Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

You cannot turn the room off, where the thermostat is located, but you can turn the TRV's down in the unused rooms. Alternatively, if it's a wireless stat, you could carry it to which ever room you are in, and set the TRV in that room to maximum. You should never turn TRV's completely off...

It certainly will. Don't turn the radiators down, turn the TRV down - that is its purpose. TRV's are designed to limit the temperature in a room/set the maximum temperature. The time controller sets when CH is available. The wall thermostat decides whether any heating is needed, so is...

But, a diesel with twice the range, only half as likely to run out. I have never in fact run out, but should I do so, a gallon of fuel in container, can easily be sourced. If your milk float ran out of fuel, you are stuck - no simple gallon can for you..

If there is only the one valve, with the pipework of the valve, forming a T shape - then it is a 3-port valve. Valves sticking, are a common problem, often it is the electrical part on top of the actual water valve, which sticks - called the actuator. Many valves, have a separately replaceable...

Ensure it is enabled via the timer, to run the central heating first. Does it have a 3-port valve, or possible two 2-port valves, to switch the heated water flow, between HW and CH? This would likely be in the airing cupboard, if you have one, where the hot water cylinder is located. These...

Only once it is fully dry!

The adjustment, two nuts either side of the bracket, locking one against the other - only moving the deck forward or backward, an inch or two, rather than much up or down. An earlier tractor mower I had, raised and lowered the entire deck fully, but it lacked the anti-scalp wheels this one...

I only usually put mine on charge, after use. Basically I park it, straight in my workshop, which has the charger mounted on the wall, ready to plug straight in, before I even get off it. It then stays on charge, until the charger shows a green LED, then it is unplugged, after until next time it...

No, that is the 'rule' for lithium cells, as used in your laptop, and phone - some devices include that 80% limiter. For SLA they suggest try to limit discharge, to 50%.

Mobility scooter batteries in particular, plus leisure batteries... What is the best way to get the longest working life out of them? I have always been of the opinion, to use them, use as little of the capacity as possible then fully recharge them, and keep them fully charged. Every few...

Well, at least I would not be stuck at the roadside, with a flat traction battery.

Oh, I have just bought one! For years, I have repaired such hard plastic items, by the use of a hot soldering iron, and office staples. Struggling to get the hot iron, to heat the staples up enough to sink into the plastic - The gun, makes it so much easier, by passing a high current/low voltage...

I think a great subject for a thread, would one where we have a vote on the years most banal question posted for the year. There are several regular posters, who post such threads.

A trip up the street, to look in some of the charity shops, to see if they had anything useful, then on to Lidl to do a bit of restocking. I spotted a Halfords rechargeable tyre/inflatable, light, come USB unit, with programmable tyre pressures for £5, so I grabbed it. It was totally flat, so on...

There you go, sorted! Looking, is always the first stage of fixing.