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    Solar Panels Best option for central heating & hot water w solar PV installation

    Hello, I am looking at getting a solar PV installation (8 x 350W plus 4.6 kWh battery) and wondered how I might best take advantage of it when re-designing the central heating system, with the aim of reducing natural gas usage without spending more money on electricity from the grid. This is...
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    Restaurants / Pubs Outdoor heating.

    I have been asked to quote to install 6 x 1.8kW heaters to a wooden pergola with a perspex roof. It's on decking and there is a TN-C-S earth provided. There are obvious things to consider about the heat etc, but I'm more concerned about the electrical installation. It is 12m long and 4m wide and...
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    Zanussi Dishwasher Not Heating

    My five year old Zanussi ZDF26011WA dishwasher is not heating correctly. On the Auto cycle, the water heats to around 38 degrees near the start of the cycle, but never reaches full temperature, and finishes cold (normally finishes hot and steaming when opened). I have checked the following...
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    Towel rail will not swich off when heating timer goes off

    Looking for some advice..... I work with a 4 zone heating timer programmer. Zone1 = kitchen,hall & towel rail but just in the last week when the heating goes off the towel rail comes straight back on so it must be something to do with towel rail signal as kitchen & hall heaters go off. The...
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    Fused spur rating for electric underfloor heating

    Builder installed 175w / sq metre in an area 6.7 x 3.5. What should the fused spur be rated at and should it have a contractor as well? Am I correct in thinking it is drawing just over 17A therefore 13A fused spur is insufficient? Thanks
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    UK Heating Controls Wiring

    Hi. I’m a heating engineer who primarily services and fixes boilers. But I also install smart heating controls such as Hive & Nest etc. When diagnosing faults I’m obviously testing wiring continuity, checking devices and then with installing smart controls I’m checking circuits, removing old...
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    S Plan Heating with UFH

    Hi guys Looking for some advice with regard to wiring a heating system. Starting a new build next week and have little if any experience with heating systems. The heating system is a system boiler with a cylinder. There is radiators upstairs and an UFH downstairs. I understand the wiring setup...
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    Rewiring the correct wires for an internal heating element to a Belling Home Oven.

    Hello first post I inherited a secondhand freestanding Belling Oven (make and model below) BEL FSE 60 MF Model Number 444449575 Serial number 31222241 Was working fine for just over 1.5 years until I smelt burning plastic. Disconnected the "cooker flip switch" power supply in my home's...
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    Tado and Electric Underfloor Heating

    Hi, I would like some advice on using Tado with electric underfloor heating to ensure it is I have Tado contolling my boiler and radiators around my home and would like to add in 3 zones of electric underfloor heating in to this system. Unfortunately Tado does not officially support electric...
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    How good is underfloor heating in a large room

    Morning all, I'm about to embark on some home renovation and the kitchen is the first target. We are looking at making it bigger, all in the room would be 32m2. I have read that electric underfloor heating systems are better and more efficient for smaller rooms, but that they can take a while...
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    Outdoor lighting heating

    Hi guys Just wanted some advice. We wanted to get some lighting, sockets and a infrared heater to our garden gazebo. We have an outside socket currently right next to the gazebo. Could you guys give me some advise on a bit of a wiring diagram on the following, we wanted to have 2 double...
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    Underfloor heating wiring connection plug

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    Should the hot wire be attached to the thermostat controller or the heating element terminals?

    The electrical cord on my Holmes Ceramic Heater (HCH-4051) frayed at the entry point to the heater and while removing the frayed cord, I forgot to pair (mark) the wires on both sides of the enclosure before snipping the cord. Upon inspection, I determined one wire from the electrical cord went...
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    Heating control issue

    Hi Guys Just after some advice if possible. I have wired an extension and the plumber has fitted a manifold for the new UFH which he has asked me to sort out. There's one motorized valve so i have wired it as shown in the picture: The customer has now asked if I can fit a Hive stat to the...
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    Central heating pump on continuous

    Hi I have just had my boiler replaced which was a potterton suprima 60l. Heat only boiler as it kept cutting out. I have had a vailent ecofit 425 fitted by engineer but now my pump is running continuously. This wasn't the case before. It's s plan with two heating 2 port valves and 1 hot...
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    Switched Lives in Heating Control Wiring - sleeve or not? -

    Hi, Quick question and hopefully not too silly. In the wiring for a heating system, is the convention to use Brown sleeve at on all cables that are either Live or Switched Live, where the insulation itself is not brown? Or only those where the existing colour might be misleading, like a Blue...
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    Heating switches

    Hi there I have an electrical water heater. It has two switches one main immersion one boost. The main one has gone hot and won't work :( can I just use the boost? Also it has a 13a plug in the main is that enough? Is that why its seized up? It went very hot beforehand:( ☹
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    Open source thermostat for electric underfloor heating?

    I'm getting started on rehabbing my house and I want to install an electric underfloor heating system that I can eventually control through an open source home automation system. As I understand it, most thermostats are not compatible with electric underfloor heating because for electric...
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    Zone heating advice and wiring. (Honeywell or other?)

    Hi. I'm buying a property currently that I intend to fully rewire and at least partially upgrade the central heating. I've been thinking for a while I'd like to go the whole hog and install fully independent zone heating for each room. I don't want any batteries anywhere in thermostats or trvs...
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    Horstmann Economy 7 - Boost Working but when on timer no water heating overnight

    Hi there, In my apartment I have a Horstmann Economy 7 2 hour water heater system, in recent weeks it has stopped working overnight, when I wake up in the morning there is no hot water. I've checked / reset the clock to make sure its set correctly & it does seem to be turning / moving ahead as...

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