Recent content by justanotherguy

Thanks! Lowest D.0 goes to is 12, so I've set D.0=12 and D.2=5 - will post back how it goes

Well, quite - that was the very first sentence in my first post. But in London I’ve been burnt before by having no idea what’s needed and several call-outs with high minimum charges. It would be good to have an idea at least of the parameters. Fortunately other folks here have been helpful on...

Hmm, actually that's a good question. I assumed that, but now I'm remembering a few months ago I changed my Tado system to heat to a minimum of 16C in all the bedrooms 24/7, as I realised belatedly that was a cause of damp and probably didn't save that much money on heating (it's a 1950s house...

Not sure how to do that. I bled them from the top and the water was clear there, but I guess I need to undo something at the bottom to test water there. I'm slightly concerned about going from partly working to a completely broken / leak emergency during cold weather if I muck something up!

Thanks for your help. I had to look up how to check d codes - I press "i", then scroll through the d codes with +/-, then "I" again to show the value. Here's what I get, if that's right: D.0 is 27 D.2 is 20 There're 3 rads + towel rail upstairs, and 3 rads + tiny bathroom rad downstairs (so...

Thanks. Bit hard to capture as clearance underneath is limited. I've take a photo of the five pipes, and additionally one of the label showing what's what.

Thanks. It’s a Vaillant ecoTec plus 837 The valves underneath have grey tabs facing the front of the boiler saying “closed”. The CH flow out is hot to the touch.

I probably need a professional for this, but can anyone help me narrow it down, so I don't get completely fleeced please! From what I can gather from searching, it looks like it could be sludge and/or pump failure. With the combi set to 65C rad flow temp, I see it cycle from about 50C to 75C...

Wow that looks very cool! Yes please!

I've not been able to do this reliably before, with solid core. It seems to not be the done thing anyway, or at the very least controversial: https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/have-you-been-successfully-terminating-solid-core-cat5-6-with-rj45.38583/

Ohh I see. So I could cut that insert so the cable goes in sideways? I assume that would be weather proof enough once compressed within the gland?

Agree - but it's a 25 meter run that I'll be doing (installer is doing the electrical work, obviously), which necessitates solid core CAT5. And I despise terminating solid core directly to plugs - I've managed to do it with a couple of PoE connections to video doorbells, but it took me several...

Thanks - just to confirm, the dimensions I'm looking at here are the "cable diameter min/max", being 4mm/13mm respectively? So the 12mm plug will go through the hole ok, and the gland will close down to the 4.8mm of the cable?

I'm having a EV charger installed, and it optionally can use ethernet. The manual has this to say about it: The diameter of that cutout is about 20mm - but I can't find a gland that would both be able to fit an RJ45 plug, which is 12.2mm (even without clip), while also being narrow enough for...

I could do - the electrician I've asked to do it said it was fine technically speaking. (in terms of regs etc). He was just used to installing his own post.