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    Good Freeview recorder

    That August brand box is NOT freeview approved/spec AVOID!!! Humax Aura and Manhattan T-4R are the two main players' current models. Aura has more tuners (simultaneous recording capability) than the Manhattan. BT/EE Pro boxes from CeX are well regarded on AVForums but, officially, are only...
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    Shutting off water valve in toilet where no valve visible

    To be frank, in a DIY situation, it's probably easier and quicker to isolate whole home. Open cold tap to release pressure and swap the inlet valve. Two of my toilets the isolation valve needs the arms of Twizzle to reach with both arms needed to feel for the slot while guiding it in to use...
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    Split Air conditioning….which is best

    Yes avoid. Well the two indoor multi split Fujitsu unit we had sprang a leak and has since been replaced with MHI units. No-one wanted to repair and they were an older f-gas type Note that 20 year ASHPs use very different F-gasses to today's units (and likely simpler compressor / controls) so...
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    Kinetico 2020c HF softener help!

    Googling that model found me the "Technical Manual" for it on the kinetico.eu website. Have you had a read of that? It seems pretty comprehensive at a scan-read to my eyes.
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    Random loss of TV signal

    Are all the detailed prediction numbers green for all muxes. Gu21 is far too large an area to pontificate on local reception issues and/or field strengths / line of sight / diffracted etc.,. Ideally, connect aerial direct to the Sony using a joiner to see if that cures the problem... i.e. no...
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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    Aaargh!!!! Waning powers strikes again... But if it is to be corrected then it should be both Ah and kWh per hour, should it not.
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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    No my English and Technical Writing of "2.4kW per hour" is perfectly correct. Your phrase is nonsensical (IMHO).
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    Random loss of TV signal

    Location? Where are you relative to CP? (Nearby postcode ideally within 100m, but place name will suffice.) What aerial do you have? Where (loft, roof, room) Any amplification (signal boosters). The symptom (High signal with quality dropping causing glitching) can be due to too much signal...
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    Freesat TV Satellite box upgrade

    Another question (as well as the Grundig model number) will be the Logik TV model number... If it is SD only, as I suspect the Grundig to be, and has analogue RCA/scart only inputs it may be new TV time. If it has at least one HDMI input then it's OK (provided the hdmi input works).
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    Freesat TV Satellite box upgrade

    NB a very big clue to me is the Freesat logo on the front panel rather than the Freesat HD logo. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/3043256/Grundig-Gufsat02sd.html#manual looks like the box above and has SD in the model number (GUFSAT02SD), scart only, no hdmi connection. Whereas the HD version...
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    shallow depth K2 radiators?

    614 Watts at delta T 20C (40 flow, 20 Room - halls don't need to be hot ;) ). Stelrad can probably provide numbers if you ask them nicely? https://www.stelrad.com/news-events/blog/the-importance-of-delta-t-in-calculating-heating-output/ https://www.radiatorsdirect.co.uk/delta-t-conversion has...
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    Freesat TV Satellite box upgrade

    You need to find out if it works or not. Ask others in the building and the Buildings Management Company (Factors in Scotland). If no sat signal no use buying a freesat box... Likely, however it is working and you have a Standard Def DVB-S Grundig box that no longer receives BBC at all...
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    Split Air conditioning….which is best

    Choose your favoured Installer(s)... They'll have a favourite brand, or two at most. So when getting competitive quotes you are unlikely to get two offering the exact same thing (but a variation on the brand). Some will suggest multiple split packs rather than multi-room. Choice of indoor...
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    shallow depth K2 radiators?

    Radiator brackets often allow two distances from wall to radiator lug fixing... Stelrad softline are 17mm or 31mm depending on how bracket affixed to wall... Stelrad P+ would be 102mm from wall (K2 125mm), according to my 2017 copy of the brochure pages. P+ would be 2152W cf 1658W K1 and 2771W...
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    RTS turn off

    <best panto voice> Oh no we're not. </best panto voice> Been extended, yet again, and will be a phased (controlled) switch off, anyway from now... watch that space... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2qp8wed0o...
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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    Yours should be showing 7kW while heating HW and charging the home battery = 32 A... so an EVSE would reduce the EV to 28A under load balancing. Another 10A (say) from the washing machine heater would make the EV drop to 18A... Then back to 28A when the washing waters hot enough. The EV would...
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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    The socket? 13A socket... STRONG advise is not to do so regularly/ Emergency use. Max 10A 2.4kW per hour. Plugs and sockets can overheat. That's why EVSEs are fitted... safer and designed for the higher currents (plus other safety factors)... Read up more rather than asking random...
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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    Best explained by using Google or Bing or another search engine and read some specialist forums for the information. It will have been covered many times. 60 Amp fuse is not a problem. Modern EV "charger" units (EV Supply Equipment, EVSE) will have a whole home Current Clamp sensor and the...
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    Led colour

    What did you do when the choice was pretty much exclusively incandescent in the home and 3000K or less? Pretty much all the lighting makers use the same terms of warm white etc.,.. https://home-of-led.com/the-science-of-led-light-colors/ explains a bit how white leds are produced. Some of...
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    What difference will tank lagging make, I have noted pre-lag kWh, what will be the result a week from now?

    My OSO unvented HW cylinder (210 litres) is supposedly well insulated but the makers quote it at 81 Watts or nearly 2kWh of loss every 24 hours. Certainly our airing cupboard (press for the Scots and Irish readers) gets warm and is used to finish drying clothes (and a wet towel this morning)...
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