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Got a bit of downtime on my hands so going to service my Makita battery drills. I've got approved grease and parts. Any non-petroleum based degreasers recommeded for cleaning of plastic parts?

Hahaha, sounds just as grim Stokvis called me this morning, actually pretty responsive and are Interlinking a sensor out overnight. They've arranged their local contractor to do a warranty replacement, so the site and the politics between the M and the E contractors are out of my hands...

Thanks for replying. From the lack of informaton on the web it looks like a OEM model. It's out of warranty anyway so if I open it up and break a seal there's nothing to lose .

What's to measure wrong, a sensor with two leads, a fluke with two leads? Baffles me too why the controller gives an initial reading with a sensor that reads o/c on an ohmeter. Stokvis got back to me said "the resistance if the water was 99 deg would be around 138.5 ohms", making it a pt100...

As well as a ktchen specific ring main circuit, have a separate circuit for the fridge freezer and another for the washing machine. Then, if anything trips the kitchen ring main RCBO or breaker or it is switched off for any reason eg the housholders are on holiday or they have someone in...

Thanks for the resonse wasn't sure whether to post in trade talk or here so picked here as more mech people who might know Plate Hxers frequent this forum. Sensor was O/L (infinity) ohms cold. With sensor disconnected it didn't work at all and went straight to common temp alarm lockout...

Or a locksmith down on their luck?

This, when a simmering ring is cooling but with a wee drop of turps. Good to see people not being wasteful. :D

I was called to go to the clients to check the DHWS as the plumbers and electricians are from out of town and on their weekend off or at the client's other sites. Being the weekend I can't get hold of Stovkis and their site won't let me register The Stovkis Econotrol control panel...

That's why I said effectively, because the Buildings Regs make it effectively a legal requirement to follow the regs.

I found the Honeywell datasheets. The batteries are plain old AAs. Think I'll get the controls seen to first, as it's the shortest lead time get the system working. Great, the plaster is going to take all weekend to dry and been advised not to use the shower until Monday.

You should assume it's a 6mm sq (edit: and therefore needs replaced with a bigger suitably sized cable) as for the old shower I wouldn't expect anyone to supply and fit a considerably more expensive and little harder to work with 10mm sq when a 6mm sq was suffice. The regs are the IET wring...

Blimey! What a wasteful and inefficient lighting design, inside and out. Are there any lighting controls inside or out? One can achieve sufficient and more uniform luminance levels by use of fluorescents inside. For film editing wouldn't task lighting with high Colour Rendering index Ra be...

Considered other controls for the fan, which aren't dependent on the light going on eg a humidistat?

Thanks, I'm figuring out the immediate costs and what would be scrapped if and when a combi fitted. I'd really need to install an RF 3 pack and change to S plan to get existing system working more efficiently until I cn afford to get the boiler changed. So, thinking aloud: Change to...

Anyone got one?

Background The central heating installer (over 20 years ago) has used T&E instead of a 3C&E to wire the cylinder stat and has used the CPC for the SAT. If he'd put his hands in his pocket and used the correct cable instead of profiteering and squandering it on pies he wouldn't be so fat he...

You might be better, cheaper seeing your local FE college, careers counsellor about an electrical improvership. Might be more lucrative in the long run too.

Same day. They will probably be really quick just now with the recession, many electricians at the local electricity company contracting division have been redeployed to meter reading and this sort of thing to maintain their employment so I guess response times are quicker than normal. I'm not...

You shouldn;t be pulling the service fuse and it should be sealed. IIf it is not sealed you are at risk of being pursued for theft of services. Call your local electricity company if you need anything done with that. They'll o it safely and use the appropriate PPE and safety precautions.