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  1. J

    Generator to run oil fired boiler or immersion heater?

    Hi. We've a champion generator, inverter, dual fuel, 3.6 kw, which we've used a couple of times during power outages over the last 18 months to power a fridge (class 1) - needed to keep my partner's meds. at fridge temperature and a range of other items (class 2) such as broadband router, TV...
  2. A

    Fire valve external oil boiler plumbing advice

    Fire valve external oil boiler We have an external grant vortex pro and the fire valve is on the oil supply line 1.4m away from the boiler . Read somewhere should be a distance of minimum 1 metre away . The sensor end is clipped into clip above the burner correctly . Just wondered if the fire...
    • Ant0912
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    • advice boiler external fire oil plumbing plumbing advice valve
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  3. P

    Heating oil tank (plastic) has rusty coloured layer on bottom... plumbing advice

    Heating oil tank (plastic) has rusty coloured layer on bottom... Hi The tank is around 7 years old. Any ideas what causes it and/or whether it is a problem? Sorry the photo is not great, it's the best I can get through the small opening. Many thanks Heating oil tank (plastic) has rusty...
    • Plumb Line
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    • advice bottom heating oil plastic plumbing plumbing advice
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  4. L

    Underground oil tank feed problem plumbing advice

    Underground oil tank feed problem This unit is located in France where they use diesel not kerosene. The feed from the underground tank is not getting through to the boiler. The boiler works fine if I connect the hoses up to a remote tank of diesel. I am assuming that a filter is blocked...
    • LostinFrance
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    • advice oil plumbing plumbing advice problem underground
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  5. M

    Atkinson tank top oil feed plumbing advice

    Atkinson tank top oil feed As title anyone using one, good? bad? ugly? has to feed through a de-aireator to the boiler, but should not be a problem, my question is, should the oil line be insulated up the side of the tank, if so how do you attach the insulation to a plastic tank? Pipe being used...
    • MikeJhn
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    • advice oil plumbing plumbing advice
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  6. J

    Breakdown of costs to become "oil" qualified & OFTEC registered plumbing advice

    Breakdown of costs to become "oil" qualified & OFTEC registered Hi all, Please can you advise on the above, estimates of costs would be fine. I realise it depends on my competency / skill set & experience to a degree. I've no "oil" experience to speak off apart from a couple of boiler installs...
    • Jim Goodenough
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    • advice become costs oil plumbing plumbing advice qualified registered
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  7. M

    Tree roots near oil tanks plumbing advice

    Tree roots near oil tanks I have a large oil tank spaced 1m from the garden fence. It sits on a concrete slab that extends about 0.5m from the tank on all sides. The top of the tank protrudes over the top of the fence, so my neighbour decided to cover the sight of the tank by planting five...
    • Max
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    • advice oil plumbing plumbing advice
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  8. Dan

    Damped oil pump pressure gauge recommendation Discussion Thread

    This is an RSS feed of thread: Damped oil pump pressure gauge recommendation Content of the thread: I have 2 oil pump pressure gauges, a Nu-Way un-damped one that I have had for well over 30 yrs and no name brand that the glycerine is going white and leaking. Can anyone recommend a good damped...
    • Dan
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    • gauge oil plumbing pressure pump recommendation thread
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  9. EricMark

    Improving control, oil boiler C Plan

    At the moment it depends on the weather on how well the central heating works, the main problem is the Nest Gen 3 thermostat only measures the temperature in the hall, and it turns off boiler some times when living room not warm enough, but can't move Nest into living room, as one there is also...
  10. S

    Desalter and dehydrator bushing spool and transformer oil issue

    Hi, why, when we inspect the oil annually of desalter and dehydrator , do we find that transformer tank oil is considered almost clean, while bushing spool oil appears very dirty. What is the reason? thanks
  11. S

    63 reg Aygo, red oil pressure light on/off why?

    replaced sensor and no change oil pressure test came back normal thinking wiring?
  12. cliffed

    MBPC to Oil pipeline needed

    What’s you thinking guys… I’m feeling no MBPC required, at this stage realistically cabling a 10mm Earth could be a nightmare Trying to upload pics but no way… Plastic Oil tank on concrete with plastic coated copper oil pipe, enters the ground then comes out to go inside to supply boiler plastic...
  13. A

    How do oil immersed starters work

    Went to a job this week where we replaced a slip ring motor. We went back as it was not running upto full speed which we found was due to the oil immersed starter unit that the rotary wires onto. Someone on site pushed what seemed to be some sort of a cog with in the starter unit and this got...
  14. S

    What cabling does a normal oil fired boiler use?

    Hi all Mate of mine is getting a new utility room fitted, the kitchen fitting company have brought in their electricians for first fix and to be fair they've done a good job, neat chasing, capping used, all cables in zones etc. They've also had to chase in the boiler feed which was in surface...
  15. t01474

    Heating oil conventional boiler diagram

    A nice easy one for all the (many) people that are cleverer than me 🙂. Could you please point me in the direction of a wiring diagram for a heating oil fuelled conventional boiler? Customer has a large boiler installed which he's planning on using to CH / DHW his house and the attached house...
  16. Mark W

    Classic 275,000 volt, 15,000Mva JW420 bulk oil breaker

    The above picture was taken at the festival of Britain and it shows a BTH bulk oil breaker, for me this represents the development of the super grid and how Britain was able to assist the world in developing higher transmission voltages. These units are still in service and in only a few years...
  17. Carolina

    Oil-filled radiator element upgrade

    I have an 80's oil-filled heater at home and although it's almost in mint condition on the outside, it's the heating element that's giving me trouble, it's on its way out as it's only using about 700W out of the 1500W the heater is rated at, because of this, the oil and fins never hit a...
  18. S

    Heating electric controls running hot/ burning, oil heating

    Hi all Happy Christmas to you and yours. I need some expert advice I made the temporary leap to a off grid Mobile home a few months ago while I build my house. All works ok, generator during the day and batteries and a 1 to 2 kw 220v inverter at night. However, there is a slight problem, I...
  19. Jurassic Sparks

    Oil Filled Heaters, any one recognise them

    I am sorting out a few problems in a fairly new build (3 years) no paperwork or instructions came with the property !! a couple of the heaters pop and fizz, so I presume the builders stored them the wrong way and some oil drained out the biggest problem is that I have no idea of the...
  20. T

    Snake oil device advertised on Electricians forum

    Hi, This ad popped up on this forum <admin edit: link removed to dodgy site> ...this is nonsense, is it possible you could remove it?......i know its not your fault, but how does stuff like this get through....i appreciate its like virus's though, and hard for the website to regulate such things
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