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    Central heating help

    i have no central heating experince whatsoever! ( although ive been sparkying for 10 years ) Ive currently got a immersion tank with a 5 core flex trailing from it and a boiler downstairs with no supply.. What do i do?!
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    Solar Cache+ and Immersun - Immersion Controls

    Has anyone installed one of these devices and if so do you have any feedback on performance/reliability? I have been speaking with one of the people who developed the system (Terry) and they sound an ideal solution if they work as described and are reliable. A customer has contacted us...
  3. infinity

    Help with underfloor heating controls (commercial)

    i was finishing off a new install of a pharmacy yesterday, when the guy asked me to wire the heating controls up as the underfloor heating has just been finished the day previous. Although i have no real experience in this area i had instructions so said of course... (typical as a free extra i...
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    Help Wiring Honeywell Rf2 Pk3 Controls To Existing System Boiler

    Hi guys & gals, Wonder if anyone can help with my problem Fitted a new honeywell RF2 pack 3 Heating controller with wireless room stat & cylinder stat for my neighbour a few days ago, which replaced a honeywell ST699B programmer. The boiler is a Ideal Mexico Super 2 RS50 which i believe is...
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    Motor controls

    Hi people, I am trying to find a ready built replacement for the motor controls that I have attached pictures of. I have tried google but just get lots of rubbish. Does anybody know of a company that do them? The controls are only controlling one pump local to the start/stop button and just...
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    REMOTE (via iPHONE?) controls

    Is there a reasonably priced product anyone knows of where one can effectively switch the heating on with, in a house 80 miles away, that is equipped with some kind of SIM-powered, relay / contactor filled gadgetry? We need to be able to provide a solution whereby the electric heating can be...
  7. Dan

    Taptile Controls - How do they work?

    Taptile - Ditch the switch one-touch mood lighting and dimming solutions for the bathroom and kitchen How the hell does this work? We're baffled on TilersForums.co.uk and I thought we'd ask you guys. It's either touch sensitive or static I thought, but i couldn't see either working...
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    Rako Controls

    Hi all, Been to see a job today where the client has a number of Rako Controls installed controlling lights. I've had a quick look at the Raco site and I'd be interested in any comments/obersvations/warnings you may have about these devices. Thanks in advance
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    Any one used Heatmiser controls

    Hi I am just designing a combined underfloor and radiator heating wiring system and am looking at using the Heatmiser low voltage networked stats and internet control. Has anyone used this kit before, is it easy to use, and most important of all , is it reliable ? Any comments about your...
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    LV MCC of G.E.C. Industrial Controls

    Is there any one here know the vendor who can supply the parts of LV MCC including new tier made by GEC Industrial Controls? I have one project in Thailand which they need to use the existing motor starters and require the new tiers of MCC to be extended. I did search many places in the...
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    Fan switch & heating controls in bathrrom

    Hi Looked at a job today and seen the the previous spark has put the 3pole fan switch inside cupboard. also there is unswitched fuse spurs for heated mirror and underfloor heating. The underfloor heating control is also in cubpoard. Are these allowed there as its enclosed but i thought no...
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    Wiring interlock switches into machine controls to inch only when doors open

    One potential job that needs looking at (not been to site yet) is to fit 3 interlocks to doors on a Webster & Bennett vertical borer. The way they want it wiring is so that the table can only be inched when any of the doors are open. I'm not sure if there's an inch button though assume yes as...
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    Solar sensitive controls

    Hi All, I have a client who wants to know if I can supply controls that will turn on the electric coil in her immersion heater only when her PV system is generating. Whilst I know a controls engineer who could make something up for me it seems a bit OTT to bring him in on a domestic job...
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    I turned a job down - have I done the right thing?

    Potential customer is having a domestic gas boiler changed. Their installer does not do his own wiring. They asked me to wire up their new boiler system but I realised that it does not comply with part L about conservation of energy (as they do not have separate control of heating in the...
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    help getting into plc and controls field

    right im 23 from stoke on trent, staffordshire. I did my apprenticeship 3 years ago as an Installation Electrician and have since gone back to collage to get my 17th edition but as im quite young and got layed off as soon as i completed my apprenticeship and ive only being doing the odd month...
  16. Goody

    Heights of switches, sockets-outlets and controls

    It is recommended to place switches, sockets and controls in accessible position at a height of 450 mm and 1200 mm from the finished floor level, but would it still comply if the sockets are 200 mm from finished floor level? Most of the houses have the sockets a couple of inches above the skirt...
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    Central Heating Controls

    Hi, Does the wiring runs and wiring up of central heating controls come under BS7671. Would a cert be required for this type of work. Thanks in advance
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    Upgrading machinery controls

    Hey up, guys I've completed, over the last two years, three projects upgrading the controls of some aging machines in a beer bottling environment. The 1st; converting a capping machine from relay logic to PLC and upgraded safety using a 2 ch. pilz. The 2nd; converting a rinser from S5 to S7...
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    electrical testing of heating controls

    aya, what is the correct method of fully testing s and y plan heating controls after the fused spur etc. i understand the R1 +R2 back to the spur and also ZS from the furthest point but i struggle to understand how to carry out a "safe" insulation test without the possibilty of damaging valves...
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    Occupancy Switch Wiring

    I'm going to replace a pull cord ceiling light in a bathroom with a ceiling mounted occupancy switch. I have no instructions for the switch or no wiring diagram but I appear to have 3 terminals (marked on the non visible PCB) - SL-L-N. I have the SL and the live in the current pullcord so is...
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