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Hi guys. I have a Burco 20l tea urn that I use in my shed. I was given it a few weeks ago, so it will be no great loss if I bin it. To begin with, it worked perfectly, had no trouble boiling a couple of gallons of water. Next time I plugged it in, it tripped the rcd before I even switched it on...

I have a mobile RCD device plugged into a wall socket from which I run an extension cable to my shed. I managed to short circuit something in my shed, but, instead of the RCD tripping, the 13a fuse in the plug blew. Something tells me that this isn't right. I tested the RCD, and everything's...

I have some copper piping that was used in my central heating system that I want to use for my, shall we say, "brewing hobby". They look pretty clean inside ie, no obvious scale build up, so I wondered if there was any underlying reason why I shouldn't use them? Any comments, guys? Thanks Dave

Hi guys, I think my toilet is heavily scaled, but not the outlet, ie, waste to soil pipe, but the inlet side, from the cistern into the bowl. When it flushes, the water isn't flowing properly from under the rim, and as such, doesn't flush at all efficiently! I realise that any cleaning liquid is...

We have a 'W' plan heating system (hot water priority), and I was wondering if the cylinder thermostat setting has any effect on the radiator temps. At the moment, the hot water is very hot indeed, practically scalding. But the radiators very rarely get what I'd call 'hot', just very warm...

Hi guys, I have a Honeywell wiring centre No. 42005748-001 and the terminal for connecting the mid-pos valve has 6 connections......grn/yel ,brown , grey, blue, orange and white. The problem is my valve has only 5 wires, all the above minus the brown. Do I just ignore the brown...

I've posted here once or twice in the past about various problems concerning my central heating system but have never seemed to have sorted them out completely, or at best only to a limited degree. The boiler is a Potterton Netaheat 10-16 Mk II F. Pump is regular Grundfoss. The...

The radiator in our bathroom (12x18) fills with air at least twice a day! It has always needed bleeding every few days or so, but has suddenly gone silly. As I bleed it, I can hear air bubbling into it, and if I wait after bleeding, there is a semi-constant "bloop......bloop-bloop......bloop" as...

I decided to perform a mains flush on my system, because I had taken the downstairs rads off and flushed them out, and got a load of black water out of them. (they have been cold all winter, but upstairs have been hot ish). So I closed the two gate valves on the feed and return, and...

Hi guys, finally got round to posting. I have a long term central heating problem. We moved here about 11 yrs ago, and all was ok for a few years. (It looks like a DIY heating system) Then problems started to raise their heads....noisy vibrating pump, radiators not getting very...