Recent content by Justin0

But what's so confusing is that it seems to be too large - how did it ever fit in? Could it have expanded? Cartridge_nofit by Justin0 posted 19 Oct 2019 at 5:56 PM

So now I've got the cartridge out, which I was intending to replace on the basis it was broken. Except I found a strange thing when I took it out. One of the gaskets (is that what it is?) wasn't in the cartridge at all, it was loose in the tap: Cartridge1 by Justin0 posted 19 Oct 2019 at 5:56...

Thanks! I used a mole grip and it did the job. I was afraid I'd break something but it was fine, although it flexed a fair bit. Here is the nylon ring: Nylon_ring by Justin0 posted 19 Oct 2019 at 5:56 PM

Right, but how? If you look 1:20 into the youtube link I posted, an adapter is placed over the nylon ring with the slots that allows it to be unscrewed using a spanner or socket. But I don't know where to find that adapter or what its called.

We've got a Sottini lever tap that has started leaking out of the handle when turned on. I've never replaced a tap cartridge before, but following various youtube videos I removed the handle and went to take out the cartridge. However the online examples suggest there should be a large metal...

Yes the main reason this would be challenging for me is that its not easy to access the other side of the wall where the cable comes into the kitchen (the cabling was evidently installed before the plastering and kitchen units were put in). Furthermore I'd be hesitant to extend the ring myself...

This is all very informative, thanks. So to be clear, the CCC tables are explicitly calculated assuming a fusing factor of 1.45, and that is stated in the BS7671 guidelines? I had not seen this because unfortunately I don't have them, I have seen the CCC table repeated on various sites but...

Thanks. I wonder if it's diagrams like this that have him confused. He's still convinced that the cable needs to be rated to at least double the fuse rating, anyway o_O

That's true but he is concerned that the FCU has a cable before it at all (rather than wired directly into the ring), and my point has been that there is no difference in the load before and after, so it should make no difference. Yet this example shows such a difference. In this example, why...