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I think hes a troll, but I also thought that post (of his) was rather amusing. :)

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RA17s were one of the bits of kit I looked after during that period. Also ILS, CADF, mincomms. BUHF...

Then I moved onto DCN in Cyprus, then Speedrace in Scotland, SHF relay in NATO, and finally kit to make comms with the Nimrods in Cornwall.

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Incidentally, one huge drawback with thermionic valves was the thermy bit. They produced masses of heat.

No need of central heating in an equipment room, in fact many required shorts and t-shirts as standard wear all year round.

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Think how we felt at Digby - underground with over 100 operators each with 2 RA17s…

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Our building was above ground at Pitreavie Castle, but I often had to go down, down, down behind the blast doors to do repairs.

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Keep yer eyes peeled lads (and lasses) I think we have a mole in here selling stories to the BBC . . . It'll be 'what media did you last buy' next :D

The best time to turn on the heating – according to you

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqly9ynnd4o

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Well it's definitely not the Grim Reaper(Mr K)! :D

It's definitely colder this weekend when my heating triggers at 6am it's on alot longer before it gets to 19c and then doesn't turn off as it ramps up to 21c until later in the morning. I may have to review my temperature settings.

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I wanted to know whether it was more energy efficient to heat my hot water tank at the same time as my radiators, my thinking was use the same gas to heat both means I save money, but it looks like that's not the case, anyway this is an interesting read, whether it's accurate is anyone's guess.

House Hold Energy Myths.

Re: When does your Heating usually go on?
 

I've worked this out scientifically bellow is my working out


when you're cold hope this helps, have a nice day and stay warm

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MORE BREAKING NEWS: the heatings come on again ! I allowed it for 10 mins as it seemed keen.

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Unheard of in this day and age . . man solves question using common sense :D

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I was OK wearing a sweatshirt around the house, but the twins and missus said it was time to put the heating on.

So I tripped it on.... and only the circulation pump is running. I can frig it to start burning gas, but that only lasts for about 10 seconds.

Time to call a fixer.

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Atleast it's not -5c outside like it was late December last year, I returned from Christmas at parents putting the heating on 12hrs before I got home, it went off at 10pm as expected but never came on again so the house was 9c when i arrived!!! Even Mr K would moan at that.

Because of the time of year I had to wait several days before the fault was diagnosed and eventually fixed, in my case the fan had seized in my antique boiler. This pushed me to get the boiler replaced 5 months later in warmer weather.

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I had to replace the fan three times in my very old boiler . . the first time it happened I watched the gas fitter do it, did it myself after that.

I wouldn't touch the new combi type thing I have now . . just like cars, they've got too clever to play with yourself

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Is it manslaughter if something fatal were to occur ?

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Yeah probably.

We're all classed as useless now aren't we :D

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It was really cool overnight (last night) which kept the heating busy again.
In fact it almost triggered my systems "Winter mode" (sets Hive 0.5ºC higher).