Hi,
I am new to this forum and know very little about central heating, so I apologise in advance for my ignorance. I don't really understand the system that I have so any explanation would be greatfully received.
We have a Baxi Bermuda C5 back boiler and gas fire and it seems to be playing up lately. We also have an eletric immersion heater for the water storage tank. I am not sure what tanks we have in the loft but could find out if it is relevant.
Most of the time we have the hot water turned off at the electronic control panel as our appliances are either eletric or coldfill. I began to notice that sometimes we would randomly have hot water. Initially I thought that somehow this was linked to having the fire on. However, our shower broke down recently so we have switched the hot water back on. I have subsequently noticed that when the hot water is switched on and the central heating is also on the radiators continue to heat up even after the thermostat should have switched it off. I think that when the heating is completely switched off the hot water being on doesn't affect it. We also still get hot water after the central heating has been on.
I would like to fix the problem as during the summer months the heating is not required but we may still need hot water, and it seems that we are wasting energy, so any help would be much appreciated.
Let me know if you need any further details, or clarification.
I am new to this forum and know very little about central heating, so I apologise in advance for my ignorance. I don't really understand the system that I have so any explanation would be greatfully received.
We have a Baxi Bermuda C5 back boiler and gas fire and it seems to be playing up lately. We also have an eletric immersion heater for the water storage tank. I am not sure what tanks we have in the loft but could find out if it is relevant.
Most of the time we have the hot water turned off at the electronic control panel as our appliances are either eletric or coldfill. I began to notice that sometimes we would randomly have hot water. Initially I thought that somehow this was linked to having the fire on. However, our shower broke down recently so we have switched the hot water back on. I have subsequently noticed that when the hot water is switched on and the central heating is also on the radiators continue to heat up even after the thermostat should have switched it off. I think that when the heating is completely switched off the hot water being on doesn't affect it. We also still get hot water after the central heating has been on.
I would like to fix the problem as during the summer months the heating is not required but we may still need hot water, and it seems that we are wasting energy, so any help would be much appreciated.
Let me know if you need any further details, or clarification.