radiators

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    help to wire combi boiler for underfloor heating and house radiators

    Hi there. Major cyber pint for anyone that can help me with this problem. I have a vokera vision c combi boiler( which has volt free connections) that has to do the house radiators and one room for underfloor heating. There is one motorised two port valve for Radiators and one for the...
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    Central heating radiators issue

    Hi all im an industrial maintenance spark, have a problem with my central heating at home I have heat on all small radiators up and down, the large two in the kitchen and living room double skin double convectors I have no heat what so ever i have bled both no air in system, heat on incoming...
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    Electrical radiators

    A client of mine wants his existing economy 7 system removed and ehc oil filled electrical radiators installed in place of the old storage heaters and wants me to look into this for him has anyone installed these before? What are they like performance and cost wise? they look pretty good but...
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    Dimplex Storage Radiators

    My parents have got storage rads and a few don't work properly, despite the knob being on the lowest setting they pump out maximum heat. What is the part that has failed and where can I get them from? Would it be cost effective to replace all of the rads as they are really old? I'm not sure if...
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    electric radiators

    Any good recommendations for radiators. 2 Kw ish
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    New Zealand radiators

    i know this is not electrical but i need some advice , where is the best place to put radiators ? under a window or by the door to the room , googled it but mixed answers , anyone know
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    Electric towel radiators

    Simple question, do electric towel radiators tend to have thermostats built in? Fitted one today for a mate (no instructions unfortuanatly), but there was nothing on it to suggest that it was thermostatically controlled. I assume there is, but just checking. Thanks
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    Electric combi boilers, NSH, electric radiators ????????????

    HI there i have just brought an investment property, and there is no gas in the village!! what would you reconmend is my best option for heating and hot water?? its only going to be a small 2 bed property. i like the look of the electric combi boilers but dont know any1 that has fitted...
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    is there any regulations about socke outlets under radiators

    any1 know i cant see anything my mates just rente a ofice under it has sockets under the rads , weii i think they some type of heating with a blower , they are monyed abou 3 inch below in trunking plastic, and are supplied by a 30ma rcbo
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    Bonding Radiators if plastic piping is being used

    Hi Just rewiring a friends house and he tells me that he is replacing the central heating system too but he's doing it all in plastic piping. Do I need to bond the radiators? Many Thanks
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    Live radiators fix ?

    Hi all Got a customer in a few weeks time who has radiators that are live, isolated it to the downstairs ring, ive had it twice before in the past and just isolated parts of the circuit and then followed the cables until I found corroded cable on a pipe which when replaced fixed it. As I say...
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    Where can i buy good price Chrome vertical radiators

    Hi, I am looking for a nice chrome vertical radiator to go into my kitchen. Does anyone know of a place that would sell these at a good price? Many thanks, Billy
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    dado trunking with sockets above radiators what code?

    I came across some dado trunking last week that had been run directly above large radiators. There are sockets and data points directly above the radiators. The sockets supply computers, the cables run over the top of the radiators. I would be surprised if this damaged the cables however over...
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    don`t be nicking radiators

    Electrician jailed for stealing radiator
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    Electric towel radiators

    I am thinking of fitting an electric towel radiator in my bathroom. After checking Regs, I find that I can't fit an electric towel radiator within Zone 2. I.e. no closer than 6oomm from my shower enclosure. Am I correct? There is no wall space in the bathroom outside Zone 2 that I could fit...
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    Earthing radiators ?

    Hello, im adding a radiator to a shower room, all the new piping will be plastic, i will be tapping into 2 copper pipes already on the heating system with plastic T's, would i need to join the 2 copper pipes back together with earth wires ? Also does the shower room rad need earthing ? ta...
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    Sockets and Radiators

    Whats poeples views on the proximtiy or location of sockets around rads? I have seen a few put above a rad, would have thought not to because of the heat nor not to close for when bleeding, but have again seem soem pretty close next to a rad. Anything in the regs about it?
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    Oil filled radiators tripping RCD

    Just returned from callout to Old dear in village who had a problem with an RCD tripping. Checked circuits and discovered that she had just connected 3 oil filled radiators to ring circuit to "keep chill out" before having to use central heating. Oil filled radiators have not been used for 6...

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