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LBoy: I don't have any heating in the property,,,,, the only heat in the attic is from the sun. None is lost from the living quarters. I put a heater on in the evening when I need it,,,, even then, there isn't enough heat to escape into the attic.

Mikely: Cheers again mate. I'll look out for some cheap stats to try. It's only an 'experiment' at the moment, but I hate to see all that heat just thrown away. Transfer: I intend to use a fan & ducting. LBoy: No, I only have 100mm at the moment.

Thanks again. Ideally, it needs to work at 'any' temp,,,, as there is a vast difference here in Cornwall throughout the year. What sort of stats have you in mind ? If they're cheap enough, I can always give it a bash. If it works - great, & others might benefit from my trials also.

Thanks Mikely: I had been half thinking that there may be a way of using two stats (similar to 2-way switching was my logic ?!?!). Sorry to be dim :oops: - but: To follow your reply, would they work at say 20degs 'difference between the two' or an actual heat temp of 20degs ? I don't...

Hi, I'm toying with the idea of transferring hot/warm air from the attic down to the floor below, but only if it's higher temp at the ridge than the floor level - which of course, would be different at any given point. I was wondering if anyone knows of a switch/stat (cheap or home made)...

Yep - I had intended to use a separate fan for each room,,,, but until I read your reply, I had intended to put the fans in/above the ceiling in each room. Initially: The First one (W.C) would have a 90deg 4” bend over it. The second (kitchen) would have a ‘y’ junction over it [picking up the...

CHRI5: thanks mate - You've been a great help First: I'll go for 4 in the bathroom, to see just how much light they throw out,,, then I'll have a better idea about the kitchen. STEVE: Yep, as I say, he dosn't mind,,, as long as it dosn't cost him too much. He also trusts my workmanship...

Thanks again Chri5, The kitchen is 'bitty',,,, with sink / window / wall and floor cabinets along one wall and cooker / wall & floor cabinets / larder on the other with a central aisle. The ceiling is standard height and p.board. The internal door is at one end of the 'cooker' wall and the...

Thanks Chri5, As the landlord says, he provides adequate provisions. If I want to add anything, then whilst he will usually give me permission - and pay something towards it - then it's down to me. Any actual problems are taken care of at once. Ducting: Is that why there are 'flexible'...

I'm disabled & live in a rented bungalow. I want to put recessed lighting in the bathroom (& eventually kitchen). 1/ The bathroom is 5-7" x 9-7". I'm guessing 4 units will suffice. 2/ The kitchen is about 15-6" x 6ft. I'm guessing 6/8 units will suffice. Do I go for L.W,,,, or mains...

I'm disabled & live in a rented bungalow. I want to put ceiling extractor fans in the kitchen & bath/w.c. My initial idea was to run them both into a single 4" pipe & route it - about 20 feet - to the soffet between me & next door. This is a natural 'tunnel' & will dissipate the outages...

UPDATE: I managed to get the thing apart & checked the seal. It didn't look too bad, so I turned it over - for the time being. This isn't a dig at T.Perkins, but when I got to the one local to the job, they had no idea what I was on about. I showed them a printout that I got from the ROCA...

Many thanks for a rapid and informative reply. Looks like tomorrow's tied up then :P ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I have a newish apartment in a block of 15purpose built units of just over 2 years old. It is for letting, but empty at the moment. The WC is a ROCA (I’m not sure which model) with a dual push flush button. The cistern has always been very slow to fill. I have been disputing the water...

Thanks Eric for updating me on that. I was satisfied that the battery was taking & holding a charge when using the 3rd party charger, so yesterday I re built the Booster, & finished it off on the original transformer. This morning it had held a good charge of 12.74v and the 'Good' (well...

Cheers Eric, The battery is certainly climbing up now - 13.4v. I think by tomorrow, I can put it back in the unit (& rebuild) and if necessary, return to the transformer to finish it off. After going through this, & learning a bit about battery/charging, I must have thrown away some good...

Thanks again folks, I had it on my normal charger yesterday from about 12:00 noon till I went to bed at about 12:30 this a.m. The charger started off at about .8 amp, and within minutes went down to .5 and settled there. The batt measured 12.62 volts when I left it last night,,, and this...

[/url] Thanks Bernard, The battery in questions is a SLA item by Sunnyway (China) SW12170 (12v 17.0 Ah). I am assuming that it is the cheapest sort of battery for this application. If it is faulty, I have to make my mind up whether to replace it, or get another booster kit. I have...

FURTHER UPDATE: Thanks so much to you all for the technical stuff on the subject. I've certainly learned a few things. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I put the battery on charge (my normal car battery charger) for 4/5 hours. Whilst it's charging, the charger leads...

Have now got the thing apart. The first thing that I noticed was that the Pos/Red lead onto the + battery terminal wasn't tight. This could be the whole problem. I have put the SLA battery on charge to see: a/ if it takes a charge b/ if it holds a charge. This will show or eliminate...