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Hi, I have a Ideal Mexico Super 2 on a gravity feed system. I drained down the system to change 2 radiators. Filled the system back up, bleed everything including the pump and vent valve next to the boiler. The boiler stat is on 3.5, but will not fire up when heat is called from the room...

The CH had been on a hour or so yesterday evening when I decided to run a bath. After getting out of the bath later I notiched that there was water around the bottom of the boiler (housed in another room) The boiler appears to have overheated. When I tried to pressurise the boiler back to...

My wife brought a light that comes with a 3amp plug. I want to place this on the wall where there is an existing wall light is. Would it be okay for me to fit a 3amp box where the 16 amp 240 mains is and then wire the light into that 3amp box? This would seem fine to me but if there is...

Hi, I have just had a new digital electric meter fitted and my electric consumption has doubled. We are apparently using 22 units a day the electric company has said which they say seems high for our standard 3 bedroom house. On our previous bills it worked out 13 - 15 units a day. Also...

When I turn on the hot water, the boiler fires up and stays lit for about 7-8 seconds then just goes off then with the water still running it fires back up after about 30 seconds and then stays lit for about 12 seconds and then goes out again, it contunes to do this staying around 12 - 15...

I have a combi boiler which is a couple of years old. My heating works fine but when I turn the hot water on it starts of warm and then runs cold. The only way I can get round this is by having my heating on 24x7 to ensure I have hot water when I need it... I thought it might have been...

HI, Could anyone tell me what is the maximum ampage that can be drawn down a twin and earth 2.5 and 1.5mm cable Thanks

I have a new bathroom mirror light and have to run a spur to the bathroom light of the existing lighting circuit. The lighting system is protected by the main CU 63A 30ma RCD breaker. The question is, do I have to run the bathroom mirror light via a rcd fcu or will the CU breaker be ok...

I am installing underfloor heating in my bathroom and adding a spa bath. I wish to run the two items through their own RCD. Can I put the two RCD's on a ring circuit and just run the supply through one RCD and then the other and then allow the ring to contiue going on its path ? I am just...

Hi I would like to run outside 240v lighting in my back garden (or maybe low V). Could I feed off my bedroom socket to an IP.. outside socket and put an RCD on this, feeding the lighting through this. Or, do I need to run a seperate feed back to my CU...? Thanks

HI, I have just had an extention built and I would like to put 240v 50w halegon lights into the bedrooms. The only problem is that the insulation in the celling is resting on the plasterboard... Is there a minimum distance I have to cut the insulation back away from the lights or can I...

I have just had an extension built and would like to know whether I can run an additional consumer unit onto my exsisting CU. The existing is brand new and has been fitted by a professional electrician. The reason for the additional CU is to keep the new extension on its own CU if possible ...

I wonder if anyone could shed some light!! I have a 15 year old pumped water system which has been getting air in it for sometime. My manual air release valve is directly after the water pump (on the flow)and I have to open this on a daily basis to expel all the air. Every now and...