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The electronic ballast in a relatively modern weatherproof twin T8 4ft tube housed in my garage has blown (one of the resistors on the pcb has burnt and the fuse link next to the supply on the board has blown - it made an impressive bang when I turned it on). Would welcome some advice on what...

hi My boiler has stopped igniting, I've checked the tank and there's plenty of oil (several inches). Have checked the and loosened bleed screw inside the boiler and oil is flowing freely. When powered, the pump in the boiler switches on and it just makes repeated clicking sound as though it...

Hi My 8 year old Mira sport is running hot then cold then hot. It started doing it about a week ago very intermittently but now it is almost a continuous hot/cold/hot cycle from switching it on. Living in a hard water area I suspect it may be limescale build up so was trying to remove the...

Hi The ST799 controller on my heating/hotwater has become very intermittent. It will run for around ten minutes (either HW or CH) and then the display goes blank and the boiler turns off. If I press the reset button it will run again for a few minutes then turn off again. I've Googled around...

Hi This old workhorse has served me well for years but is now tripping the house RCD. I've narrowed it down to the heater element by disconnecting the wires I can see running down to the bottom of the drum. I still haven't seen sight of the element terminals yet. I can now run the machine on...