Recent content by jacobball

Thanks for all of your kind help, it is much appreciated.

Thanks for the tip, how long should you heat it for roughly? I have a mapro plus canister and blow torch and shall crack on tomorrow morning. That video was great as well. By the way the cylinder is copper, open vented. Top side element :)

I am trying to replace a top side immersion heater in my tank - the bottom one works fine at night but the element has gone on the top one. But I cannot get it to budge! I am strong as well and the immersion box spanner won't budge it. Any tips to remove a stubborn immersion? It doesn't look...

My boiler is a Worcester CDi combi. The hot water is fine but the heating is not working, this is what happens: the boiler starts and ignites and then the temperature display goes up to just over 70, and then the flame goes out and nothing happens for a long time, until it drops again and then...

Hi it is a ring in the kitchen, there are 2 sockets side by side. I use it sometimes for the microwave.

Thanks for your help There is 3 wires, 1 seems to run down to a spur that supplies the washing machine.

Hi, I have just tried to replace a double plu socket face as 1 of the plus sockets on it was not working, the switch was all stiff and sticky. I have turned off the power to it at the fuse box and removed the face, but there is a problem. The wires are so short through the wall, that when...

thanks for all of your help. I will this morning while it's fully light isolate, remove the socket, isolate the loose wires ends safely and test, I suspect this to be faulty. I will re-check the fridge freezer again as mentioned. I only checked it before by turning the switch on the spur...

thanks andy, i tried that but the rcd tripped again shortly after. I do believe some water got near one of the low level plug sockets shortly before this first happened. It is dry now but could this still be causing it to trip?

Hi, thanks for replying. There is a rcd similar to shown that supplies the extension and presumably the kitchen lights (dimmer switch) too. I have reset it but it tripped again a little while after. Is there anything likely to be causing this that i can check?

Hi yes, there is a rcd suppling the extension and presumably the kitchen lights too. I have reset it but it tripped again shortly after! Is there anything else I could check to see why this has started happening?

Hi, I have a small problem I'd like help with if I may? My extension lighting circuit, my kitchen lights and 2 plug sockets all have stopped working suddenly. All at the same time. I believe they are all on the same circuit, somehow, and have replaced the fuse at the fuse box but to no...

i didn't see the 16amp one, could the 13amp immersion timer be dangerous?

I want to fit a timer to immersion - the timer says 13amp, but my immersion says 15amp as supplied by a MCB. The heater is 3kw, 240volt, newish in a direct part L compliant cylinder. Is this timer no good? It is from Toolstation and says for immersion heaters

Hi I have a problem with my toilet. It is not flushing at all now. It is an old, low level plastic cistern. It is a push button, but very old, not a round button but a metal rectangular type which says push on the top of the button. I am going to replace the flush valve but what type...