Recent content by plumberjohn

You are a very grumpy person, but I think it is inevitable as grumpiness is an exponential function of time. I am certainly becoming worse every year, and agree with your whole list, with one exeption. I am partial to the occasional cup of Yorkshire tea. A few things that irritate me - people...

ok - guess i won't be replying then.

I've had the same email, but did not bother replying. As a matter of interest, how do they scam the money from you? 

found this in a rental property, and disconnected it straight away. 2 x immersion elements, mains cold water feed, no expansion vessel or any temp pressure relief valves. Put in as a temporary measure until they could fit the boiler. Lucky the thermostat in the immersion element did not fail

a warning to those of you that break seals - found this warning at a customers house

Things I REALLY don`t like; Taking apart and unblocking a saniflo - for the 6th time in the same flat FFS. The retarded tenants just don`t understand that it won`t eat baby wipes. I`m surprised the landlord hasn`t kicked them out yet. Trying to change an immersion heater element, when the...

why is everything done "on a daily basis "? What`s wrong with daily, or every day?

thanks for the replies everyone - So I`ll check manufacturers info. Can anyone explain to a thick plumber what leading and trailing edge dimmers are?

on a slight tangent, I`ve been told that if I replace normal bulbs with dimmable LEDs, I will need a special type of dimmer switch? Is this necessary?

Thanks for all the replies, and in retrospect I should not have worked on the circuit. Will tell him the bad news tomorrow. I will also ask about the eic for the rewire and new cu which was apparently 6years ago. Bet there isn't any paperwork. I was sure that tt systems should be all rcd, but...

No.board is wylex plastic. Would this have been compliant when installed under 16th edition?

Andy, didn' see all of your post. Just seen the pics! No I don't think it's safe, and I think I would put an rcd in somehow, but i've said that I won't do the pir. Was just wondering what you would do?

Havn't finished yet or done the mwc, but I see what you mean. The circuit checks out ok, earth continuity, polarity,zs etc all fine, but no rcd

Doing some work in a local shop. Shopkeeper had inspectio by council and fire officers,resulting in long list of things to fix. I'been fitting key switches for testing the emergency lights, as well as a few other things. He asked me to do a pir, but I dont think I'm competent yet. Agreed to...

Yep, new cu install. Very embarrassing.