Recent content by Dinny991

I understand - thank you.

I would say the length is about 60cm I know nothing about earthing arrangements? Not sure, there's no date on it, but it doesn't look old, but I have no idea

Ok thank you so much, I'll get that organised. Quick question - would sparky be testing the separate RCD to see if it's faulty, or would I ask them to just replace it?

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We have an intermittent issue with this thing tripping. The meter tails are on one side and the other side is the CU. The CU looks fairly new. The tripping has been very intermittent - like every 9-12 months it might trip in the past, but in the last 24 hours it's tripped 4 times. I've never...

I've wondered for years why there is an allowable pressure drop when doing a tightness test? I get that small changes to temperature might affect the reading, but once stable after a couple of minutes and (eg) no-one is touching any pipe, why would a drop be allowed? I'm sure there is a reason...

...actually I don't think the salt container has anything to do with it so don't think removing it is needed. But still leaking and still confused.

Does anyone know how I can dismantle the salt collector? The drip seems to be coming from a compartment next to the salt collector (red circle), but I cannot see how the drip can be occurring until I remove the salt connector? It doesn't seem possible to dismantle it, and without doing so, I...

It's in the right location for the drip to be coming from here, but it can't be, as I taped up the cover to avoid any water going down there, and it's still dripping.

Yup - thank you. I saw where it was coming out on the cardboard, and then put it up on some chairs, so I could see under. It was an odd place (as I thought I'd discover a loose hose fitting as the culprit, or something), but I figured it was coming from around the salt area, and when I looked...

I'm just running a wash, with the base off sitting on cardboard to see if I can see where it's leaking?

We have a dishwasher that, after a few washes (eg 6), triggers the float switch, which then stops the machine working, as water is collecting at the base of the machine. When it triggers, I can tip the dishwasher backwards (which has the effect of removing the excess water), enabling me to use...

Yes you are right 3 & 4 linked together - doesn’t seem to be a separate connection for L/N though?

Ok. Thanks a lot

Inherited an old boiler with apparently not any real controls (thermostat), it’s a Vallant Turbomax Plus 824E. I know this is old, but can a thermostat be connected to this? If so what model would work? I don’t need all singing, but I do need to have some controls rather than the cold-hot dial...