Recent content by wobblymike

Thank you for the reassurance and yes the point about the lack of servicing of the expansion vessel had occurred and will be addressed. Would it be a good idea to drain some water out so as to drop the pressure down to e.g 1 bar rather than 1.5 when cold?

my vaillant ecotec plus 831 was installed in oct 07 and has been serviced annually by the gas safe engineer who installed it. i have had no trouble at all with it until now; it has just had a repair by a vaillant engineer as part of my homeserve insurance policy which has left me with a concern...

zero ohms means a short circuit or in other words a direct connection

ps secure spark asked how was the test carried out i hooked up a 3 core cable outside at the remote end of the cable and then ran it throgh the window back to the switched end of the cable so they were close to each other and then measured for continuity between each core.

gents thank you for your helpful comments. you have confirmed my view that this defies logic - i will post the resolution as soon as the floorboards can be lifted and the cable run traced. to answer some specifics the end to end continuity checks read 0 ohms on my multimeter for each core. yet...

no - the cable has been disconnected at both ends and is sitting in free space. the readings were taken between live and neutral at both ends - open circuit at one end and 120 ohms at the other - defies ohms law doesn't it hence why i am so perplexed i dont see how it can be a nail throgh the...

i am somewhat perplexed by a cable problem and would like to seek thoughts on it from users of this forum. my daughter in law asked me if i would replace her exterior security light which she advised me had not worked for some years with a new one she had bought. the power for it is provided...

To all you helpful individuals who offered me some help and guidance many thanks; I have now completed the job and thought I ought to post my experience in case it helps anyone else. Toilet first - after removing the toilet and waste pipe I was presented with a cast iron connector the advice...

thank you i'll make sure i wear gloves - its the bit of the job i'm dreading

thanks a lot i'll do just that

ok thanks i'll see what i can do

thanks i am going to recce it tomorrow

my intention was to use a connector pushed into the cast iron pipe and then connect plastic from the waste to it. this however is food for thought i need to recce the layout oitside the bathroom (its a downstairs bathroom) and see whether the coneection is accessible. thank you for your help i...

ok could you perhaps expand on that, what would that entail

i will do just that thank you perhaps i could ask one other question i have peered under the bath and the waste connects to a cast iron pipe is there any wrinkles i need to beware of when installing the new bath.