Just saying hello. I'm an electrical engineer restoring a house in Germany trying to work out a range of different things least of all German manuals and a solar system that I have very little idea about.
Hi, we are building a new house and we are going to be using central heating and radiators with a gas boiler. We live in a remote rural place and we have to generate our own light. We have set up some solar power and generate more than what our batteries can charge and we can use during the day...
Hi all,
A while back I posted about an issue I was having with hot taps running luke warm whilst the water in the cylinder was hot (70 deg).
It was determined that the likely issue was a faulty TMV.
I’m looking for assistance for 2 points if possible:
1. Does anyone know where I can get a...
I have a job thi week coming that requires the replacement of a UVDHW cylinder (I am G3 registered), but it turns out that its connected to a solar heating panel.
My question is can anyone tell me, definitively, what the fluid in the system is likely to be?
The system is around 8 years old...
I'm installing a solar panel kit which was supplied with a 10m coil of flexible stainless steel corrugated tubing. It takes 3/4" fittings and has foam rubber insulation. I've installed it neatly from the two roof panels into the loft, but I can't get it to seal at the fittings at the pump and...
Good day everyone ,
can anyone tell me where to get a copy of the above guide please ? I have tried the CIPHE as it is their publication and I am a member , but they dont have any copies as it is being Updated . I think it was published first in 2007 . Or an...
This is a new area to me but anyway because API 2006 is now involved in this area (due to a product we are developing)
with Sentinel and Saint Gobain we will need to set up a specification for enginners to fit the set up.
So please - whats the qualification we will need to get from the sub...
hey guys i was wondering if there is a market out there for solar panels ?
ive seen a course at my local college for £275, which is only a 2 day course.. and at the end you are an approved BPEC installer. Is this enough ?
I want to get into this as I think it is the future, and why not...
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Hi, new member Kenco here with a few queries!!
I'm building a house in the south of France and trying to decide the best (cheapest to install and run??) heating option(s)
My intention is to place solar collectors (evacuated tubes) on the roof as it seems a shame not to reap the free energy...
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I am 51 and looking to re-train as a plumber, ideally with some kind of green credentials (solar heating, ground source heat pump installation, rain water harvesting, grey watyer recycling etc).
I have come across New Career Skills and most recently ableskills.co.uk, the latter seem very...
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Hello to one and all.
I've just registered here with the hope that I'll be able to pick the brains of old experienced hands and newbies (like me).
I'm about to complete a City & Guilds Level II in plumbing with a view of then going on to do unvented systems, gas and solar heating.
The idea is...
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Afternoon all,
After much deliberation over the various fast track courses available and establishing that they seem to be widely dis-regarded in the industry I have decided to do it "properly" and go back to college part time to study the full NVQ 2...
My only stumbling block now is finding...
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Hi
Last year we had our hot water system, which was electric immersion heater only, altered to provide additional heat from solar panels. Results appear to be satisfactory.
BUT in making the change the installers had to replace the hot water 1.5mtr cylinder (which had spray foam insulation)...
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Hello,
I have a question about a job im on, there seems to be alot of rust coloured water from the hot water feeds only , in a B+B i was asked to look at.
There is 2 phoenix unvented cylinders working the system.
One cylinder seams to have the hot outlet going into feed the next cylinder,
is...
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an internet company who wont provide you with a phone number? i did some digging and found a mobile number registered to this company and there was no answer. they have 3 different web sites , boilers , showers and solar heating and none of these sites provide a tel number in the contact use...
that bloke.
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i am researching a possible career change and im getting confused as i am trying to take in as much info sa possible.
would a compitent plumber who is qualified to nvq level2 be able to install full central heating systems? or am i right in thinking that the plumber would do all the pipe work...
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Somebody has suggested me to have a roof top water cylinder heated by copper tubes in vacuum tubes, if I wasn't wrong this system called ICS (integral collector storage) or batch heater.
- Is this system still effective in the summer period ?
- Is it better to purchase the materials then DIY or...
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Completed a degree in product design, no jobs out there after many CV's posted out etc, so after a year of nothing, I started a T4TS course (yes another one) the full one with solar heating training as I was interested before UNI and have always wanted my own business.
I wanted to say my...
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