Recent content by paulp51d

OK, thanks everybody for the help. I now have the info I need to make the new connections, plus I have the explanation for the stray voltages. Thanks again. Paul

First, thanks, as mostly I want to know how to wire the new light, and now I do. Second, though, I would like to know what is going on, as I have never measured these odd voltages before?

Hi, I want to replace an outdoor PIR detection light with a simple non-detecting LED version. When I removed the PIR light from its terminal block and started measuring voltages, I became confused. I was expecting some kind of turn-it-on and get 240V arrangement. Instead, I got strange...

Yay! I called them and got good answers. Thanks again.

Oddly, that never occurred to me. Thanks, I will call them.

Thanks. Any idea what the base coat is called? There seems to be so many products.

Hi, I have a wooden cabin in my garden which I want to weather protect and paint. Somebody once told me that Sikkens was a good product to paint into the wood as a protective coating before painting. I have looked at the Sikkens website and find their product range and information...

OK, got it. Thanks Paul

Ian, Do you know what causes resonation and what needs to be changed to fix it? I would like to discuss this with my boiler guy. As I explained in my original post, I have already had the gas valve replaced, but it still sometimes happens. So what should be changed? Thanks Paul

Thanks for that. I have somebody coming this week, so I'll run it by them. Cheers Paul

Hi, I have an Ideal Logic+ Heat 30 which does three annoying things. 1. It occasionally makes one hell of a noise which can be heard throughout the whole house and which suggests that the boiler wants to jump off the wall. Sometimes this is a one-off, other times it's repetitive. A part (gas...

Hi Everybody, Thanks for some helpful answers and suggestions. Just to clarify, my concern related to the permanent saturation of the bricks and what might happen with respect to them losing their faces over a number of winters. After my intial contact here I contacted a surveyor to ask what...

People like you in forums are extremely irritating. You are so desperate to appear expert that you answer questions whether you have a sensible answer or not. I could see from your first answer that you knew nowt. I only responded so that anybody else who happens by doesn't get deceived into...

I know what DPC is for, but that was not the question. The question is why are the bricks below the DPC permanently wet? This suggests to me that the water table on this site is too high. I was attempting to canvass opinion on how typical this is. At my house which is a few miles away the bricks...

Hi, My son has just bought a new build home and moved-in in December. Since that time the bricks at the back of the house, only, have been permanently wet up to DPC level. The DPC appears to be holding the line and doing its job, though the bricks below are already looking very salty. My...