Recent content by Gerbil

Ah well. The boiler has just been serviced today and the advice was also don't bother changing it yet. He said if the boiler had been 15-16 years old it might have been more of a toss up but at the moment apparently the parts are all still available and it looks in good condition. One thing...

It was a cylindrical part about four inches across. Cost about £20 as he had a spare knocking about in his garage. Definitely no water jacket attached to it so I'm assuming its a burner, not a combsution chamber? My main reason for asking the original question is that there's been some...

I have a 12 year old Boulter Camray 3 boiler that been the model of reliability since we moved in a couple of years ago. Our friendly oftec guy comes once a year and services it. Last year he fitted a replacement combustion chamber (welds cracking) and a new oil seal but that's all thats been...

Thanks b-a-s. I think I could live with blue for such a small run. Looking on the TLC site the artic certainly looks thinner than the hituf. Presumably if I replace the 20 amp junction box with a 30 amp then there might be just enough room to terminate a 1.5mm hituf cable in it? I had...

I recently moved house and have been gradually been rectifying various electrical oddities that I've come across. This weekends job was sorting out an outside light (500w PIR floodlight) The previous owner had wired the light into a bedroom ceiling rose with 1mm twin and earth. Since there...

Thanks for that. I don't remember seeing any... I'll double check next time I have a socket off the wall.

Now I'm confused... Grommets where?

Hi securespark Are you saying that as far as the regs are concerned a metal back box doesn't have to be earthed? I've replaced a couple of sockets in the house I've just moved into, mainly because they were covered in paint and it was easier to fit new sockets than try and clean them...