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A thermosiphon system uses mains cold water which is slowly pumped through a solar array to heat it and is stored in a gravity tank to supply domestic hot water. They are mainly used in warmer countries, see here Do you mean a standard domestic immersion tank? A thermostat should be fitted to an imm...

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No, switch should not be hanging in the cubicle, the extract should not be fed from the shower cicuit and i don't think you are qualified to carry out this work. You seem to know that what you are doing is wrong, do you not care about the consequences of causing a fire or electrocuting somebody :(

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Did try to steer the op to the projects page but felt the link i posted with simple diagrams would explain things better. :)

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Very hard to answer this with the information given. Have you checked fuses, switches and time clocks? Who changed the element, was it not checked then? Might be best to get somone in to look at it

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Did you not make a note of any connections before starting. What you need to identify is the switch wire (the black with the brown sleeving on it most likley) the rest is just live neutral and earth looped from the last light fitting to the next light fitting, but by the sounds of it you may have an...

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What your talking about is an intermediate switch. Any two way switch circuit will have two (three terminal switches marked com, L1, L2) at either end of the circuit and any switch in between these two will have to be an[b] intermediate [/b]switch (four terminals marked L1, L2 and L1,L2) The interme...

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yes rf are acceptable, but still very expensive.

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Not sure about your local supply authorithy, but, in my area the supply company would not allow two showers on a domestic supply (you are talking domestic right). They will only allow two showers if an interlock system is installed so that both showers cannot be run at the same time. An interlock wi...

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Fantastic site, and as the saying goes "we are all still learning".

Thanks. We have seen the entry from 1 guy who knew everything and gave dangerous advice. We banned him, he is sore !

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Is it just me or does it take forever for replies to show on this forum? Other forums show replies instantly. Anyone else experience this? :roll:

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What model is it?

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Can you post the make and model of the switch you are trying to fit. Rocky's description is perfect and easy to follow but you seem to be having trouble grasping this. There is no neutral connection and i doubt if you have a neutral at your switch. Re-read Rocky's post carefully and if you still can...

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Check the size of the old back box as sometimes they will be larger than a new style box, if so then purchase a new steel back box and insert it inside the old box and secure with a couple of screws. This can be tricky as the cable can get in the way, try pushing this back up the conduit until the n...

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The electrical regs state that all joint boxes need to be acessible. There definition is that even placing a jb under a floorboard is deemed as inaccessible so sandwhiched between an old and new ceiling does'nt allow much access. The exception is if you use crimps and the correct crimping tool or so...

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You need to try and identify which wire is the switch wire, the rest is straight forward.

See our projects page and go to the electrical projects. The lights and switches project plus many others will show you how a lighting circuit works and how to identify switch wires

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