Recent content by niallhanlon

Ok, I've had a good look around and the only circuits I can tap into are the lighting or the smoke alarm circuits. I don't like the idea of connecting it to the latter but it's wired with heavier 2.5mm cable and considering there's only 3 smoke alarms attached to this circuit would it not be the...

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions. From the options given these two seem to be the most reasonable solutions: 1) FCU with 3A fuse 2) 5A 3 pin socket What in everyone's opinion would be the recommended choice from the above? I'm not the most profecient when it comes to electrical...

I just purchased a masthead arial booster with built in amp to split the tv arial to various rooms. It will be in the loft but needs to be powered. As I have no socket in the loft or access to the socket ring can I take a branch off the lighting circuit to power this? Rating on back of unit...

By connectors I mean the ones you usually remove with an alan key, however mine only require a spanner to remove. A few of my connectors have been leaking since I bought house. They were all heavily wrapped in PTFE so I removed all of them and wound a lot of PTFE around threads before...

My boiler was "kettling" recently so decided to drain system and flush out each radiator indvidually using the garden hose method in case it was a blockage. I reconnected all rads, filled system & repressurised etc. Now my boiler won't light. I get a noise from pump for 30 secs then it shuts...

Thanks for your swift reply. Do you mean the pipe just underneath the boiler? If so then yes it does get hot. It sounds like the pump is running even after the flame is shut off. Niall

I've been looking everywhere for a user manual for this boiler online but it's impossible. Bought 4 year old house, my system was totally drained so refilled, bled radiators etc. everything was ok initially & heating worked for few days. Now however when turning heating on the boiler fires up...

Thanks for the swift reply. Yes, I've opened the smaller valves too but I'll try again later tonight. I also tried both taps on either side of the filling loop. The house was repossessed and vacant, hence the system drain. It's a new-ish build (4 years old) so I'm hoping I won't have too...

I recently bought a house which has had the heating system drained and I need to refill it. I've read up on the steps to take however there's no water entering the filling loop. I've opened all valves/taps under the combi boiler and even taken off the loop but there's not a drop of water passing...