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Presumably the heating elements will not get clogged up with calcium deposits.

I'm not trying to save money I am trying to get it to heat during the period when I am asleep or when I am not in bed so that the clonking noises do not annoy me as I try to get to sleep. However it's not very loud so I may well get used to it soon.

The water heater system comprises a cylindrical water tank, looking like a normal water tank fitted with two immersion heaters. The top one is used for topping up the hot water any time of the day using electricity at the peak tariff. The bottom one uses the off-peak tariff. The tank is fed...

There are two reasons why I want to make this mod 1. The water heater is of the type where the electrical element heats the water in the tank which then heats the water passing through a coil inside the tank and it's much more complex than the standard immersion heater system. (Pulsacoil...

I have a water storage tank heated by economy 10electricity which gives 5 hours of heating in the night and two separate periods totalling 5 hours in the day and evening. I wish to restrict the heating period to a few hours in the night period. This is because (i) the heater now comes on...

Thanks to the advice i have received here I now have a fully working system that does all I require and I now understand fully how it works. regards David

Thanks gas4you, I understand the need to only have the frost stat firing the boiler if the water in the pipes is below a minimum temperature. My questions are these. 1. What pipe (frost) stat do you recommend to switch on when the water temperature falls below a certain critical value...

Thanks to both of you for your very valuable help. My problem, apart from advancing senility, was to misunderstand the wiring of the three port valve. Now I fully understand what each wire does I can now understand the wiring diagram. I now have one further problem - the frost stat...

I have a ACL Lifestyle LP241 central heating controller and I am using three outputs, CH-on, HW-on and HW-off. CH-on is connected through a Salus RT500RF roomstat to the CH on terminal of the Honeywell three port valve. HW-on is connected through a Honeywell L641A1005 tankstat to the HW-on...

I am seeking a quote to replace a 20 year old boiler. The system is a good old fashioned vented system with gas boiler with hot water and rads. I have been quoted for a vented system and one where the boiler loop is pressurised. (Glowworm 18hxi and 18sxi) What are the pros and cons re...