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Hello, I just need a bit of information please on my water meter. It has a remote Talisman black unit on my front wall with the meter inside the kitchen at the back of the house. The water company reckon my meter was unable to be read and have arranged for a contractor to come and check it...

Right, so many different answers. It states “transformer” on it? The manufacturers website states it is a transformer.

Thanks for your replies. This is the transformer as fitted.

Hi I have 4 downlights in a room which currently have MR16 halogen bulbs fitted. I am wanting to swap these for LED bulbs, keeping the housings. However, they have a TCI Saronno W.X 105/240 transformer fitted to each light. My question is, can I change the halogens to LED? If so, any...

Right... so I have now isolated, removed, cleaned and refitted. System up and running. Would it be advisable to dose the system with X400 or equivalent and circulate for a few days then drain off and dose with inhibitor? Or should I just keep checking the magnaclean in weekly stages and clean?

Thanks Dan. Will give the valves a bit of a crank, without the "key" I will use some moles and a cloth.

Evening, Just after some advice please on a Magnaclean Professional. Having moved in to a house I have one fitted, it is about 5 years old. I am wanting to drain it and clean but there are no keys for it. I am content in removing the lid but the inlet and outlet valves seem slightly stiff. Is...

So I have connected up a variable attenuator and will see what happens. On BBC and ITV HD channels, set at it greatest attenuation the strength has dropped by 4%, quality remains 100%. On BBC and ITV SD, the strength has dropped by 11%, quality again remaining at 100%. Will see how this goes...

Hi all, I have an issue with my Freeview reception. I have an aerial running into a Wolsey Triax 8+1 way amplifier in the loft which runs 4 feeds. (3 TV's and 1 Youview box). The Tv's don't have an issue but the Youview box does and keeps displaying YVM302. The signal and quality are 95% and...

Yes, boiler is serviced regularly. Was serviced June 2016 and March this year. The burner does come on but then goes off before repeating the cycle. Both service guys have commented it was difficult to get an emission reading but said they have seen this type of action on these boilers previously.

Sorry, forgot to check the auto correct before submitting. Correct figure is 10L. @AGAS - I asked which stop cock if you read my question. It was a simple question and didn't warrant sarcasm.

Hot water flow is 60 L / min Boiler has not been touched at all, only stop cock changed.

Hello, Just had a new kitchen and the installer replaced and worked on the water supply into the house. This resulted in a new stopcock. I live in a fairly big house and prior to the work the water flow was "acceptable" but not the best I had seen. The boiler delivered consistent hot water...

Hello, Just had a new kitchen and the installer replaced and worked on the water supply into the house. This resulted in a new stopcock. I live in a fairly big house and prior to the work the water flow was "acceptable" but not the best I had seen. The boiler delivered consistent hot water...

Hi, I currently have a single socket in the old airing cupboard and would like to change to a double. I presume this socket used to be the old immersion heater socket. It is on the green side of the CU and has its own breaker. Fully tested and working. Directly wired into this socket is my...