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It's called a wattmeter, £7.99 at www.tchibo.co.uk (comes with UK plug/socket). It gives you instant/peak voltage, amps, power and energy readings. Got myself one of them, pretty useful piece of kit to find out if your fridge is getting close to retirement or how much your dishwasher really...

Check http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/index.php forums for sky+ issues. It does more or less happen on all boxes but is normally pretty infrequent (a few times a year). If your box is under guarantee, you could try and get it replaced.

£1500 seems cheap to me! I did mine last summer and was quoted anywhere from £1800 (non registered plumber) to £3500 + VAT (large nation wide gas company... :shock: ) To get the boiler commissionned, I found the easiest was to contact the boiler manufacturer, they'll refer you to their...

Yet the best methodology to find out how safe your installation really is is to follow each cable from your CU and see where & how it is terminated. I have recently discovered that some of my upstairs lighting circuits were wired in flex and connected with terminal blocks attached to the...

One of those 'over-engineered' electrical regulations... Fans HAVE TO BE double or triple pole isolated, but every circuit in your house can be safely protected by a single pole MCB... :roll:

I would have thought the triac error msg is a result of the pump being stuck, not the other way around... As the motor stops spinning, the load seen by the triac is more or less a short circuit and is detected as such by the triac. Hence the "Triac closed circuit" error and the advice "Check...

In all programs except the short ones with warm wash (55°C) & cold rinse, the main pump sounds like it slows down more & more as it goes through the cycles until it eventually stops completely during the last hot rinse (70°C) about 15 minutes before the end. If left in that state for a couple...

If it is mains pressure system (no cold water tank in the loft) you may need to fit a pressure reducing valve on your incoming feed. This will reduce the pressure at the taps & the noise that comes with it...

Thanks for your replies, when you say run it into the drain next to the pipe, do you mean into the inspection hole or cut a new hole in the concrete? If going through the inspection hole, I would have to seal the pipe with cement to prevent smells etc... That means I loose the inspection...

I need to connect a 40mm waste pipe for a washing machine into an existing 65mm cast iron drain pipe. The new waste pipe will come out the wall on the ground floor to the left of the existing drain pipe: The existing drain pipe goes into a concrete base: What is the easiest way to...

I had this problem recently after draining & refilling my system, flow pipe from the boiler was hot, return pipe remained cold, I assumed the pump didn't have enough head to push the air out. What worked for me was bleeding the system bit by bit, first HW cylinder alone, then CH alone, one...

To commission your boiler, it is best to contact the manufacturer, they will refer you to a local engineer in your area. Those guys specialise in servicing that particular brand and will normally commission the boiler for a fixed price (£60+VAT in my area). However they will usually deal...

You'll also find some comprehensive information here including wiring diagrams & all...

Does anyone know what the building regs say about channeling copper pipes into solid walls and concrete floors, how deep they need to be & what is required to protect the pipes from corrosion & expansion? On the continent I have used grey flexible PVC conduit, but can't seem to find anything...

Ended up getting my hands on the service manual.... Turned out the power relay was defective, replaced along with the resistor, all working now! :)

My microwave has recently stopped heating after briefly generating an smell of 'electrical burn' although all other electrical functions still work (light, fan etc...) After opening up the beast, I found a 15 ohms / 15W ceramic resistor burnt out, all fuses OK. Replaced the resistor, smoked...

Although most of my DHW & CH installation is made of copper pipes, I have noticed that the mains water pipe coming into my house as well as a few other pipes are of a uniform dark brown color (no it's not paint). Is this aging copper or could it be some other material like lead? The house...

I was under the impression that going to C band and higher implied getting a condensing boiler, have you found a non condensing model that is C rated? In terms of efficiency, any modern boiler should be a huge improvement over my 20+ year old system, so I am more concerned with the...

Paul, sorry I don't mean to start a polemic on the UK regulatory topic, but I strongly disagree that BS7671 are some of the 'best standards in the world and much safer than most of Europe'. A mandatory combined 30Amp main circuit breaker & RCD has to be safer than a 100Amp fuse -for the...

Paul, I will follow your advice & get an NIC electrician to come in to pull the main fuse and install an DP isolation switch. Part of the problem here is that British Standards are way behind compared to electrical regulations -and plumbing too btw- in continental Europe. I have worked there...