Recent content by prbaxter

not had chance yet. will have another look this weekend and report back! :-)

thats a good idea... I could also use string and see if it is wet when I pull it back up. It may have been blocked off for a reason.

it's a detached property, there are no houses like it nearby.

i've had my iphone take a few photos through the airbrick and although I couldnt see much, I did see what I thought was a sparkle of light from the opposite airbrick. I wonder if I can stick a touch at one end and take some photos from the other side. Getting light down there isn't easy.

no, concrete/screed floor all the way through. The house is 300 years old so I think the cellar will either be really rubbish or really grand.

Hi all, I've found an old sketch of my house and it says there used to be a stairway to a cellar in the hallway, however the hallway is screed so I cannot lift any boards to investigate. There are a couple of airbricks outside under the level of the floor. I was thinking of getting a snake...

ok thanks. That is useful to know. I've done the reset procedure and with cover back on all seems to work except for keypad. It looks like the ribbon is too short as it only just clamps in to the connector so I doubt it will be making a connection. I'll get the multimeter on it tonight...

good thinking. Nice one. I think all I need to do is check that the bell works and then I'll think about getting another PCB or panel and replace the whole thing. I get no feedback from the keypad at the moment so I have nothing to lose with having a quick play with it but the main thing is...

Thank you, I will have another look at it this weekend. Another thing, it looks like the ribbon cable connecting the keypad to the motherboard isn't long enough so I might have to reconnect this manually using tape and small spade connectors.

Thought as much... not got any ladders handy so it will have to be trial and error. problem is i'm not sure how these things are usually wired up. Will they simply be connected as pairs, i.e. 2 to the strobe, 2 to bell and 2 to power or are they likely to cross over ? photo:

Hi, I'm trying to repair this system. It consists of one PIR sensor which has the wires labelled on the inside of the unit so this was easy to reconnect on the control panel, and the same for the door and window contacts. I've also connected the internal speaker. Problem is I'm not sure...

cheers. Actually later the same day it gave the error codes again, which means its more an intermittent fault. I'll drag the appliance out this weekend and have a look at the insides. Its the only way really.

Hi zipper, not had a chance to get the DW out as i've been busy. However, I've changed dishwasher tablets to our old brand as they were on offer and the dw appears to have stopped having problems. We were using Finish Quantum and now we're using Finish Powerball. I wonder if that has...