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Electrical questions and sanity checking
1. Looking at page 4 of what do R/S and C/S indicate? 2. Boiler isolator: Also on that diagram, the boiler has two switched lives (so it can run DHW at a higher flow temp). So I can't provide a normal...
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Under sink heater
Following on from the "heat loss from hot pipe" thread; our vented hot water cylinder is about 12 metres of 1/2" pipework away from the kitchen sink and takes about 30seconds before the hot tap runs...
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Fake Ebay Trannies
Apart from being out of spec why would this worry you so much, they're *better* than they should be! :-)
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Bannister nut spanner
Need to tighten up a couple of bannister bolts with the nuts recessed in a tight opening: could probably butcher them with a screwdriver or make something, but I'm sure there's a proper tool for the...
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SketchUp - Ping John Rumm
Hi John, You clearly make extensive use of SketchUp in visualising and documenting many of your projects, and it's almost certainly second nature to you now. I would like to start using it, and would...
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Pinewood on outdoor table
Replacing some rotten wooden slats with pinewood slats on a very small outdoor table. Yes I'm a cheapskate. Don't wish to buy a whole tin of wood preservative of which only a tiny bit would get used....
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Power supply for lock-up garage
I have a lock-up garage that uses a minimal amount of electricity - electric door, light and trace heating for the water pipe (winter only). Up to now I have been paying about £4 per quarter on a...
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Can 2 CH systems run off 1 header tank?
An annex was added to my house prior to my purchasing it, which has its own independent HW & CH system. As a result I have 2 CH header tanks in my loft. My question is whether the 2 systems could run...
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Looking for analogue clock with wifi/radio to keep correct
Our faithful old quartz clock that lives (lived) on the wall in the breakfast room finally geve up the ghost today when I set it forward the hour for BST. It just refused to restart (it was a bit...
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Heat loss from hot pipe??
There is a horizontal 22mm copper pipe containing hot water at 55C; local ambient is around 25C. What rate of heat loss, per metre, should be expected? In theory, I should be able to work it our from...
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For the angle grinder fans
Who needs all that fancy machine tooling: :-) http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Angle_Grinder_precision_engineering_
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Combi CH system
My bungalow has a new (last August) Combi heating system. The Hot Water part works fine but the Central Heating does not. I have struggled to analyse why. The boiler is installed in a cupboard roughly...
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Oil fired boiler running constantly
We have a conventional oil fired HW/CH system, floor standing boiler ground floor, HW tank first floor and cold water tank in the loft. The system is divided into four zones (three CH and one HW) and...
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How to cool the inside of a portable cabin
We have just had a few warm days and I was for most of it working in a portable cabin. Not really that portable as it is connected to a gas supply and has CH. Suggestions for coping with the...
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Is the price of propane/LPG for dometic heating capped?
As per the subject, is the price of bulk LPG for home heating capped? We just had our tank refilled and the price haasn't changed significantly since the last time it was filled. In fact I don't think...
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