Recent content by blakea8k

Hi all any help would be appreciated. My heating stopped working the other day but i am still getting hot water. I checked my boiler and it fires up for the hot water but not the heating. I put the heating on and took off the bolt on the heating pump and it wasn't spinning. I checked...

There is quite a bit of stripped bare wire on there. I could strip it a bit more though. I have just taken it down and the inside casing on the switch has split. It was a £15 MK switch from B and Q and about the 5th one in 4 years. I have checked the wires and they all look the same size...

Hi, The pullcord switch for my shower stops working every 6 months or so. The last time i changed it there was some charring inside. My shower is 9.5kw and the switch is a 45 amp pullcord. I remember when it was changed from a 8.5kw shower, the electrician had to change the cable from the...

thanks again yes there is a temp control strapped to the side which is currently set to 60. I think i will turn the heater off and see if there is a difference in the water temperature over the next week. we dont use much hot water, will a couple of hours every morning be enough to keep...

Thanks, should i turn the Immersion Heater off then as i don't really need it? I have now found 3 pins for it (i think there should be 4). Should i put two of these in so it comes on at night for a couple of hours instead of turning it off?

I have been getting really high electricity bills since i moved to my present house. I have just looked at my electricity meter and it's spinning around really fast. I have just turned off the power to the Immersion Heater Timer and it has basically stopped. Is this what is causing the...