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    Electric radiators or electric heater for hydronic radiators

    Hi, I am looking for some advice please. i have a holiday lodge that has an electric water heater to heat water that is then pumped around the central heating system that consists of 7 radiators. I need to get it totally replumbed as I have removed all the pipe work due to it all being surface...
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    Removing an electric shower..

    I have no elec quals, no elec knowledge, no elec experience. Most I've done is pipe one up that hadn't be wired up yet once years ago. Customer wants one removed as he doesn't use it. Is my best option to include cost of a spark in the quote to come along and remove/blank off wiring? And is...
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    Electric water heaters

    I need to fit an electric water heater in a flat, it will be used to supply hot water to the kitchen sink and the basin in the bathroom. An electric shower is being fitted, so it only needs to supply two outlets. Any recommendations? I have never fitted one before.
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    Low water pressure at electric shower.

    Had an electric shower problem, turned out to be low mains water pressure coming in to shower. Kitchen tap water pressure is fine, bathroom cold tap water pressure seems low but better than the shower. Haven't yet confirmed if bathroom cold taps are mains or tank fed. All pipes are boxed in...
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    Electric shower PRD

    so about a year ago I fixed a PRD on a aqualisa 8.5 quarts been fine for a year and its gone again, the customers just had family round and it went then, so possibly one of the family twisted or kinked the hose, I'm going to get another PRD and hose and head for the shower, is there anything...
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    Changing Electric Boiler to Gas Boiler

    I am considering purchasing a bungalow but the property is fitted with an electric boiler for a wet central heating system the EPC estimate puts the heating costs at currently three times what I currently paying current home for gas central heating. Could I replace the electric boiler with a...
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    Elnur CMX15 electric boiler vs Vailant Ecotec pro28?Hi

    Hi everyone, i really need one of your expertise to clear something up! which is more powerful out the two? Obviously the electric is 15Kw maximum and the gas is 28Kw but I have read that electric is 100% efficient and gas combi can vary? i have a three bedroom semi and want to ditch the old...
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    Electric Water Heating for Studio Flat

    Hi all, First post on the plumbing forum so please be gentle! I am an electrician but have been asked to act as main contractor on a studio flat renovation which could then lead into updating the whole block to the same spec and I need to put together various tender documents pretty quick...
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    Wet electric c/heating. Mulcomizer.

    I have inherited this Mulcomizer system in a studio flat w. 4 wet rads & no info on how it works.Firm closed yrs ago & no info on google.Has a wall stat/timer control & another clockwork type timer plus obscure knobs on electric boiler / pump housing. Local sparks/plumber says he has no idea...
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    Electric shower

    Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent reliable electric shower? I don't normally fit them so don't have a great deal of experience in knowing what is best. Budget is about £120 max for the shower
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    Electric unvented cylinder help.

    Hi I am hoping for some help please. I am newly qualified to unvented and did my g3 about 10 weeks ago. I am gas registered not that this matters. I have corrected some issues with a rointe electric unvented cylinder in an apartment...sorted the balanced cold ,new expansion vessel sized...
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    Electric Shower - connecting a brass compression joint to plastic spigot

    I'm about to connect a replacement electric shower. The shower has a 15mm plastic spigot and the cold feed has a 15mm brass compression joint. I've read I should use a new copper olive, but should I also use a jointing compound or ptfe on the olive to ensure a good leak free connection. Any...
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    Electric Showers

    Evening Gentlemen Have got 3 electric showers to quote for next week all to go in from scratch so no existing cables etc. what's the crack with electric supply am I right in thinking you have to run an independent feed from consumer unit with its own RCD? Thanks oh and, get in there England :)
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    My electric shower just went bang!

    Hi guys, just stumbled across your website, and it looks great! Hope you can help me! I turned on my electric shower at the weekend, and whilst getting undressed to step into it, there was a loud bang! from the shower unit and it cut-out. It was installed brand new around 15-18 months ago (it's...
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    Noise from electric boiler

    Hi guys, Hoping some of you smart people can figure this one out because I can't. Recently fitted an Amptec electric flow boiler and is has been making a noise that sounds exactly like a ship fog horn. It is a mains fed system and the boiler feeds a cylinder and wet rad system. A PRV is fitted...
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    Electric vs lpg

    My girlfriend and myself are looking at a property which has no heating in which isn't too much of a problem, but as with most villages around me there is no mains gas so that limits our choices. We can't have oil as there is no where to put a tank so that's ruled out (which would of been my...
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    Triton Trance electric shower suddenly wont heat fully.

    Hi all, I have had a look on the internet to see if I can get this sorted without having to post but I can't figure it out! Basically we have a Triton Trance 2nd generation electric shower which we bought and had installed 20 months ago. It's always worked great with good power and is nice and...
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    Electric Boiler daily usage

    What is the expected daily usage of an electric combi boiler? I recently got a 12Kw combi boiler installed in a small 1 bedroom flat. It runs the central heating (3 radiators) and the hot water for the shower. I can measure the consumption and it uses 50kw/day! This is a lot more than I...
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    Electric pipe freezer

    Hi, Im looking for views, comments, experiences etc on electric pipe freezers, im looking at buying the freezemaster 280d or arctic equivalent, just wondered if anyone has either of these and which is the best to go for Many thanks in advance John
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    AVC Electric Boiler

    Hi I have an floor standing avc e-tech s combi 360 boiler on a Honeywell timer, 8 years old and has never been serviced. Its had loads of previous problems before says tenant but somehow she's managed to make do. Recently, it keeps turning itself off after getting up too temperature and she has...
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