Vivasanitary Skylo Universal Cable/Dual Flush Q.

has anyone got/fitted one of these ?

I had to replace the flush which originally came with my concealed cistern ("Pacific - long since obsolete").

After googling, with a heavy heart, I decided to chance my local (less than a minutes walk !) plumbers merchants.

To my pleasant surprise they had the named item as a replacement (which is what googling told me).

Less of a surprise was the fact that the shoptender didn't know how it worked. Or indeed anything else.

So, 2 questions.

1) There are 2 adjusters on the unit. One for half flush, one for full. The scale seems a tad arbitrary. "1-5" for full and "0-17" for half. I am guessing these are some relativistic units, as the exact volume discharged will be a function of the size of cistern ?

2) Unlike the previous unit which had a long press/short press mechanism, the new unit has a dual-button flush which operates the mechanism. For the life of me I can't seem to see any difference between the two. Is there a knack.

The "instructions" were a masterpiece in brevity. Clearly paper costs more than plastic, as the entire unit came with loads of bits that aren't needed in most installations.

On the plus side (and I am terrified of tempting fate here) replacement was easier than I feared, and nothing has leaked yet. (Age and experience have trained me to leave all enclosings off for a week, to ensure there are no micro-leaks :) )

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Jethro_uk
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They presumably control the duration of the flush - you set them to give adequate volumes.

Is it a two button type (possibly concentric, or partially overlapped?)

Normally one button does short flush, and then the other (or probably both together) do long.

Nothing extra google can turn up?

Yup, you cause the leak putting back the covers ;-)

Reply to
John Rumm

There ought to be a 1-7 scale to follow the Bristol Stool Chart.

Reply to
Adam Funk

And for size it should be log scale.

Reply to
PeterC

really lol

Reply to
critcher

replying to critcher, YorkshireDave wrote: The excess of parts is because they fit both 1.5" and 2.0" outlets as well as close coupled and low level cisterns. Yes, they are needed.

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YorkshireDave

If you're going to hang around here, learn to quote and get yourself a proper newsreader. H0meownershub is *the* worst web portal/Usenet interface ever invented. It is broken by design. Expect more ridicule if you continue to use it.

Tim

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Tim+

Homeboy's hub. The gay DIY option.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

Usually there's a hole in the side of the syphon where the "piston" is. When the water level falls to this hole the air going in breaks the syphon and the flush stops. The "short flush". So itconrols the water level, not the volume of water.

Sometimes there are plugs and a series of holes for you to mess about with.

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harry

A positive statement. I can now rest assured that knowledge of such things is far more intimate than us normal folk. Please be careful. I would not like to hear of you ending up in hospital having something removed from your nether regions after having 'fallen over' - again...

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YorkshireDave

newsreader. H0meownershub is *the* worst web portal/Usenet interface ever invented. It is broken by design. Expect more ridicule if you continue to use it.

Such a warm welcome. Makes me feel privileged.

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YorkshireDave

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