seem to work. Turning off the circuit hasn't worked either. Could this model be upgraded and would it...