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You are an absolute star, that is the profile. I tried contacting Synseal directly but their phone number is cut off but their website forwards to Profine which I rang. They told me Synseal has gone bust but apparently another company still make the same range in Germany & gave me the number...

Hello all, Had to replace a window due to it being full of condensation & in the process I damaged one of the beads getting it out & am now struggling to track down a replacement. I have taken the bead to Eurocell & three local suppliers of UPVC windows with no luck. I cannot see any...

Here is a picture of behind one of the light switches that is fed by the cable drop that has the three core with a twin & earth cable fed down it. You can see the three core cable going through the rear of the back box to the two gang light switch on the other side of the wall. The light...

It had conduit all the way to the light, the conduit was removed/cut off

Thanks for your reply, so the junction boxes are none compliant as they are not maintenance free? I agree, I did push for the existing conduit to be used but if this was not possible then I did say other options were on the table but he did not give me any other options. Thank you for the...

Oh god its that bad :( What are the key things that are wrong?

Sorry, I have added them to the post now. Can you see them?

I have just had some work carried our to rewire a lighting circuit in my house due to it having no earthing. The lighting circuit is the original lighting circuit that was installed when the house was built in the 50's which was ran in steel conduit. We now want to fit metal accessories but...

Great to know, would you class the current carrying capacity figures like those that are published in the link below recommendations or rules? I am just curious as he kept stressing that these figures are theoretical & to be used as a guide only...

I cannot thank you enough for confirming that, I will get him back to fit a 20 amp MCB like I requested him to. I personally think 20 amps is going to be more than enough for the equipment I am using & what's the worse that could happen fitting a lower rated MCB? The MCB trips. :D I did ask...

Many thanks again John, so my recommendation of installing a 20 amp MCB was not a bad idea? When I suggested this to the electrician he told me the figures stated for the current carrying capacity of the cable in different installation scenarios was a recommendation only & because all of the...

Many thanks to both of you for the speedy replies & excellent detailed information. Great to know I do not need to worry about the voltage drop so thanks for putting that to bed :) In regard to the conduit I guess this is an issue due to the conduit being an partial insulator of heat? Which...

Hello all, Just had an electrician wire in a another radial circuit in my house to my loft as I use the space for my home theatre equipment & wanted a dedicated circuit for the equipment as its consists of quite a few power hungry amps & devices. He has wired the radial in 4.0mm2 twin & earth...

Well I am more confused now than when we started. Are we still saying the boiler is at fault?

Sorry guys this is all way over my head so what is my next move? Today I removed the strainers from the mains supply cock & the one in the hydraulic inlet assembly where the flow restrictor is. Both were immaculately clean.

The videos in the first post will give you an idea of how the boiler is operating. Fan modulates itself right down the closer it gets to the target temp. I am confident the temp displayed on the boiler is for the primary water as I have checked with my thermocouple clamped to the pipe next to...

Just to clarify you want me to monitor the temperature of the DHW flow pipe under the boiler whilst running a hot water tap a full bore. Then with the hot tap still running switch on the shower & the cold tap on the bath. See if the temperature of the flow pipe is constant? I know if I set...

No all the taps fluctuate in temperature. I say shower as it is most obvious when you are using it, when you turn a tap on to wash your hands it is off again before you can really get a gauge on if the temp is fluctuating or not. I am confident in the past that with just a single tap on that...

I do agree with you I am just trying to get my head around why when I turn the mains water supply on & off to the the boiler it is able for a at least 4 hours to modulate itself down to the require temperature not a problem. The burner stays lit constantly when hot water is demanded, minimal...

So if the boiler is just to powerful how come sometimes it manages to modulate itself correctly & maintain a constant temperature? I have had a look through the service manual but cannot see anywhere where Baxi state the minimum flow rate through the boiler for it to be able to maintain a...