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I have a dishwasher that has a leak into the base that's tripping the flood switch. I tip the water out and the dishwasher works fine. I do believe I tipped it after the last wash and nothing came out. But after a while later that day I tipped it and some water came out. I have opened up the...

My heating is coming on when the clock is off and typically this has been a motorised valve failed but i have checked both valves, (i believe both replaced in last two years and the manual levers are solid i.e closed). Now what is strange is that full heat gets to the radiator closest to the...

Hi, When testing the diode on a car alternator all the tutorials state place a multimeter to diode setting, place the + cable to the casing and the - cable to the battery post ( B post) and you should get a reading of .5v to .8v. Swap the cable positions i.e. the - cable to the casing and...

Could be sludge also at the flow pipe entry or the return entry? I will try the air purge first but if it is sludge than I will have to drain the cylinder/system to fix this?

Hello, I removed the stat head and the pin was a bit stiff but it does move up and down and was in the open position. The upper pipe at the point of entering the cylinder, i.e. after the stat valve is hot and the pipe coming out of the cylinder at the top is cold. The valve works as when I press...

sorry, are you referring to the unit in cylinder 1 photo or cylinder 2 photo please?

Hello, apologies for not replying before now. Here are pictures of the setup. I cannot think where a third motorised valve would be, cannot locate one. There is water in the header tank. Could the issue be one of these red valves in hot press?

Hi, I have a two storey house with an oil boiler zoned heating system and two motorised valves. There is a horstmann H37XL control unit that has three buttons, one for downstairs and one for upstairs and one for hot water. My first simple query is whether you should get hot water only when you...

cheers, will do. done plenty of soldering, thanks

I assume the only cure is a new valve? aux switch not repairable?

thanks

The two motorised valves had their motors replaced and open and close as they should. Could this be an aux switch stuck closed?

Hi, The boiler is coming on when the timer clock is set to off. Because the timer clock is off no motorised valves open and so no heat gets around the house but the radiator nearest the boiler gets hot, (obviously not controlled by the valves). Why would this happen? The control box was...

UPDATE The brakes worked well but there was binding on one wheel but there was another issue where no fluid would flow to the rears when bleeding, (fluid would come out when the pedal pressed but not of its own accord), and indeed when you disconnected the two pipes coming from the MC to the...