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@ socdesign Many thanks for your explanation. I am very grateful to you.

My alarm system has a Bell Box already fitted and is OK, but is mounted on the side of the house and is not readily visible to any would be burglars. A couple of years ago I mounted another Vortex Box on the front of the house. Due to family problems, it was never connected. I am experienced...

@ sparkymarka Many thanks - much appreciated

Hello All I have a Vortex Bell Box and I would like to make a jig to test it. I have the technical info on the box. I have a 12V/500 mA power supply. If I connect, the Positive of the 12V supply to Hold + on the Box and, negative of supply to Hold - on the Box, will the alarm sound if...

@ Picasso Many thanks for your help. Best regards, Jimmy

Hello Picasso. The immersion is on the top

Good Evening to all. I need to replace the immersion heater in my copper tank. The job does not really present a great problem. However, I have one specific problem. The drain plug for the copper tank is inaccessible - the tank is in a hot press and the drain plug is located at the...

Good evening everybody, About 5 years ago we had a new kitchen put in. All the electric appliances are built-in. Unfortunately, the handle on the dishwasher pull-down door has come adrift. The threads in the handle appear to be worn and the screws have come out. The screws are fed in...

Hello Everybody. Last night my central heating packed in. The problem was that the boiler was filthy and there was a partial short across the electrodes. I cleaned out the boiler. To my surprise the residue was totally pure soot. On previous occassions, the residue was a combination of...

Good Evening everybody. I have a BEKO fridge - Model TLG 980. A couple of years ago, when I installed a new kitchen, I moved this fridge into the garage. Immediately, I encountered problems. The inside of the fridge was icing up and I had to switch the fidge off to cause it to defrost...

@ Burnerman Thanks John, Regards, Jimmy

@ Burnerman Hello John, I have correctly relocated the brake cable. The wedge is fully down. There is still a huge inbalance between the two brake cables. The suspect one is at the limit of its adjustment. The handbrake is barely useable with the lever pulled up above 7 notches...

@ Burnerman Hello again John. As an update to my previous post, I removed the drum and I found the handbrake cable was lying across the lower return spring. I suspect that it should run in a channel - behind. The wedge plate is fully down - yet I had no trouble removing the drum. Is...

Good Morning John, I see that, like myself, you appear to be an early-bird! Many thanks for your explanation. It would appear to me that the wedge plate has taken the place of the 'adjusters' of old. However, instead of having to re-adjust the adjusters as in the older system, the wedge...

Hello again John. Are you suggesting that even though I yank the wedge down there is a possibility that it may move up again? Is it not held down by a light spring? Is it possible that I might have to renew the whole spring mechanism? I am not too clear how the wedge actually...

@ Burnerman Hello John - many thanks. Initially with the handbrake on, one drum was locked while the other one was easy to spin. Am I correct in thinking that the wedge plate, that may not have dropped, is in the drum that is easy to spin? Regards, Jimmy

Good afternoon everybody. I set out originally to replace the rear wheel bearings on my 1997 VW Polo. A video on YouTube showed a young fellow completing the job in 2 Mins. However, I ended up replacing the bearings, one wheel cylinder and two brake shoes ( horrendous). @ Burnerman's...

In answer to my own question, yes one does have to take down the rail to feed new gliders into the channel. The task is messy but not quite as bad as I had envisaged. There is a stop mechanism, controlled by a lever, at the end of the channel to prevent the gliders coming out. To feed in...

Hello everybody. I have an Integra metal expandable curtain rail fitted on one of my windows. Unfortunately, quite a number of the plastic gliders, which basically carry the weight of the curtains, have come out of the channel, due to friction wear. Can anyone tell me if I must take...

@ Burnerman Thanks John