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Securespark... we call it downlead... its the same as dropwire but without strengtherners , it has 2 pair o/w + g/b and can have brown, white or grey sheathing. This is the only cable without strengtherners that will protect from UV. I would imagine a supllier like Nimans would be able to sort...

officially , we are not suposed to run black 6wire(3pair) outside , this is designed for internal use only and with the heat(what heat in the UK!!!) and rain the cable breaks down and causes faults... we use d/w10 (2pair cable) or downlead (2 pair cable) which is designed for outdoor use. the...

QUOTE i wouldn't trust bt's "remote testing" dont get me wrong, if there is a dead short it WILL find it EXACTLY, but so long as the line is leaving their end it always says everthing is ok. This is a load of rubbish ... the remote system works too good... spend hours fixing a fault, say a...

Crackling line ? noisy ? faint transmission ??? dial 17070 if you have ur phone number diasabled from others recieving(number witheld) dial 147017070 , press 3 , press 1 , press 2 (ringback line test) put phone back down and wait a few moments , your phone will ring you back with a test...

no idea tonymcc.... when u say the boiler stops does everything go off... pilot light etc ?? if the pilot light goes out then its definatley something to do with the thermocouplr or a faulty gas valve... the thrmocouple tells the gas valve to shut down.

this could only cause a problem if your customer has ADSL switched on over the line.. ADSL only likes to see 1 capacitor in the line any more and it starts playing up.. te main reason that master sockets are fitted as extensions is that they only require 1 pair, not 1 pair+1 as an...

I had exactlty same problem a couple of years ago , this was a fault with the thermocouple and i was replacing with a multi use thermocouple and still kept having problems.. last time i went to a plumbers merchants and got a correct thermocouple for this model and has not cut out since.. what...

so u have a room stat anywhere in the house ??? this could be the cause.. to test it tuen electrics off open up room stat and there should be 4 wires . 1 earth 1 live 1 neutral and 1 switched live you will need to find out which is ur live and switched live and join these together then turn ur...

You could spur 1 socket from a socket in your house that is not already a spur to give you a double socket in the shed, then u could run a light down to the socket and just plug it in the socket, it is not recommended to take another switched fuse spur from the socket in the shed as u cannot...

1st to get rid of tanks in loft to give extra room. 2nd for instant hot water on denmand 3rd , boiler at mo over hangs kitchen window a little and we are to fit a new kitchen and hopefully will be able to replace boiler with one thats not quite as wide. while i on what are the regs...

yesturday i drained down system and , i noticed a drain of valve at side of boiler was leaking a little , replaced that refilled and have set thermostat to min on boiler ( there is no stsat on the tank.) , hw seems to be ok now , not mad hot and there are no noises comming from loft , checked...

i have had the stat on min for last few weeks and still does it.. i taken out stat today and check with meter seems to be opening and closing with different temps of water ok, unless it has an intermittant fault?? dont wanna go out and buy new one if this is not the cause. thanks

everything seems to be working fine , have hot water although very hot , ch all ok , but i get a splashing noise comming from the loft where the tank and expansion tank is , when i went up the other day to check there was scolding hot water going into the expansion tank from the pipe that come...