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contactor coil needs two things to switch. voltage to coil feed AND a good coil neutral. Eihter could be switched to provide the control. simples no!

Looks like a 20 amp bimetal fuse.

Got a ultracom cxi found radiators and pipework to be noisy, suspected a bypass would cure. Built in auto bypass in boiler but not sure how to set up so left alone. Hall radiator has no trv,s and fully open. Played with pump speed made no real difference on my system. Anyway finally got round...

Just plastered my first ceiling using stop bead to break the ceiling into two parts. Found this to work well. Skim upto stop bead (two coats) remove bead then do other half of ceiling on same day. Found this trick on this great website. Put some pics in album.

Cheers for quick reply m8. Thought as much but just wanted to be sure, the fuse in the heater is 3A do you think a 3A rated room stat will cause me any problems (burnt contacts etc) or am I just fussing?

I'm now in the process of replacing kitchen and now want to fit a smiths ss5w hydronic plinth heater and I want to fit a room stat. The problem I have got is I dont like the stat that smiths sells and I also dont like the price of it. Would any thermostat rated at 230 volts do the job? The...

In the middle of bonding my first wall (going to be a late night) and so far so good after feathering off, just waiting for the bonding to set a bit before removing batton and filling. The problem I have got is i am not sure when I should devil/scratch the bonding. I am worried that if I...

Cheers richard for advice. Its all interior walls and there is no damp to deal with. Now I know that I can control suction with PVA on a high suction wall then I think I will use bonding instead as browning as you suggested. At least now I know I can take my time with the job as I...

Had a read of the forum and have got lots of useful info from you guys but i still need a bit of advice on skimming over dry browning. I am doing kitchen at the moment and need to build up the walls (one dry brick, one light breeze block and other two exterior walls a mix of...

If you are moving the boiler into a bedroom be warned the noise may be intolarable.

cheers boys now I know what my options are and what I am looking for. Think I will go ahead and make the plinth lighting automatic, looking at the prices I think it will be a cheap but nice touch.

Hi, fitting a new kitchen soon and want to fit plinth led lighting, looking at led blue light 12volt system (decking lighting). The thing is I want the plinth lighting to come on automatically with a motion sensor so when someone comes into the kitchen at night the kitchen is lighted slightly...