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  1. A

    Washing machine off boiler circuit?

    Bonjour I'm a level 3 apprentice at the moment and have a side job to fit a double socket for a washing machine, only power is off a fuse spur supplying a gas boiler, which is also protected by a 13a, is this okay?
  2. M

    Connecting a wireless thermostat to a glow worm boiler

    hi all , I’m after some help please , I’ve just had a glow worm boiler installed and wanted to add a wireless thermostat on , I just want to check how it would be wired , currently I just have a switch fuse spur next which directly feeds the boiler . There is a L N E RT ( room thermostat )...
  3. telectrix

    How to supply a new boiler, the wet-pants way.

    as title. at least he used a 3A fuse.
  4. Baddegg

    Let’s hope the boiler don’t leak then....

    Been kind with the pipework though
  5. N

    Gas Boiler flue enquiry......

    My gas boiler is wall fitted and is set up in my kitchen close to my sink. The housing association has done a half arsed job and the flue has yellow expansive foam coming out of it with no cover over it. I was putting lining paper up in my kitchen ready to be painted. I was trimming the lining...
  6. Doomed

    Problem I had with electric boiler

    Doing a new boiler install with a gas engineer who uses us for all the electrics, 9kW combined thingy. Went to commision it and could not get the heating to work, all the controls wired correct, check, all the controls calling for heat, check - timer is on and room stat maxed out to 30 degrees...
  7. Luke Killick

    Electric boiler taking too long to heat water

    Hi, I’ve just moved into a new flat with an Electrastream boiler, and when I first moved in it seemed to get to around 45 degrees in around 45 minutes. Now, (about two weeks later) I’m luck if it gets to 40 degrees in an hour. This seemed to happen after a new shower was fitted. Can anyone...
  8. G

    Should a boiler be able to turn on a pump?

    I recently had a new hot water cylinder installed and changed from a y-plan to an s-plan. The plumber installed the cylinder, valves etc and left me to do the wiring. The existing wiring was not great. The boiler is an old Potterton Netaheat Profile 50e. I wired the orange from the 2 valves...
  9. J

    boiler control wiring and wet UFH wiring

    Afternoon Starting a rewire tomorrow on which the build wants me to do the control wiring (i have never done it and usually just do up to the spur) I will be subbing the controls 2nd fix out to someone that can do it (and shadow over his shoulder with a note pad) i assume it is likely going to...
  10. B

    What contactor size for a 9kw electric boiler

    Hi all. Don't have much experience on this topic. Called to a job with an electric boiler. It has a dedicated 10mm supply from a 50A MCB. I narrowed down the fault the the contactor which was only feedig 1 of tge 3 elements and had scorching marks around the other 2 terminals. And is currently...
  11. B

    5 Wires to go - Help required to remote fire up the boiler

    Hello all, I've found myself left with a small amount of wiring to do to complete an installation. It's a Heatmister UH8-RF unit being wired to a Drayton 2 way valve. The boiler engineer has done 95% of the wiring and has not gone sick long term. I'm left with only the remote 'fire the boiler...
  12. T

    Nest on a Glow Worm 30CXI Combi Boiler fitting

    I bought a Nest and think i know how to fit it but want to check. I have a Glow Worm 30CXI combi boiler so only need to connect the heating side of things up and not the water. I have located a pink and a light blue wire which appears to then connect to the wire which then links to the...
  13. S

    Nest wiring help - not controlling boiler on/off unless hot water set to heat

    1st post and I’m not a heating engineer/electrician so apologies for lack of proper terminology. It’s a long story but in essence I had a new conventional boiler replace 2 years ago (Worcester Bosch 28i) and had issues with way heating engineer wired up the new rf thermostat. Decided to fit a...
  14. C

    HIVE - UT1 programmer and ES1 Thermostat wiring issues

    I have a British Gas installed Worcester 28i boiler with a UT1 programmer and ES1 Thermostat and trying to replace the UT1 and ES1 with Hive. ES1 The wiring for the ES1 is 4 wires Brown, Blue, Black and Green/Yellow. the black and yellow/green wires have red sleeves near the end. (All 4 wires...
  15. N

    Boiler cutting out/tripping

    Hi all, first time on here and I need some advice please. My boiler keeps tripping. After the original boiler installers came to fix it and declared the problem was due to faulty electrics, I had it rewired onto its own RCD circuit, and it was fine for a while, but has now tripped every day for...
  16. telectrix

    3 phase electric boiler

    Customer has seen this on ebay, wants me to adsvise and then, if bought, install it. not done anything with electric boilers so looking for confirmation that 6.0mm 4 core on a 40A MCB, ref. method C, is about right. I calculate 33A per phase as the load. any thoughts? ELECTRIC HEATING BOILER...
  17. J

    Hive conversion on Potterton oil boiler - heating only

    Hi Gents, after some advice on what should have been a relatively simple conversion, but I am hesitant due to lack of boiler experience. Have a Potterton floor standing oil boiler - supplying heating only, currently has Smiths controller, frost stat (possibly) house stat, pump feed and wired as...
  18. Bob Geldoff1234

    Boiler fault and rcd tripping?

    I got called out to house a few days ago with the main rcd tripping when they turned the hot tap on with the combi firing up.They had only just had the new boiler fitted and the tripping had started straight after it was installed. I IR'd the boiler circuit(which was wired on its own 16amp...
  19. Bernardo Bezerra

    TRAC T 45 boiler timer

    Hi, I just moved in to a flat that has a TRAC T 45 installed that controls the boiler. I already looked online on how to configure it, but couldn't find anything. Can anyone here help me? I am attaching some pictures that I took from it. Many thanks in advance!
  20. N

    Hive receiver connections to Vaillant boiler

    I have a Vaillant EcoTec Pro 28 boiler and a Vaillant mechanical thermostat (unsure of the precise model) and I’m thinking about installing hive to be able to access the remote switching feature and also to able to place the thermostat where I want it rather than where the installer thought it...

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