Recent content by YorkshireMidge

Two holes in the tank, two immersion heaters, each wired off their own consumer unit and operating independently of each other - as per @AdrianUK description. Thanks.

@AdrianUK Weird!

@AdrianUK That's interesting. I wonder if I had a similar problem as you back in 2022 (and possibly prior occasions). One side of the immersion had a screw terminal on it. The other had a short bit of link wire - and it is that you see well baked in my photo. I definetely replaced it at that...

Yes - well, the modern equiv of E7 anyway. It's a five terminal smartmeter now (which replaced one of those old radio control Economy 7 switches). There is second immersion heater and circuit which I referred to as boost which is wired off the nomal supply via a switch in the kitchen. That...

Just an update as I've been across to the flat this morning. Dug out the stat and there were no signs of overheating and it was functioning correctly at that point. So I opened it up* and it was actually like new inside - shiny copper and no signs of overheating whatsoever. So it's a bit of a...

The BES one is the same item - TS220.

It's a Tesla immersion heater element. I've had a good check around and can find nothing wrong circuit wise. The only other thing on the E7 circuit is a single storage heater and not had a minutes problem with that and it has been in for seven years. I've had a dig about in my records and...

I keep having issues in a flat we own with Tesla dual safety immersion thermostats item 21275 from Screwfix on the Economy 7 circuit/heater. The boost circuit doesn't get used enough to draw any conclusions for that one. The E7 stat seems to last barely longer than the one year warranty Tesla...

PS - I'm not convinced how effective ultrasonic pest deterrant devices are for some creatures, but bats communicate ultrasonically so it's reasonable to assume such devices might work better against them. That would still likely be classed as deliberately disturbing their roost though. If you...

Good point - and I had a look at that today and I think it should work out OK. They have just had a new carpet in the hall which, with the underlay too, is much thicker than the old floor covering it replaced - so it should end up roughly level. The gap under the bathroom door is already...

When I was in my late teens and still living at home, we discovered we had bats. I used to come out on a morning and find the pellets on the roof of my car. They were nesting in the gable end box section above and were Pipistrelles - which are very small and can get through tiny gaps. I...

I'm refitting a bathroom for my parents. I was originally going to use Ardex NA to level the concrete floor. But when I've taken up carpet and old floor tiles and had a spirit level on it, the floor turns out to be a bit of a mess of sections/levels/slopes, and much worse than it originally...

Just to close the loop on this for anyone else with the same loo/problem. I decided it was impossible to fit the inlet valve after fitting the cistern in my case. The space and access underneath was just too poor. Might have had a small chance with a flexi hose connection to the valve but not...

@John D - the problem these days is even respected old UK brands can actually be the same Chinese junk inside. Came across an example a while ago with combination key safes where the identical laughably insecure combination mechanism is being sold by Master (not surprising in the slightest ;)...

Separate gas powered freezer then? Either that or as @roguetrader says, a gas tumble dryer. Only other explanation is they simply put a point there because the pipes were going past anyway, on the basis that some new bit of gas powered kit might emerge in the future and be suitable to go in...