Recent content by thesustainabilitygeek

I have discovered that a 13 pin socket pre-wired to 8 core cable is a thing so I think I can guess what has happened. Only three years until the warranty runs out and then I'll get one of the local fitters to do the job properly.

When I bought my second hand Trophy Connect LR I got a towbar fitted with a 13 pin socket for trailer wiring. It's been fine for basic "7 pin" trailer wiring purposes but now I come to have a use for a permanent live I find that all the extra pins on the 13pin socket are dead, including...

Heat pumps work with microbore piping anyway. I have ten mm microbore in this house and the heat pump doesn't struggle. The installer fitted a second circulating pump to make absolutely sure (£30?). I can also confirm that the heat pump is almost inaudible, much quieter than next door's modern...

ABS works by driving the pads off the discs to allow the wheel to spin up. I think ABS relies on TPMS to sense wheel rotation. If the TPMS signal is absent when the brake is depressed could this activate ABS, which never gets a wheel rotation signal so never reapplies the brakes. This could...