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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. The criteria for failure depends on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a failure what another person considers a success, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a failure, another might consider to be a success, a qualified success or a neutral situation.
It may also be difficult or impossible to ascertain whether a situation meets criteria for failure or success due to ambiguous or ill-defined definition of those criteria. Finding useful and effective criteria, or heuristics, to judge the success or failure of a situation may itself be a significant task.

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  1. M

    Failed boss connection please help?

    Desperate to sort this chaps. I’ve installed a boss strap today and the bloody thing is leaking. I glued it as normal and cleaned it up so I’m unsure what the issue is. Any advice for the easiest fix please?
  2. D

    Worcester Bosch 542/i - failed sweep test on electrode plate?

    Hi I've just had my annual maintenance check on my boiler (in title), it will be 8 years old in May this year and is (I think) still under guarantee as I get it checked annually with British Gas (they installed it and said the guarantee would be extended until it is 10yr old if I kept the annual...
  3. M

    immersion heater failed after 4 months

    Is there any reason other than poor element. Why an immersion heater would fail 4 months after fitting on an unvented cylinder? Apparently it has power too it etc. Thanks. It isn't the original one either.
  4. R

    Failed motorized valves

    I have now had both my Danfoss HPA02 valves fail (hot water and central heating on an S plan). It is easy enough to replace the heads, but the failure mode in both cases has been the micro switch failing to open once the call for heat was removed. With the heating, we were away and came back to...
  5. L

    Gas line for dryer failed inspection

    Gas line for dryer coming out of wall about 3" and runs about 2' along wall then elbows along furnace. Inspector failed and wants specs on stack washer/dryer. Will not return calls, not sure what to do. We took out water lines and vent - no washer/dryer for that room.
    • LKBucky
    • Thread
    • america dryer failed gas gas line inspection problem urgent usa wall
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: USA
  6. N

    Best solution for a failed expansion vessel?

    I have a Vaillant Turbomax Plus boiler, fitted in 2005. Recently it's locked out several times due to low pressure, which prompted me to check the expansion vessel. When I pressed the Schrader valve I found that water, rather than air, was released. That suggests to me a failure of the...
  7. A

    Is it possible for a failed thermostatic bath mixer tap to cause crossover problems

    I have a central heating with storage tank system. I woke this morning to what sounded like running water, although no taps were turned on. I went to my boiler room in the basement and the pressure valve was reading 10 psi and water was running out via the pressure release valve outlet. I turned...
    • angefoh
    • Thread
    • bath cause cold crossover failed heating hot mixer mixer tap possible problems tap thermostat thermostatic
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  8. Y

    failed installation of end cap?

    I had a small sink in the corner of a room I’m using and it was in the way so I removed it. I cut the hot and cold pipes and went and bought something to cap them with. At the DIY shop I bought two of these little plastic end caps shown in the picture that seal using the pressure in the pipe...
  9. quality

    Failed gasket .

    ECOMAX 828 I have replaced these before on the ecotec range and the new burner is a complete re-designed part but it looks like there is a replacement flange only for this older version ?? any advice from you lot
  10. J

    plastic pipe fitting failed - why?

    I came across one of these fittings last week, that had popped under the bath...
  11. R

    Gas and Solid Fuel/Wood linked C/H systems

    Looking for advice from experienced installers. I currently have a 3 unit C/H and hot water system with wood burner, solid fuel range and Stelrad Ideal Mexico gas boiler (20+ years old) that has failed and not sure if current regulations and current gas boilers will require system to be...
  12. bigdc

    failed spillage test help please

    Hello lads and lasses, I was hoping someone could offer a little help, i was on a service this afternoon. the fire is a 940 with the dream front. flue flow fine was fine but filled the room on spillage, 5 mins, 10 mins and still no good opened window then even the door, still filled the room...
  13. R

    vaillant, failed today!

    turbomax plus 834, fires up for a min or so then goes off then cycles again. pressures 1.5bar. f22 on index fault. there is no heat transfer on any pipes below or inside boiler from p-hex apart from h-ex f&r pipe! pump and fan running!!!!!!! help gone home:disappointed:
  14. A

    powermax 155x failed gas safe cert

    Hi all, I am looking for some advise on a replacement combi boiler for the powermax 155x. B/g have been out and and failed it due to spillage from the burner i believe. It is in a internal cupboard 10mtr from an external wall. I unsure at this moment if it can be moved to an external wall so...
  15. E

    GAH Electrastream error 3

    Hi I previously had only one heat element working and saw a previous posting stating that there were known PCB issues with this boiler. Since then the boiler has failed self test and now has an error 3 (all heaters failed). I'm trying to work out whether this is a PCB fault or a tri-core...
  16. G

    Cold water expansion vessel failure

    The cold water expansion vessel (24l) of a three-year-old system has failed and my plumber says that it must be because it was too small for the 300l hot water tank and proposes to instal an additional vessel for safety (as well as replacing the failed vessel). The manufacturers (Geminox) say...
    • GabiW14
    • Thread
    • cold cold water expansion expansion vessel failed failure manufacturer system vessel water
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  17. U

    Replacement of CH pump, Gate valves have failed and the only drain cock has seized.

    Advice appreciated. As I cant drain the system or isolate the old pump, I have new ball valves to replace, the failed gate valves.
  18. F

    threading a smaller guage hose through a failed Hep20 pipe, possible?

    Hi there, I had a section of hep20 fail after 2 decades of home ownership, its buried under tiles.I verified which section of pipe is leaking with food colouring. instead of ripping tiles is there a possibility to thread narrow guage hose through the failed pipe? even if i had to renew it every...
    • Fred Plune
    • Thread
    • failed guage hep20 hose pipe possible section smaller through tiles
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  19. W

    Underwear bomber plot failed because he 'wore same pants for two weeks'

    US official says terror plot failed because bomber did not change his undergarments for two weeks and soiled the explosives - Daily Telegraph Video: Underwear bomber plot failed because he 'wore same pants for two weeks' - Telegraph
  20. R

    Failed Spillage test - Glowworm Capricorn 240/6 Back boiler

    Hi A case of layman confused I think. I have a Glowworm Capricorn back boile. The mand came to service it yesterday. The boiler was fine - passed all its sets quite happily. However the gas fire (which vents through the same flue as the boiler failed the spillage test. Looking at it it...
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