Comments for Tom Fosdick

Comment on Taoism and Trees by Ian Marshall

Ian Marshall — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:36:49 +0000

I like your web site, Tom, and this article in particular.

Comment on Diving Headfirst into Worcester Bosch 240 Repair by tom

tom — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:05:50 +0000

Hi Frustra… I can’t be of much help I’m afraid as with these things I only gain knowledge as I find problems myself and this boiler has been pretty good to me so far! I would guess that there’s a dodgy flow censor somewhere, but I wouldn’t know where to start looking for it or how to tell if it was functioning correctly or not.

Comment on Diving Headfirst into Worcester Bosch 240 Repair by Frustra

Frustra — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:39:16 +0000

Hi there,
Very interesting information – thanks for your efforts.
I too have this model and have an unresolved problem with it.
It will switch on and stay on at random times – no hot tap is being used at the time, yet the boiler will start up as if a hot tap is being used (and will not switch off).
Turning on a hot tap will correctly turn the boiler on, but (sometimes) after the hot tap is turned off the boiler continues to run and will not stop.
British Gas has replaced many parts on this unit, but still the problem persists.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Comment on Diving Headfirst into Worcester Bosch 240 Repair by Ben V

Ben V — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:42:23 +0000

The “white thing” (i just found out) is the heat exchanger.

http://www.uk-plumbing.com/worcester-heat-exchanger-87161205600-p-34685.html

Comment on Diving Headfirst into Worcester Bosch 240 Repair by Ben V

Ben V — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:07:25 +0000

Excellent blog post I have the same boiler and this guide has help me a few times.

Thanks

Ben V

Comment on Getting Sneaky with LINQ’s Aggregate Function by tom

tom — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:22:53 +0000

Indeed – looks like that sneaked in with .NET 2.0 and I missed it completely.
The main point I was trying to get across though was that we shouldn’t think of LINQ as just a data interrogation tool, I end up using LINQ functionality all over the place.
I will in future make a note to look for a more appropriate native function. We live and learn!

Comment on Getting Sneaky with LINQ’s Aggregate Function by Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:22:07 +0000

It’s a nice application of Aggregate but sadly String.Join is much simpler

Comment on The Best CVs Are Reverse-Engineered by Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:52:23 +0000

Great advice – thanks for publishing.

And yes, prospective employers do bin CVs that are difficult to read. I was recently reviewing applicants for a number of roles and, even though we discussed every CV before rejecting/inviting to interview, some were easier to find the details we were looking for than others.

In one case, there was a CV that was (I think) 13 pages long and written in 8pt Times New Roman. The text was so dense on the page that, from a quick scan, I really couldn’t find the evidence I was looking for that this person could do the job (incidentally, written and verbal communication would have been key to the role). I’m pretty sure that candidate was rejected.

Comment on Diving Headfirst into Worcester Bosch 240 Repair by Tom Cunningham

Tom Cunningham — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:01:31 +0000

…. “The valve for the gas charge is located on the right hand side of the expansion vessel just above the white thing with the 4 pipes going in on the left and the drain tap on the right”

hahahaha.
Love it!

I found your site by accident, whilst searching for a Worcester 240 RSF PCB (sorry… Printed Circuit Board)
Made me laugh…. but very good too!
You should book yourself on a Gas Installers Course… I think you’d teach the instructors a thing or two! haha.
All the best,
Tom Cunningham.

(Senior Plumbing Lecturer)
NWTC.
Liverpool.