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    Hoover washing machine error codes

    I've dismantled the washing machine.Cleaned the pump filter.Cleaned the water inlet filters.Cleaned all the pipes to the pump.Cleaned the water outlet waste pipe.Checked the pump is working.Intially the machine worked but now comes up with the same error. Checked the internet just in case the...
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    Hoover washing machine error codes

    I've checked the filter and the outlet pipe and they don,t seem blocked.Is there anything else i could try.Could it be a faulty programmer (had it replaced twice). Thanks
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    Hoover washing machine error codes

    Thanks for that. :) Obviously theres a blockage somewhere.
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    Hoover washing machine error codes

    Could someone tell me the error codes for a Six Sporswear 1300 AI 130 washing machine.I,m getting error code 3 at the moment. Thanks
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    Undercupboard kitchen lighting

    Thanks for that.That will be good enough.I will get on with it at the weekend
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    Undercupboard kitchen lighting

    Sorry didn't explain too well.Say i'm just fitting 2 lights.Can i wire them both into a FCU directly.ie 2 brown wires and 2 blue wires going into the FCU.I think this is what you have saidf but just being sure.Only problem here is the lights would have to be individualy switched (maybe not a...
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    Undercupboard kitchen lighting

    I have recently finished my Kitchen but didn't bother putting any undercupboard lighting in although i have made provision for it.An electician came in and placed a plug socket above the cupboards to plug the extracter in and spured off this is a FCU which i am to wire my lights into. The...
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    Swapping a Honeywell st772 Programmer for Horstmann C27

    If i got a different programmer what re-wiring would be required.Is it a case of just connecting the existing wires that come into the old programmer to the appropriate numbered connections on the new programmer. If i got them wrong would it damage anything.
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    Swapping a Honeywell st772 Programmer for Horstmann C27

    Could someone tell me how much of a problem it would be to replace my Honeywell st772 central heating programmer for a Horstmann C27 one. I can't seem to find any info about the st772.They probably don't make it anymore.What is its exact equivalent.Thanks
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    Central heating timer problem

    I do reset it constantly as the digital display goes blank
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    Central heating timer problem

    have a Honeywell timer(ST772) running my central heating system.Now it has just started playing up.Most times now when i put the heating and water on together the timer turns off and i get a blank screen on the digital display.By pressing it's reset button the display comes back on the starts...
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    lighting earth wire

    Plugwash what size earth wire should i use.The same size as the lighting circuit,the same size as the plug socket circuit or bigger and how do i test that it is earthed properly.
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    lighting earth wire

    That book has helped me out a lot.Can't just throw it away. At least it explains things properly unlike Haynes manuals on cars. serously is it safe what i am doing as the book suggests.
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    lighting earth wire

    Also i read in a readers digest complete DIY book that you can earth (supplementary bonding) radators,baths etc to a socket so what is the difference to earthing the light circuits this way
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    lighting earth wire

    I know it's not good practice but what could be wrong in connecting the earth wire to a plug socket. I know there could be the possibility of the ring main being disconnected and someone touching faulty wiring on the light.But what are the chances of that
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    lighting earth wire

    For now i am borrow a earth from the Ring main. What i want to know is . 1) Is it a case of just wiring one end of the earth wire into the connector of a plug socket or junction box and the other into the ceiling rose. 2) What thickness wire should be used. 3) How do you check to see...
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    lighting earth wire

    The wires are multi-strand. An electrician who i know just told me you could solve the problem by getting a double insulated light fitting.What do you all think.Has anybody used these.
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    lighting earth wire

    I know this has been talked about a lot but this is my situation. I live in a house built in the 60's.Now for some reason the light switches don,t have an earth connection but all the light fittings do apart from the Kitchen.Therefore in other parts of the house i have metal lights but plastics...
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    Sink leaking

    Just installed a kitchen sink.The sink i have has got a pop-up plug hole. This plug hole is screwed thru the centre and attached to a mating part nder the sink.In between this is a massive rubber washer that sits to the underside of the sink.This is where it is leaking. I have tightened the...
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