Wiring in Siemens boiler controller

[Chri5]

Your contribution to this thread has been to slag me off, imply that I'm dishonest, and an idiot as well as being impatient rude etc ..............so far I dont think you've helped at all, and by posting what you have you have just confirmed by assumption that you belong to the same group of small minded elitists as Sherbertlion who would rather flame someone than to offer help. If that's your idea of entertainment buddy you need to get out more.

Well have you sorted it out yet

Aside the aghastq, have you considered what I mentioned about the warranty. And I assume you know that at trade a new board on the boiler is skyward of £150 if you make the wrong connection and dump the board.

Ask yourself why 100's of potential sources of post have avoided replying to you, or is that my fault as well?

 

[RF Lighting]

I probably would have replied to your first post had I seen it on it's own.

Unfortunately I was at work as will have been most of the lads on here.

I don't know quite what you think this site is, but every single person on here is posting answering questions of complete strangers for FREE in their spare time more often than not after a hard day at work.

Do you know why we do it? It's because we are nice people. We like to help other out where we can.

Can you imagine a solicitor or a bank manager sitting at home on an evening giving out free legal or financial advice?

Seriously, I don't know where some people get off.

If you had this same problem and saw an electrician in a pub who was out with his mates, would you ask him at the bar for advice? I get this a lot, and more often than not I'll go and have a chat with them and see if I can help them when I'm good and ready. I might say when I nip out for a cig I'll give you the nod and I'll see if I can help.

Now if this same person came up to me 40 minutes later whilst I was in the middle of a conversation and said "Heeeeellllllllloooooooooooo!
Is there anyone there?" How do you think I'd react??

Let's just say I was feeling realy charitable and did actually entertain you, would you tell me the problem and then bluntly say "A straightforward answer would be appreciated - ie what wires should go to and from the terminals on the receiver."?

No P&Qs? Didn't your parents teach you manners?

One of my mates has over heard you and says to me "RF Lighting, could I have some of your patience and tolerance please?!"

You pipe up and say "I thought you were an electrician and you started talking to me so you must now tell me everything I want to know as you clearly know it all"

Do you think I'm still sat there in the pub giving you, a complete stranger free advice in my spare time, or do you think I've kind of frowned and asked you, "just what exactly is your f*****ng proplem pal? Go on p**s off and don't bother me again"?

You're probably thinking "oh another one is ganging up on me". Well I'm not. This post is completely uncharacteristic of me on this site as I'm sure others will testify, but it's been a while since I met anyone with an attitude as foul as yours.

Still don't beleive me? Have a read through my nearly 14,000 posts on this site. probably 90% of those are me giving free helpful friendly impartial advice to complete strangers.

 

[Gettinthebug]

Shheeesh ! well, I cant understand why everyone apart from the original responder is so arsey.

None of my posts were rude and the other posters who didnt bother to be helpful just have weighed in (like you) and slagged me off.

Look, its this simple I asked politely for help - if you or anyone else dont want to give me any thats fine, but just because you're a qualified spark or plumber it doesnt give anyone the right to be offensive. You raised the manners issue mine were fine until the sherbertlion chap came in with his unhelpful post.

As it goes I have read a good number of your previous postings on this site before and since I asked my question and you're right you ARE or appear to respond helping others - clearly not all are like you.

To answer a couple of your questions..yes I could (and have) seen a bank manager and solicitor handing out free advice, but they are exercising a choice like you.........if you dont want to give advice then thats fine - but this forum is for people who seek advice and for those who freely give it. It is not, unless I'm mistaken supposed to be a medium for taking the **** or belittling someone just because they arent formally "qualified".

My "hellooooooo is anyone there" was not meant to be rude ..............you clearly havent read any winnie the Pooh books or you wouldve recognised the reference. And anyway no one was "!in the middle of a conversation" as you put it posting on a forum could possibly interrupt someone so you simile just doesnt hold water.

I'm afraid I dont know what P & Q's are. but if you are referring to my manners again, I'm afraid I dont like being belittled for my lack of knowledge in a particular specialism - and I thought tugging ones forelock went out a hundred years ago. Have a look at my post again and you'll see there is nothing at all rude or offensive in there. But yet I suppose you would classify Sherberts reply as helpful and not inflammatory then? Give me a break!

I did not say "I thought you were an electrician and you started talking to me so you must now tell me everything I want to know as you clearly know it all".......nor would I ever. That's you imagining what I might say. lets stick to the facts if you're going to criticise me.

Whilst all this verbal jousting is quite entertaining it's not really "helping" is it? Perhaps there should be another section then for the "elitist" forum users called "slag off and belittle the naive people asking dumb questions here".

its probably worth remembering that there would be no need for this site at all if we were all as knowledgeable about everything as Sherbert and others must be

 

[RF Lighting]

I'm afraid I dont know what P & Q's are.

Clearly.

Here's a clue.

Please and Thank you.

 

[Gettinthebug]

Oh I thought thats what P's and Q's were ?????

 

[EFLImpudence]

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Ps & Qs

 

[Sherbertlion]

Just to make it clear, my comment was purely in relation to the tone and impatience of your posts, nothing else. (As others have pointed out).

I understand that things can come across differently when spoken in person and when written in say a forum or text or email, but there appeared to be no humility in you posts at all.

Nothing to do with anyone's knowledge at all.

That's it. Enough now.