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I have a dishwasher that has a leak into the base that's tripping the flood switch. I tip the water out and the dishwasher works fine. I do believe I tipped it after the last wash and nothing came out. But after a while later that day I tipped it and some water came out. I have opened up the...

My heating is coming on when the clock is off and typically this has been a motorised valve failed but i have checked both valves, (i believe both replaced in last two years and the manual levers are solid i.e closed). Now what is strange is that full heat gets to the radiator closest to the...

Hi, When testing the diode on a car alternator all the tutorials state place a multimeter to diode setting, place the + cable to the casing and the - cable to the battery post ( B post) and you should get a reading of .5v to .8v. Swap the cable positions i.e. the - cable to the casing and...

Hi, I have a two storey house with an oil boiler zoned heating system and two motorised valves. There is a horstmann H37XL control unit that has three buttons, one for downstairs and one for upstairs and one for hot water. My first simple query is whether you should get hot water only when you...

Hi, The boiler is coming on when the timer clock is set to off. Because the timer clock is off no motorised valves open and so no heat gets around the house but the radiator nearest the boiler gets hot, (obviously not controlled by the valves). Why would this happen? The control box was...

Hello, I have an issue where the rear passenger brake will start to engage and bind when driving after pressing the brakes a few times. So this evening I pulled the fuse from the ABS as I was confident that the calipers were fine and I replaced the line on saturday. Voila, the issue is gone...

Hi, I have a wooden shed and it sits approx. 4 feet from a boiler house, inside which is 2 sockets and obviously, power. The power goes to the boiler house when the heating is switched on inside the house and so power can be taken to the shed via the sockets. Armoured cable runs from the...