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not sure, my mate said when he turns on hot water there is like a rumbling sound then it trips out, so it looks like the lockout is straight away. thanks m8

Hi all a friend of mine is having trouble with his boiler. model potterton combi 80. his central heating works but trips out and when he resets the system, the central heating will only stay on for about an hour, then he has to reset it again. Also it trips out when using the hot water...

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hello my sis wants me to fit a house alarm to her property. can i use a feed from the lighting circuit with a fcuto power it up?. also if i decide to go from the ring main and run off a spur instead, where could i tap into the ring main as all cables buried, only cables in the consumer unit...

thanks for reply breezer the armature itself is about 13 months old and there is hardly any wear to the brass segments were the brushes make contact, the brushes themselves are not to bad either. so your saying the gaps between the segments accumulate the carbon dust. i will give them a clean...

hi my washing machine keeps tripping out the electrics to the house. i have disconnected the power socket to the motor and everything seems fine. as soon as i plug it back in it trips the electrics, so i assume it is the motor. i have done a ohms test from the armature where the carbon...

hi all ive just erected a metal type shed for my dad in his back garden. he wants to have an electric supply to it. i have 2.5 armoured cable. can i tap into a socket from the kitchen by fitting an fcu as a spare, then run a 2.5 flat twin and earth to a to a metal junction box under the...

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hi im looking for some info if anyone can help. im installing more sockets in the kitchen, at the moment i have chased the wall above worktop for the extra sockets and fcu`s, do i need to protect the cable from socket to work top?, can i just plaster over them. the wall is like concrete real...

thanx breezer i will disconnect spur and run it into ring main. cheers m8

hi all ive installed an electric hob and an electric cooker. the hob is 7000w, ive run 15 foot of 6mm cable from from a 30 amp switched fuse to a cooker controller then to the cooker connector and up to the hob. 7kw / 230 = 30.4 amps is this fuse rating ok. also i have run a 2.5 mm spur...