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If I run the bath with a full open tap, the water may be a little tepid, so would need to top up the heat with the tap on a slower flow. The problem occurs when my Wife runs a bath, she likes it red hot, so she runs it slowly and goes off doing other things, when she comes back after 10 mins or...

Hi Oilhead, The hot water flow is slower than the cold, but not by a lot. If I run the tap at full flow, I can run a bath without the boiler tripping on the limit stat. If I turn the tap on a slow flow, the water runs hot and keeps getting hotter until the limit stat trips. This slow flow would...

Thanks for the reply. The boiler fires up when the hot tap is turned on and shuts off when the tap is turned off. As long as water is flowing the boiler stays on until it hits the high limit stat and then needs resetting. The fact that the boiler shuts off when the tap is turned off surely means...

Hello guys, I have a Worcester heatslave 19/25. When the hot water is flowing enough to operate the flow switch and fire up the boiler, but flowing slowly enough to make the water get hotter till eventually the thermostat should cut off the boiler until the water has cooled enough to allow it to...