Recent content by ekon

thanks a lot Ken..looks the job..just have to split it with a Stanley knife to slide it on

I have an old fridge freezer in an outhouse. I noticed black bits of what looked like insulation on the floor near the back of the unit a week ago. I think a mouse has been at work and nibbled away this piece of insulation..which about 12" length at the rear of the bottom freezer section behind...

sorry ..yes..late post + few beers. Covershiled got back to me and said part you linked to would be ok with UVC bulb. Thanks

thanks all esp. Winston. I have emailed the Covershield firm you linked Winston..hope to get a reply tomorrow. There are a couple of old-style magnetic ballst that I think will be ok too ..though like the covershield one I'm not quite sure how the wiring goes. The one I have tha's now kaput has...

Small water treatment system for drinking water..uses one T5 6 w UVC bulb. 240v mains driven Ballast is 17 years old like the system and has gone kaput. I am struggling to find a replacement. Is the fact that it uses a UVC (Mercury) bulb crucial to good running, I see ballasts for "fluorescent"...

thanks for your response delmel. This is an 18 year old unit and there are no ducts or fans in it. The freezer is fed by the (single) compressor first apparently and then, I assume, the coolant travels upwards to the fridge part above in a tube/pipe(s) to a cooling panel behind the back wall...

Energy consumption (kWh/24 hours): 1.7 Freestanding or Built in: Built In/Under Freezer Position: At the Bottom Freezer Stars: 4 stars Frost Free System: no Nofrost System: No Number of Compressors: 1 Number of Doors: 2 Number of Temperature Areas: 2 Number of compressors (only freezers with...

thanks delmel..will try and look see but not easy as it's built-in. Maybe I can find the spec. It would be good to know if it was single or twin compressor. I have the original user guide but nothing technical in it I'm afraid. The freezer compartment, about same size as fridge part in volume...

Old (1992) Whirlpool ARG 917 built-in. F/F has worked perfectly all those years. However, today noticed fridge was warm i.e. not cooled. I altered thermostat setting to 5/max.cooling (only the one temperature adjuster inside fridge compartment)..left it a while..made no odds. Fridge light is on...

cheers EFL..good call

amateur here (obviously) ..the control unit is fed from a fused/switched spur next to it , is it necessary to switch the flat's mains right off before swapping out the probe lead..or is switching off at the spur and removing its fuse from the carrier adequate before commencing? (fwiw I would...

thanks Burnerman..will have a look at Lunns,

Garda 3521 tap..hot tap leaks (slowly) via spindle. No dripping tap but water escaping via body of valve when hot water is "on"/flowing..moreso if cold tap also opened when hot tap is open i.e. pressure related. Have had said ceramic valve out of tap housing but no replacement to hand so...

>securespark..yes that meter is just for the pumphouse. The pump itself uses about 8-10 units a month so in a normal "frost-free" month that's about £2.00 a month tops - for 8 months of the year. In the Winter months the bill depends how cold it is as the 60 watt heater kicks in on a...

>securespark..I have scoured the net but have not found anything like the rectangular MEM (unfused ) "box". I have no idea exactly what it is or how exactly it works but it does isolate the supply. It has never "tripped". To work on the pump I first switch off at the meter and at the square MEM...