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...
I had to wire in an extra 2 port valve today to protect a newly installed unvented cylinder (replacing the old gravity fed one) in a standard Y plan setup. However the wiring centre adjacent to this tank didnt have a permanent live available as the programmer and boiler with supply spur are...
Hello, I hope you are well, I have fitted a few Nests but only to Combi, S and Y plan systems just been looking a job where I’m doing the kitchen, looks like the heating system is a C plan?
There’s 4 cables at the programmer, power in two 3 cores up to the wiring centre then a flex to the...
I'm planning a replacement for my existing domestic CU and would like to have it sanity checked before I get an electrician involved. The main reason for replacing the whole CU is that I would like to have an additional circuit to the attic which would be isolated from the existing one. Long...
I’m sure this is simple, but it’s confusing me for some reason. I have a line wire coming into a bathroom that used to go to a lighted medicine cabinet. I also have a load wire coming into the same area from a small vent fan that I installed (It’s not powered yet). In place of the old...
Hi i am a gas fitter by trade and thought the installation would be straight forward , my current programmer is a danfoss set 3m
The back boxes are different , i was hoping for them to be the same like for like, any help/advice would be appreciated thanks
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I’m in the process of mapping out a relatively standard S-plan system for my parents central heating and hot water system. Not sure exactly who set this all up in it’s current layout however it is certainly non-standard in several ways and is very inefficient and expensive to run...
Hi, I’m not an electrician or a plumber, but I am confident diyer and am not completely incompetent!
I have a new build house with a boiler/hot water system which I believe is S plan. There are 3 motorised valves (one for downstairs heating, 1 for upstairs and 1 for hot water). So it’s a dual...
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My first post and would like to share my thoughts on my plan to retrain. Currently a Network Manager but started out as an CAD Draughtsman, then moved into electronics as pcb layout designer and electronic test engineer. An opening came along via a friend to work as a network...
Hello Guys,
I was wondering if any of you nice chaps could lend me some advice.
So I have an open vented heating system with a 3 port valve (Y-Plan) and had a new heatmiser underfloor heating system installed with wireless thermostats. I keep having issues with the synchronous motor that...
A combi is heating 5 ufh zones downstairs and 1 radiator zone upstairs. It has a two port valve for each. My question is, would you fit this with two wiring centres? One normal one that everything goes back to and then a separate ufh wiring Centre that all the stats and actuators connect to...
Running a new circuit to an AC unit, making sure I'm on the right track. The attached chart has the information for this unit which is on column 4.
Maximum overcurrent protection: 30 amps
Minimum circuit ampacity: 19amps
240 volts
It will be running across a rooftop in a pretty hot location...
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I’d like to install a pedestal-mounted (230 V, 30 A max - programmable) EV charger close to my driveway, which ends about 12 feet away from the house, on the other side of a landscaped rock wall of sorts. While I am at it, I would like to oversize the circuit to allow a second EV charger to...
Greetings, I would like to preface my post by stating I'm well aware of the legalities and danger that are present with this configuration. This topic pertains to backfeeding my home with a portable generator during an emergency power outage. I currently have a L14-30R 120v welding receptacle in...
Spent yesterday morning running a spur in my kitchen from one double socket on the rfc to a new one along the same wall.
Original socket is just beside the multi gang grid switch for appliances. More on that later.
Wife came home from shopping with the birthday girl, ranted at me for not doing...
Do you like being lied to ? Taken for an idiot ? Here I make the case for it being done on a world wide scale to the extreme detriment of your children and grandchildren.
You may not be aware of it but you live in an electric universe however only part of the complex theory is ever taught alas...
Was wondering if the gurus can critique and/or provide recommendations on my plan to install two sub-panels in a (50'x100') 5,000 sq ft steel building that I plan to use as a hobby woodworking and welding shop.
I plan to install two sub-panels using two feeder circuits originating from the...
Evening,
im going to try and explain the heating system im currently wiring, I have most of it wired up, there’s just a few bits im not sure of so any help/diagrams would be very helpful.
heatmiser UFH 8 wiring centres are used in both cupboards.
In the utility room cupboard (cupboard 1)...
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