Hello folks
I've just bought a house with a brand new looking Ideal Mini C24 Combi Boiler fitted. Initially, the CH wasn't properly pressurised and the radiators were full of air. But the hot water was fine. I filled a bath at full flow and had to add extra cold water to bring the temp down to confortable levels.
I bled the radiators and repressurised the system. Central Heating now works fine. Hot water never gets properly hot though. Even with the dial up fully and the tap running at low pressure it never gets above the temp that I can hold my hand in without scalding myself. Watching the burner and temperature dial I see that the boiler shuts down at around 80 degrees and restarts at about 75 degrees. The DHW temp dial doesn't seem to have any influence on anything.
I'm guessing that my initial problems with the CH and my current problems with the DHW are NOT connected and that this was a coincidence? I'm also guessing that either the DHW temp dial is faulty or there is some internal thermoswitch problem? Am I missing something obvious before I go and call out a heatingh engineer?
Many thanks for your time in answering this
Aaron
I've just bought a house with a brand new looking Ideal Mini C24 Combi Boiler fitted. Initially, the CH wasn't properly pressurised and the radiators were full of air. But the hot water was fine. I filled a bath at full flow and had to add extra cold water to bring the temp down to confortable levels.
I bled the radiators and repressurised the system. Central Heating now works fine. Hot water never gets properly hot though. Even with the dial up fully and the tap running at low pressure it never gets above the temp that I can hold my hand in without scalding myself. Watching the burner and temperature dial I see that the boiler shuts down at around 80 degrees and restarts at about 75 degrees. The DHW temp dial doesn't seem to have any influence on anything.
I'm guessing that my initial problems with the CH and my current problems with the DHW are NOT connected and that this was a coincidence? I'm also guessing that either the DHW temp dial is faulty or there is some internal thermoswitch problem? Am I missing something obvious before I go and call out a heatingh engineer?
Many thanks for your time in answering this
Aaron