You guys are gonna love this!!!
Took the kids to the beach on sunday.... Returned home to find that there was no pressure in the solar tube system, toped it up it lost pressure??? toped it up again???? lost pressure again.. Checked the pipes for leaks. None found went outside to check the tubes...... WET ROOF!!!!! found the leak from the manifold on the roof. Phoned solar technik & they said they will get a tech out to me as soon as posible?? they said the same thing to me last week when I told them about the heat loss problem..
By the way heat loss problem solved, as I thought it was the 3 port was stuck on heating. turned heating system to off position and the three port selected water heating and its now keeping a lovely tank of hot water.... only problem now is the tubes arn't working so I'm back to global warming with my gas bolier... Yippie!!! can hear some eskimo's crying from here!!! lol
I have attached some pics of the system hope you guys can make it out & I've also turned the tank temp up to 85o as someone had mentioned to try & make it into a thermal store e.i. hot as can be so it heat lasts longer.
Does anyone know if the 3 port has a position that it always rests in? or does it just stay where it was used last?
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Took the kids to the beach on sunday.... Returned home to find that there was no pressure in the solar tube system, toped it up it lost pressure??? toped it up again???? lost pressure again.. Checked the pipes for leaks. None found went outside to check the tubes...... WET ROOF!!!!! found the leak from the manifold on the roof. Phoned solar technik & they said they will get a tech out to me as soon as posible?? they said the same thing to me last week when I told them about the heat loss problem..
By the way heat loss problem solved, as I thought it was the 3 port was stuck on heating. turned heating system to off position and the three port selected water heating and its now keeping a lovely tank of hot water.... only problem now is the tubes arn't working so I'm back to global warming with my gas bolier... Yippie!!! can hear some eskimo's crying from here!!! lol
I have attached some pics of the system hope you guys can make it out & I've also turned the tank temp up to 85o as someone had mentioned to try & make it into a thermal store e.i. hot as can be so it heat lasts longer.
Does anyone know if the 3 port has a position that it always rests in? or does it just stay where it was used last?
sorry don't know how to post pics into my message??[/img]