ArmatageShanks
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Perhaps, although a shoddy job was done in the building here at work, also think its got a wooden lintel or none in the windows.
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Perhaps, although a shoddy job was done in the building here at work, also think its got a wooden lintel or none in the windows.
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I assume you mean the steel frames?
We haven't replaced those yet. Hopefully early next year.
What weather strips are you guys using?
Electrical help. Staying at a house with a digital timer on the geyser. Said timer is not working. Apparently it was installed and working on Sunday...
This is how it was wired, with the pink tint wire (first one on the bottom) going to the geyser... Is the wiring correct?
There are a few of these lying here, so I assume they get replaced often... The circuit breaker before the timer is 20A, and the timer is 20A.
This is how it was wired, with the pink tint wire (first one on the bottom) going to the geyser... Is the wiring correct?
There are a few of these lying here, so I assume they get replaced often... The circuit breaker before the timer is 20A, and the timer is 20A.
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Electrical help. Staying at a house with a digital timer on the geyser. Said timer is not working. Apparently it was installed and working on Sunday...
This is how it was wired, with the pink tint wire (first one on the bottom) going to the geyser... Is the wiring correct?
There are a few of these lying here, so I assume they get replaced often... The circuit breaker before the timer is 20A, and the timer is 20A.
it looks right
edit: according to this guy it does seem to look right:
imo the installation looks dodgy the way the live is snuck into the bottom here
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Had the same timer from Major Tech installed recently but it only worked for a day. Apparently there was a bad batch. Got it swapped out the next day with no hassles. Working fine ever since.Electrical help. Staying at a house with a digital timer on the geyser. Said timer is not working. Apparently it was installed and working on Sunday...
This is how it was wired, with the pink tint wire (first one on the bottom) going to the geyser... Is the wiring correct?
There are a few of these lying here, so I assume they get replaced often... The circuit breaker before the timer is 20A, and the timer is 20A.
Yeah.. 1 on this timer goes to 4 at the bottom... 3 is connectionless? (Just watched the video on my phone... 3 doesn't get used)
I'm cursed, when ever I go on holiday - I arrive to cold shower's.
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Maybe... Apparently its new and worked on Sunday. Definitely not working now, the manual override to ON also does nothing. (Red power LED stays off)
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just take the kak out and feel the outside of the geyser, if it is warm then buy a geyser blanket, otherwise just buy pipe insulation and then forget about it.
Not my house... I'm here till Thursday
I've bypassed the timer though... not ideal, but have hot water.
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Not my house... I'm here till ThursdayI've bypassed the timer though... not ideal, but have hot water.
what you need to do is bypass it but leave the power in to the timer, so it looks like it is on, save those people some headaches
This is just confusing. This is from the manual on the net... One and two are swapped around.
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This is just confusing. This is from the manual on the net... One and two are swapped around.
i thought that first but no, look at the orientation compared to your example
edit: nope now i am confused again also
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Had exactly the same. They'll need a new one.
We used a geyser timer on our DB for a while before we moved to a solar geyser and the issue went away. We found them so unreliable that after we'd had about several replaced within a year or two, we just used the geyser on off switch on the DB when we need to heat water, usually for an hour or so after supper. That wasn't reliable either as it needed us to remember to switch it on...
I've had lots of MajorTech timers bomb out on me.
I try not to use them anymore
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I'm in the process of removing some ancient tiles from our one bathroom. They're leaving a fair bit more adhesive behind on the wall than I expected. Can someone recommend some kind of remove to soften it? Google tells me that there should be such a thing, but all the decriptions of the products I can find talk about adhesives as in the glue sense.
I'm willing to sit and chip with a chisel, but I am hoping there's an easier solution!
I'm willing to sit and chip with a chisel, but I am hoping there's an easier solution!
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yeah anything that will remove the adhesive will affect the plaster and mortar, you just gotta get in there with a big flat cold chisel and 4 pound hammer
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