Recent content by kokoshka

Hello. My 24i (natural gas, about 6 years old) has lost all hot water. CH is fine. It happened suddenly, no flashing lights, no lights at all. No leaks, good gas and water pressure. Suggestions from the manual: harness, pcb or turbine. The pcb was replaced a couple of years ago. I'm a competent...

The one on the boiler...that shows the pressure when you top up using the filling loop. There is no gauge on my bicycle pump. Pressure has been steady for a few hours now, with CH on.

So, it looks as though I've to fit an external EV. Toolstation do one made by Watts, in two versions, a blue painted potable one which is only 5 litre, and an orange painted one which comes in sizes from 8-24 litre. The bladder in the orange one is WRC approved. It's the potable distinction...

I did this : Turned off boiler when pressure had dropped to zero, opened drain cock, allowed about 10 litres to drain off, attached bicycle pump to EV, pumped away for about half an hour, the gauge didn't move. A little air went into the EV, as I established by pressing in the valve pin, but not...

Three replies. 1, to Agile. I did as you suggested, vented the valve on the EV when the boiler was under pressure. Air escaped for about 10 seconds, then there was a very slight gurgle, and my finger was slightly wet. So, a minute amount of water, no more than a few drops came out. Since this is...

Thanks...I found the relevant section on the FAQ page. I'll do a proper check at the weekend, meanwhile I will check the EV valve to see what comes out, and post my findings. Thinking ahead, and having browsed the internet, I note that some external EV's claim to be potable, whereas others...

Yes, the gauge dropped down to almost zero. I attached bicycle pump, and as I pumped, the gauge reading climbed. I quickly got it up to around 1.5, disconnected the pump, and waited. The gauge was steady for around half an hour, then, after the timer turned the boiler on, climbed to around 2...

When I took the cap off the charging point (where the pump is attached), it was a little wet, but not really leaking. It only took a few strokes with the pump to get pressure up to 1.5, where it stayed for a couple of hours before dropping again. Is the PRV a difficult job? When I refer to...

I've been told by a plumber that the reason my pressure keeps dropping (I have to top up 3-4 times a day, is due to a leaky expansion vessel. I've pumped air in, but pressure drops again. I've looked for spare part on web, but can't find exact number from handbook...8716 105 545 0, but I was...

I moved into a house last summer that has a new combi boiler with a good pressure, but also an electric shower that was never very good, slow flow if you wanted it good and hot, made by MX (Inspiration 8.5). A plumber who was working in our house suggested that a thermostatic mixer would be...

I have recently moved into a house which has a new combi boiler. There is also an electric shower fitted, not the type with a pump, just a white box on the wall. The shower unit doesn't work, and I always thought that they were incompatable with combi boilers anyway. So, since we have good...

I'm replacing a section of very messy copper pipework leading to my kitchen sink with plastic, and replacing the taps. I'm using plastic tap adapters, straight into plastic pipework. The old taps are currently earth bonded to the copper, but since the new configuration won't include copper...

``````Thanks again Fireman 22. At the risk of sounding pedantic, but obviously I want to get this right, I can run my mains cable into a junction box, eliminating the fused spur, run a cable from the junction box to the new socket spur, and another cable to the lights but incorporating a 5 amp...

Thanks Fireman 22 for your reply. Delmel, I am using low voltage lights with a dimmable transformer. One more question...I asked an electrician if I could pick up from the fused spur to supply a twin socket as well as my lights. He confirmed that the cable in and out of the spur was mains...

I'm fitting a dimmer switch in the kitchen for under cupboard lights. The supply is independent of other lighting circuits, I've picked up from a spur switch that previously supplied the boiler, now re-located. So I have my twin and earth coming in from the spur, a twin and earth heading off...