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This is cable in question damaged by the carpet fitter (don't you just love em) this was connected to the incoming isolator (telewest) which then connected to the hdu amplifier, as you can see its only double shielded no secondary foil before the braiding I'm just wondering if this was the norm...

BTW if your wondering how I found out that this coax was only double screen it's because its been damaged by the carpet fitter had new carpets fitted recently. As for the other virgin cables I'm only guessing they are triple screen because they say " Amphenol virgin media ctfc-t10

Hi all, I have always been under the impression that the catv network telewest now virgin media uses triple sheild coax maybe quad shield sheild these days to keep ingress/egress to a bare minimum. Most of the cabling for my virgin media system is indeed triple screen coax, however a short piece...

Well I turned up the pump yesterday to 3 and it's made all the difference the rads all heat up fully with hot water running, they don't heat as quick compared to heating only but maybe that's to be expected? They are all hot within half an hour. One more thing regarding the hot water cylinder, I...

Thanks meldrewsmate and Ericmark for actually replying as it seems the other members and the other 324 viewers clearly cannot be bothered to answer my final question! Never mind I will struggle away and get the system working eventually!

Does my balancing sound okay, see my 4th post on how I have set my radiators? Is it normal for the rads to not heat as well when the hot water is running? Would turning up the pump solve this issue its currently on 2 (middle), or am I better just leaving the hot water and heating on separate...

Hi, I am not sure if the my old ideal classic boiler had a fixed output? All I know is modern boilers modulate down, so I am wondering rather than a balancing issue my boiler is modulating? So when the hot water runs the return temperature gets back to the boiler faster so it modulates or turns...

My system has 10 radiators (6 upstairs single panel and 4 downstairs (double panel) The pump is set to 2 (middle) I have no idea the condition it's in internally its certainly doesn't sound like its struggling,as for the system I do add inhibitor every year, I try to take care and maintain the...

Hi, what I meant by "roasting" is the radiators are too hot to touch and they heat each room very well, as for exactly I mean there or there abouts, they roughly all heat at the same time, however the cylinder gate valve was and still is "exactly" 1 full turn:D;). From what I understand my...

Hi, after much trial and error have managed to balance the heating system to the best of my ability (radiator side at least) upstairs rads are a 1/4 open on the locksheilds even at a quarter turn they still get roasting! and the final radiators are fully open, I have got them all to the point...

Thanks, so just to confirm it doesn't matter which of the two splitters is used both will work fine, 0.9db would make no noticeable difference? Cheers

Thanks, so no noticeable difference then? Either splitter will work? I will be doing it myself but if its any consolation i have checked the cable quality and it is definitely triple screened i also got good quality connectors (cabelcon 4.9) i know how to correctly make the compression fittings...

Hi, i need a 2 way splitter to split my signal, i know virgin use technetix but the issue is there are two types of this splitter (technetix) one of their 2 way splitters says 5-1000mhz and each output port is 3.6db, the other splitter says 5-1218mhz and each output port is 4.5db. My question...

Thanks all, just more thing what is that white greyish crap on the pump valve?

Yep, the radiator in the lounge doesn't have a trv as the main thermostat is in the lounge, plus the lounge radiator is the furthest away and its very large so there will be no chance it will ever be switched off at the valves. I generally never touch the ones in the bathrooms either except for...

So what is the correct thing to do with this gatevalve, did you see the picture okay? The valve is currently closed at the moment is this safe/dangerous/inefficient will it affect the boilers performance in any way or will it be just fine? Thanks

To be very clear this is the gate valve i am talking about just after the pump and before the 3 port valve Cheers

Hi, i understand the bypass has been installed a reason and the plumbers probably knew that the 3 port valve would allow a flow, exactly what this valve is for specifically i do not know for sure but i have a few ideas correct me if im wrong, 1: it was fitted in case all radiators had trvs 3 of...

Hi, after much trial and error and have finally managed to balance my heating system( usual story upstairs boiling downstairs Luke warm at best) they all heat up fairly evenly now and all get very hot after turning all their locksheilds a quarter turn. One thing i am curious about is the bypass...

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