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Hi All Please can anyone confirm what can cause a tv suppressor to pop, having called an engineer in yesterday, he stated the probable cause of it blowing was the central heating pump, as there was no power to it and as it was an older grundfos model 25 years plus. The wiring schematics for the...

Hi I have a thorn apollo 15/30b which does not fire up when required, the motorised valve is brand new, as well as the cylinder and room stats, the motorised valve moves as it should but the pump is not running. I checked supply to the pump and there is none, I traced back to the wiring centre...

Hi What is better for sealing an exhaust joint, I have some gum gum or silicone thermostat sealant. Any advice truly appreciated. Regards

Hi All My dvd player shows , reading then no disc? Cleaned laser first, checked spindle motor which is fine, still no joy as spins then stops, so I figured laser gone so ordered new one as unit is 11 years old Fitted new laser unit and yes you guessed it, no difference. Can anyone suggest...

Hi All Quick update, the suppressor is at fault, it failed, on closer inspection, it even blew the plastic cover off. Ordered a new one today, will fit tommorrow, my qustion is do these affect any other parts on the wiring system as the 3 amp fuse did not even blow? Like I said the boiler...

Hi All Just turned on my boiler via 3 amp fused switch and heard a pop and saw a little smoke beside the control/wiring harness. Changed the fuse and lit pilot all ok, the boiler fired and heating started coming on, pump working , turned the hot water stat on cylinder to zero and the heating...

Hi Thanks John for the reassurance. Regards

Hi All I need to wire my sons headphones for his Xbox One to a new connector as the original developed a break just as the wiring entered the jack. I have 4 wires as follows... Red Green Red and Green striped surrounded by copper bare copper They are all covered with a nylon shroud and it...

Thanks for replies Stat opening temp same as original. did a short trip yesterday approx. 10 miles, kept heater blower on lots of heat, if I describe the needle position like a clock face ie 7 being cold and 11 being in the red the needle stays in between 7 and 8 ? the original reading was...

Hi Thanks for the speedy replies, I will bleed the system again with the advice given, the original stat was replaced but was working until it got stuck and was replaced by a mechanic, to be fair he did say it took ages to bleed. I replaced the rad myself as it started to leak but since my post...

Hi all I have just fitted a new thermostat and radiator on my nissan serena, however the temp gauge seems to be stuck in the same position, it is just about out of the cold position even when driven for about 10 miles. I let it idle for about 15 mins from cold the other day and the gauge moved...

Hi No have not done that yet, can you please advise in simpleton terms, I am no electrician so don't want to complicate matters, also sorry as I have posted in Electrics outside of UK by mistake and of course should be inside UK. Regards

Hi All My Triton shower failed to start this morning, here are some hopefully helpful points before any conclusions are made, 1 Main Fuse board RCD not tripped. 2 Pull cord neon is lit. 3 Live feed to shower unit. 4 Live feed from power unit. 5 Mains water is on. I have tested with a multi...

Hi Definitely UPS 18 60, other info from data plate.... 240v 1 Phas 50hz 2.5 uF Speed A Winp rpm No D 8406 3 0,52 125 2200 2 0,44 105 1700...

Hi Have a Grundfos pump UPS 18 60 Super Selectric (Red body, Grey label) on an 11 rad conventional boiler microbore system, scoured the net for info but assume it is now obsolete. If I need to replace this at some stage, having done a little research, I understand the UPS2 15 50/60 would be ok...

Hi Should have mentioned its on a microbpre system so would that make any difference to the boiler replacents suggested ? Regards

Hi Thank you for the quick replies and very good advice, something to think over. Regards

Hi All My Apollo boiler is 25 plus years old and still going strong, most parts are easily sourced online although the heat exchanger which is decent (cast iron) is no longer available. I know the time will come when the boiler dies and goes to heaven, I want to be one step ahead. so can...

Hi Thanks for the early response, for simplicity I should just install in partition 1 as kindly suggested. As XP is no longer supported in future may just delete everything. Once again many thanks for the advice.

Hi All I have a HP desktop which ran XP but am installing Windows 7 from a cd. When given the option where to install, I see the following... Disc 0 partition 1 OS 293.7gb system Disc 0 partition 2 HP Recovery 4.4 gb primary Disc 0 Unallocated space 9.0 mb Which one do I use and can I...