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Tap fixed! What a relief!! I renewed the bathroom wiring and the problem persisted. I followed the wires through the floor and across the 'van and back in behind the fridge. I took the fridge out and the kitchen sink out to find the wires actually came up behind the cooker! I took the...

Hi Bertie, Thanks for your input. With regard to your relay, am I right in thinking a relay is an electronic switch that allows a small current to control a larger current? If so then it sounds like an excellent idea to prolong the life of microswitches! However, I've only had to change a...

Thanks, Prof, for bringing up the idea of a high resistance in the circuit - I had been so caught up with volt drops and continuity that I had overlooked this completely! It makes perfect sense; if we consider Ohm's Law then if a resistance increases and the voltage remains the same then the...

Hmm, looks like I'm going to have to try and follow the wires back to a junction. So far I know they go through the bathroom wall into the bottom of the wardrobe and then down through the floor. Unfortunately it was too wet yesterday to have more than a cursory glance under the 'van so...

Hi Damian, Thinking of the circuit as a whole, surely the tap must have a positive and negative connection? When I talk of the positive and negative sides of the microswitch, I'm referring to the side nearest the electrical supply as the positive and the other side as the negative. Looking at...

No - the problem persists! I perhaps didn't explain myself very well; I was merely using the jump lead to extend the lead from the multimeter so that I could confirm, specifically, that the connection between the microswitch and the pump was intact. I also tried connecting the +ve side of the...

Hi Prof - I was hoping you'd see my post! With regard to connecting the meter: with the microswitch disconnected I connected a voltmeter to the bare ends of the supply wires. The pump was enabled on the switch panel but all taps were closed - meter read 12v. I also connected the meter across...

This has got me stumped! I have two taps in my caravan - one in the kitchen, one in the bathroom. They are both Reich Charisma, operating the submersible pump via a microswitch in the tap head. A few days ago the bathroom tap stopped working. I assumed the microswitch was broken as, if I...

According to Calor's website their bottles fall into 7 groups. You can exchange any bottle in a group for another bottle in the same group without a new agreement. If you want to exchange your bottle for a bottle in a different group then a new agreement has to be signed. The groups are as...

I would just go to somewhere that exchanges gas bottles (ideally someone you know and get on with) and try and exchange it for a 6kg propane. Officially (I've just looked at Calor's website) you can exchange your bottle for another within the same group without signing a new agreement. Your...

Pros: Cheap Plenty of outside space Nice outlook Cons: Need a postal address Will probably have to move it occasionally Not much storage space for "big" things Not as durable as bricks & mortar I've been living in mine for just over a year.

Thanks for your replies. The Bradcot seems a very popular awning but I'm still drawn towards the PVC Montreux - partly because of its easy-clean, low-maintenance-ness! Just a bit concerned about condensation. Has anyone used a PVC awning?

I was quite interested in the Walker Concept awning - a heavyweight PVC awning that was a similar spec to the PVC Eurovent/Trigano Montreux. The Walker uses a slightly heavier canvas than the Montreux and I think the poles may be a tad bigger but the Montreux has a lot more poles! The Walker...

The search is on for my next awning! My Sunncamp Mirage has lasted for more than 8 years. For most of its life it was only used for a week or two per year but, for the last 12 months, it's been up continuously. It's badly faded, worn, the webbing is rotten, and it leaks like a sieve! So -...

Really? I would've thought they'd be pretty reliable.