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The shower there at the moment is redring, although thismay be defunct. I am sure this is side entry but will check on that. Any showers you would reccomend? I looked in plumb centre the other day but don't expect thechap at the counter to push anything other than the ones he sells,mira i...

Hello, I need to replace my 8.5kw electric shower. I want to buy one and have it installed but am looking for advice on which one to go for. I have read some tradesmen here say that ' what can you exepct' when people report their argos triton or creda unit fails. SO are these brands crap...

I would like to find a honey well stockist in south wales, looked on their websie but couldn't find a list of stockists. Someone mentioned Grahams on the phone, but couldn't give me an address or phone number. Any help appreciated ( after a st9400a timer) Thanks FP

Hello, I know that the st9400a honeywell timer is a direct upgrade fro the st6400 however I wonder if I can use it to replace my ST6200a 1009 which has stopped working? Or any other suggestions, i would like to avoid any wiring but will If i have to. Thanks in advance FP

I re-drained all the radiators and still the expansion tank would not go down so I will take your advice that the feeder is blocked. Rather than cut out the pipe could I siphon the water from the entry into the expansion tank, put some kind if cleaner down there or perhaps a pipe/drain cleaner...

Well what i did do was attach a hose to the kitchen radiator and opened up the drain off. It had a straight drain off unlike most angled ones, inf fact all of the downstairs radiators have them so I drained the lot and opened up the bleed valves upstairs. How do I drain the WHOLE system then...

Hello, I have an open vented central heating system and I turned of the mains water and bled the radiators added flush cleaner to the expansion tank. I closed all the radiators and turned on the mains water but the system isnt refilling. The expansion tank is half full of water and the ball in...

Latley, i have noticed a 'medicinal 'smell in the airing cupboard. I took the programmer off and it has 5 pins that connect to the wall mounted plastic frame. The frame is marked N L 1 2 3 4 for the wire conections. connection 3 has melted, the burnt plastic woudd account for the smell. I dont...

Hello, My central heating was workong fine the yesterday but today, when i turned it on ( apollo boiler with thermostat 400 ) the pump wasn/t turning, normally when water and heating is selected, the pump turns and the boiler fires, however this time there was nothing. The timer still ticks...

Thanks very much symo, I appreciate the offer to send me some. I really don't mind buying my own, but when i asked the lady at the electrical supply shop about joining two wires for one spade connector she just looked at me and shrugged her shoulders and said she hadn't heard of it. The man at...

Hello, I am replacing a tv suppressor on an apollo thorn emi boiler and the supressor is wired to the switch along with a live wire. The switch has three spade connections, one of which requires two wires on one spade connector. The original spade connector was ' y ' shaped, two separate crimp...

Would you diagnose a faulty high/low switch or a faulty thermostat? where is the switch thermostat located on a thorn EMI apollo? in the water tank?

Hello, this is a question i have of an Apollo thorn EMI boiler. Previously the boiler would fire and cut off, fire and cut off to heat the water, the firing process being approx 30 seconds. After a while this stopped and it just fired untill the tank water reached the temperature and then the...

Hello, I had a problem with my Apollo thorn EMI boiler, it turned out to be a faulty gas valve which i had replaced. Just after the engineer left my house the supressor melted and the fuse blew in the plug. I called him back and he didn't have the part but showed me how to replace it and told me...

Thanks Packman and 2face. I could call out a corgi registered engineer, but i am moving house soon so would rather a temprary fix rather than an overhaul, If i were staying in the property i would do this. The thermo stat runs as two wires from the thermocouple up to a widget that sits on one...

I dont know if this is important, but the end of the thermo couple which inserts into the boiler ( not pilot light end ) is flat ended, on the old thermocouple it was bullet ended. Is there a part variance? And would it make a difference? I know i will burn in the fires of hell ( or my kitchen )...

How much do you charge Gareth? Cheers FP

Hello, I have a Thorn EMI Apollo boiler and the pilot light gave me some trouble last year but it finnaly stayed lit throughout the winter. This year however i could not get it to stay lit. I replaced the thermocouple, and the pilot still wont stay lit. I fitted the thermocouple as i saw it...