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    ring circuit headroom reduced

    Thanks everyone for the help. I have disconnected everything once again and re-made the connections and everything seems ok at the moment. Hopefully it was just a dodgy connection somewhere, or I may have moved the cables fortuitously this time. I am still curious though why the RCD only...
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    ring circuit headroom reduced

    Thanks for the prompt reply. I haven't touched any of the steel back boxes, all of the work was done in the loft. I have checked the wiring, brown to red and blue to black all seems ok. Can't see any nicks in the sheathing that might short, and yes I have sheathed the earths. Didn't touch...
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    ring circuit headroom reduced

    I have just tried to extend an existing ring circuit to add a new socket, but have run into problems. I located the ring cable, cut it and installed new cable to the new outlet and back again using 30A junction boxes. However as soon as i tried to run something from the new outlet the RCD at the...
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    slow flow hot tap

    Thanks that's more informative. We are planning on fitting a combi so you reckon that will sort the problem?
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    slow flow hot tap

    so apart from your comments, you cant offer me any help then?
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    slow flow hot tap

    theres good flow through opipes and to tap and when tap head is off as i said we changed the heads and valves but it didnt make any difference
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    slow flow hot tap

    cylinder tank, though it was drained and we have not yet heated it again
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    slow flow hot tap

    We fitted a new mixer tap in the kitchen. The cold flow is excellent, but the hot is poor. It was ok before. We've swapped the valves in the tap heads to see if one was faulty but still the same problem. Any ideas? Is it a faulty tap?
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