Hello all,
I've recently moved house and with the winter drawing every so closer, and with the cold snaps already taken place central heating heatings are important for everyone I guess.
I've been running the central heating system in the house, but their is a major problem that occurs and some questions that arise that i cannot find ansers to. Sorry about the length of posting!
I don't much about CH but reading the forums and whats the needs are here,the system consists of (as much as I can get or understand):
Glow-worm Spacesaver 50BF (Kitchen) 3 wires goung into controlbox
Grundfoss pump (underneath floorboards upstairs)
Randall 4033 Timer 4 wires(In the airing cupboard)
Honeywell Thermostat (don't state model)
Santon immersion heater (airing cupboard, upstairs)
Two cisterns in loft, one its seem connected to immersion heater
the other connected to central heating system.
One MK 30amp switch with independent 3pin socket (this switch turns on the immersion heater)
You guys may already know how the system works, but heres a run down of the operation.
The 30amp switch allows us to turn on/off the DHW when we need it, thats OK.
To turn on central heating, we have to flick on two toggle switches on the timer for the system to heat the radiators.(boiler turns on)
Q- why do I have to turn on both toggle switches, when they are listed independently as Heating and Water, both with the switch position of being timed aswell.
If I do switch on only the Heating toggle, I hear from the boiler like a pump or something, but the gas is still in pilot postion, and the central heating will not warm up. It also seems that there is noise from the Grundfos pump also.
If I turn on only the water toggle switch, the boiler's gas sytem ligts up, like it was heating something but I cannot hear non of the pump running noises and the rads don't go warm.
When both swicthes are on then whole system works but, with one big negative output. The domestic hotwater get so hot and keeps getting hotter, that you cannot touch it and have to swicth of the CH system just for that, even though we still need the CH for the rads.
Q2 - I thought that the immersion heater worked soley from independent 30amp switch which we had control over, as their is only one electrical connection that can be made, on the top.
How is that it also heals up with the CH system, I know the system is not a combi, so how does that work.
q3 does the Glow-worm spacesaver 50bf also heat dometic hot water and feed into the immersion heater?!? there are three pipes(heard to view)
that are connected to the immersion, and when it gets hot, it gets damm hot. You cannot even touch the taps(Im not lying) its that hot, you can easily scald yourselves not safe for my kids at all.
What kind of stupid setup is this, or has someone wired it all wrong, please can someone help.
Thank You
dave
I've recently moved house and with the winter drawing every so closer, and with the cold snaps already taken place central heating heatings are important for everyone I guess.
I've been running the central heating system in the house, but their is a major problem that occurs and some questions that arise that i cannot find ansers to. Sorry about the length of posting!
I don't much about CH but reading the forums and whats the needs are here,the system consists of (as much as I can get or understand):
Glow-worm Spacesaver 50BF (Kitchen) 3 wires goung into controlbox
Grundfoss pump (underneath floorboards upstairs)
Randall 4033 Timer 4 wires(In the airing cupboard)
Honeywell Thermostat (don't state model)
Santon immersion heater (airing cupboard, upstairs)
Two cisterns in loft, one its seem connected to immersion heater
the other connected to central heating system.
One MK 30amp switch with independent 3pin socket (this switch turns on the immersion heater)
You guys may already know how the system works, but heres a run down of the operation.
The 30amp switch allows us to turn on/off the DHW when we need it, thats OK.
To turn on central heating, we have to flick on two toggle switches on the timer for the system to heat the radiators.(boiler turns on)
Q- why do I have to turn on both toggle switches, when they are listed independently as Heating and Water, both with the switch position of being timed aswell.
If I do switch on only the Heating toggle, I hear from the boiler like a pump or something, but the gas is still in pilot postion, and the central heating will not warm up. It also seems that there is noise from the Grundfos pump also.
If I turn on only the water toggle switch, the boiler's gas sytem ligts up, like it was heating something but I cannot hear non of the pump running noises and the rads don't go warm.
When both swicthes are on then whole system works but, with one big negative output. The domestic hotwater get so hot and keeps getting hotter, that you cannot touch it and have to swicth of the CH system just for that, even though we still need the CH for the rads.
Q2 - I thought that the immersion heater worked soley from independent 30amp switch which we had control over, as their is only one electrical connection that can be made, on the top.
How is that it also heals up with the CH system, I know the system is not a combi, so how does that work.
q3 does the Glow-worm spacesaver 50bf also heat dometic hot water and feed into the immersion heater?!? there are three pipes(heard to view)
that are connected to the immersion, and when it gets hot, it gets damm hot. You cannot even touch the taps(Im not lying) its that hot, you can easily scald yourselves not safe for my kids at all.
What kind of stupid setup is this, or has someone wired it all wrong, please can someone help.
Thank You
dave
