Recent content by rossdargan

lol, yes PAT not PAC. oops. The server the UPS is protecting is not super critical, but it's running a lot of virtual machines and I need it to shut down cleanly. Designated sockets would be useful (the fridge is the biggest issue I have when I lose power), but that sound pretty expensive to...

Ah, I think he did do that - I will ask him to confirm however. I'm starting to suspect it could be the boiler, I might see if I can get that tested.

I'm a developer so spend a lot of time fixing (and I suppose writing) faults just like this :-) A complete PITA! If they will both fault thats fine as it will identify the faulting application, it's only going to be an issue if only the consumer box trips. The boiler could be an issue to...

I have the following electric box: Photo 13-02-2012 08 38 37 by Ross Dargan, on Flickr and the trip on the right hand side (the main switch) keeps tripping - sometimes once a month, sometimes once a day - it's very random, here are some of the most recent times (I have a UPS which is why...

yup, it gets red hot (far too hot to touch), and the fan does work (it's not on all the time, but I can hear a relay kicking it on and off so guess it's working correctly)

DIY is not really my strong point - looking at the washer dryer I'm guessing this is the heater box: with the bit at the top right being the fan, and the cut out thermostat being at the bottom right of the metal bit (the part with the two wires coming out) They use the T-? security...

ah! something to search for now! Thanks.

My washing machine has started faulting on the tumble dry phase. The error can be seen below:- I see some very similar issues on this thread here: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=198410&start=0. My circuit board is very different and the capacitor described as faulty isn't on...