Recent content by johnkevins

ok thanks, so will just have to wait now then for it to seal hopefully :)

take up after a while? do you mean seal after a while? I used ptfe tape and boss white on it!! I know I was careful getting it out, and when tightening I did it up not over cruch crunch tight as didn't want to split the tank! I can't tighten anymore as have tried and it won't! But I'll...

the top element which wasn't changed was doing this as well a few days ago but has stopped now! It's crazy. Hopefully it will be ok ! When you say the odd joint, do you mean like 1, not like the odd one now and again? :cry:

cheers for your help. It's only a tiny bit, like every day not a drip drip drip. I used the old washer from the original heater which was in good nick, as the old one broke when getting it on, very crumbly !! I used ptfe around the threads and a smear of boss white too. Is it likely to...

is it likely to fix itself? It didn't leak for the first few days, just now I felt it, it's not much maybe just a tiny bit every day, that is not noticeable. I wonder why? Is lsx around it a good idea?

Hi all Just a quickie! I put an new immersion in 10 days ago, the bottom element. All was good, everything fine. Turning the temp down a little from 65 to 60 today after running my ahnd around the element where it fits into the tank, I notcied a bit of water, not a drip, just a little...

Thank you very much for your help I haven't tested it yet, but will be doing so tomorrow when I have a whole day off :D When I discover the faulty part, is there anywhere I can order it from? Online ? Thanks again for your kindness

thanks for your help how can I test these parts to find the cause? I have a multimeter if that is required??

Thanks for your help. I did look at this at their seems to be power going to it, the neon on the switch that supplies it is lit. Is there any other obvious things I can/should check, as you say these are quite old nowadays and rare!

Hi, another new fault I seem to have today! I have electric storage heaters, and whilst switching them on this morning, one of them doesn't seem to work. Please can anyone who has these or knows about them advise me what the problem could be? Thanks for your help again

How long should a large hot water tank (direct with 2 immersion heaters, 1 Economy 7) take to fill approximately? 20mins?

Thanks for your replies The stopcock is turned on fully and kictehn cold water is great flow and pressure The water seems to trickle slowly from the ballvalve, not really slow but slow compared to what it should . Lots of crud and scale etc around it, and the ballvalve plastic outlet...

The cold tank is only full to just above the cold feed outlet (the only outlet in the tank), and water is going down it. I had to drain the tank as well as cylinder as gate valve was broken!!

Thanks for your reply I can hear the water running into the cylinder through the cold feed pipe, there is a bit of glug glug but not too much Having looked in the cold tank the ballcock seems to be letitng water in at a slowish rate, not very very slow but not full flow like it should be...

I hope someone can offer me some advice ! My immersion heater element was open circuit/dead yesterday. It is an economy 7, bottom side entry heater. As the drain valve didn't work, I siphoned the water with a hosepipe from the top of the cylinder this morning early. The cylinder has...