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by Stewart7
Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Emptying just one radiator only, before removal.
Replies: 3
Views: 1840

Re: Emptying just one radiator only, before removal.

Thanks stoneyboy Looks as though its my only option. However, I read somewhere that double (convector) rads are a waste of money because the rear part sends heat into the wall, and the fins send hot air up to the ceiling. So I was going to experiment with pumping the rear part of one rad full of air...
by Stewart7
Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:09 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Emptying just one radiator only, before removal.
Replies: 3
Views: 1840

Emptying just one radiator only, before removal.

Can anyone help me with a replacement for a gadget I had many years ago? It was a small brass connector, used to connect a bicycle pump to the radiator bleed valve. It allowed you to pump the radiator full of air, forcing all the water back into the CH header tank. The rad could then be removed empt...
by Stewart7
Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:55 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Swapping 221mm Lamp for LED-not Working
Replies: 1
Views: 1951

Swapping 221mm Lamp for LED-not Working

Dear all I just swapped a 221mm lamp in one of my fittings under the kitchen cabinet, for an LED equivalent. The LED fits in OK but only lights if I press the lamp up against the fitting. I thought maybe I wasn't getting a good connection between the ends of the LED and the springs in the fitting so...
by Stewart7
Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:07 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB
Replies: 6
Views: 2522

Re: Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB

Your terminology was not wrong, we have ELCB-v and ELCB-c the ELCB-v has been banned, but you clearly have an ELCB-c also called ECCB and RCD. It works by measuring line and neutral and if the same it will not trip, but if they vary between 15 and 30 mA then it will trip. So connecting a different ...
by Stewart7
Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:46 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB
Replies: 6
Views: 2522

Re: Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB

Hi Mr White
Thank you for your help and advice.
Stewart
by Stewart7
Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:06 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB
Replies: 6
Views: 2522

Re: Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB

Hi Mr White Maybe I'm using out of date terminology. What I mean by ELCB is the main switch in my consumer unit that cuts off the mains if there is a leakage to earth from either the live or neutral. Are they now called RCDs? Mine was fitted in 1988 and has this wording. MK LN5780, Residual Current ...
by Stewart7
Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:22 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB
Replies: 6
Views: 2522

Power in Garage and Fault Tripping ELCB

At present my garage is powered via its own mcb in my consumer unit. The whole house is protected by an ELCB. At present if there is a fault in the garage, the whole house is cut off. I am currently looking for the fault in a garage circuit that occasionally trips the ELCB. I'm looking for damp or d...
by Stewart7
Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:22 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Cigarette Smoke Odour From Next Door
Replies: 1
Views: 2750

Re: Cigarette Smoke Odour From Next Door

I had this problem when I moved into a house built in the 1930s. Our adjoining wall is a solid 9" brick wall and no joist hangers have been used. The ends of the joists of our bedroom floor go into the wall, alongside the joists from next door. The smell was coming through the gaps around the j...
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