hot water problem

[scotte666]

i live in a ground floor massionette, i have a fairly new ideal icos boiler and a drayton digistat 2. the problem i have is that the only way i seem to be able to get hot water is if i turn the central heating on by the digistat.i don't have any other controls by the boiler to control the hw, just the digistat. can any1 help me as to why i don't seem to be able to get hot water without the heating on???

 

[scotte666]

im assuming that this is because the boiler will only fire up when the heating comes on...

 

[twgas]

do you have 1*3-port valve or 2*2-ports

do you need both ch and hw turned on at prog to get hw or does it get hot when the ch is on and hw off.

 

[scotte666]

i dont know if its a 3 port or 2 port valve, plumbing is not my strong point sorry, how do i tell?? the programmer is a room thermostat only. it doesnt have any controls what so ever regarding water.

 

[wiggikins]

do you have 1*3-port valve or 2*2-ports

do you need both ch and hw turned on at prog to get hw or does it get hot when the ch is on and hw off.

Icos is a Combi isn't it??

 

[twgas]

I assume you do have a hw tank in an airing cupboard.?

 

[scotte666]

no im pretty sure it isnt.according to website its just a high efficency boiler and not a combi.

 

[scotte666]

yea i have a hot water tank in the airing cupboard. and a water tank on an adjoining cupboard that sits around head height.

 

[wiggikins]

Correction, system boiler DUH !!

 

[twgas]

do you have 1*3-port valve or 2*2-ports

do you need both ch and hw turned on at prog to get hw or does it get hot when the ch is on and hw off.

Icos is a Combi isn't it??

isar is combi. (both are nightmares)

edit; I'm a slow typer

 

[wiggikins]

Agreed, best place for both is nearest skip

 

[Softus]

Best not put it in a skip - some scavenging oik might remove it and try to use it.

There's a universal tool for fixing any problem with any Ideal combi boiler: