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Why they work ok, but you need more than hawk white to seal the thread. I used approx 8 to 10 turns of ptfe around the cylinder thread and painted the inside threads of the fitting with Hawk White. No weeping or leaking. Yet!

Thanks Charnwood, looks exactly like it. The local supplier is a Beers Yard with a plumbing retail shop in there that is like a 3rd party? Unfortunately i'm not as knowledgable as you folks on here regarding plumbing (even though my maternal grandfather was a Master Plumber!!) so I have to...

Thanks for your help gentlemen!!

This is the connection type for the CH in and out. Measures an 1" across, the inside is very slightly lipped. So a 1" female to 22mm compression as below (and give it sufficient Hawk White!) should do the job?

1" across ID.

The name stamped on the nut is Delcop 864, a quick google brought up the ibpconex website and a catalogue. The drawings aren't very clear (to me anyway!) so it would appear it might be possible to get them, but the plumbers merchant said he didn't recognise them. The new cylinder has 2 entry...

Changing my HW Cylinder and the photo shows the existing connection type for all 4 connections. Our local supplier doesn't know what type of connection these are. They appear to be tapered slightly after the shoulder and i'm pretty sure the thread is 1". Fitted by British Gas about 20 years...

On CW In, HW Out & both Indirect CH

On CW In, HW Out & both Indirect CH

On CW In, HW Out & both Indirect CH

Various Connectors & Items relating to my favourite subject!

Thanks very much for your reply, Tony. My son does accept there is a repair to be done, (that's the reason i'm looking at the problem for him :) ) He's not very technically adept though, I am more so, but without enough info to make a specific diagnosis, hence my original post. It...

Hello all, sorry if this is a bit long but here goes......... My son and his girlfriend have recently moved into a house built in 1999 with a Suprima 30 installed as it's CH Boiler. When power is applied to the unit (from a switched fused spur) the Green & Red LED's light up for a short time...