Recent content by philsno1

Immersion heater isn't connected, the water is clear in the tank, I did notice that the water level was quite high in the cold water tank (which is quite a small tank) I have now adjusted the ball valve to lower the water level, but won't find out until tomorrow if this has resolved the problem...

not sure if anyone has ever experienced this before or not? I went in my loft tonight to fit a jacket to the cold water tank that feeds my hot water cylinder and to my amazement, there was steam coming from the tank! I checked the water in the tank and it was quite warm, almost getting towards...

finally got sorted and believe it or not it was the valve that had been assembled incorrectly by the manufacturer! So a lot of pain and suffering for nothing, I think it was suggested the valve was the wrong way around which turned out in a way to be correct! Thanks once again guys for all...

That's a great help Dan, thanks ever so much! And thanks to also to you G4Y and GG very much appreciated! I'll let you know how I get on, although might be a few days before I get sorted!

Cheers Dan! I take your point with this, sorry about your experience with the 5 zone heating system, sounds like a nightmare, but probably as a result you're not phased by such trifles any more lol! Think it will be a start from scratch job, trace out and label up as I go along, fingers...

That's a very good point Dan!

The connection box where the valve and pump motor etc are terminated is a real mess, it was installed by the gas board. I have connected exactly as the original tower valve, other than the earth, which doesn't exist on the sunvic. The wires on both valves are identical - colours are white...

Thanks guys, appreciate your help and concerns, I have been on manufacturers website to check the valve out and it says the following: SUNVIC MoMo valves are available as two-port or three-port in all popular sizes. Easy-to-install, MoMo valves can directly replace all other spring return...

Thanks for the help Dan. I will more than likely tackle the wiring, if there's a way, or if anyone out there has any info, I am a qualified electrician, but no experience whatsoever with heating systems, hence my seeming to poke around in the dark with this problem.

there's a spring in there, I did try to get another Tower valve but it seems they no longer exist. The are the same number of wires in the new valve as the old one though, identical colours too. The guy who used to do my plumbing has retired, but told me it would be the motorised control valve...

I've stripped the old valve down and it's definitely motorised.

new valve sunvic SDMV2304 old valve was towerMP3 - 22C I wired exactly as old valve and fitted valve with ports A & B in same position, also wired RWB9.cw as instructions.

now set to fully pumped - but still with only hot water switched on, it's the central heating that comes on (without hot water).

Thanks Dan, I'll double check that then, I always thought when it was installed that it was gravity hot water.

it's got dip switches on the back and the last dip switch is for gravity/fully pumped. I've double checked the position of these and they are all ok according to instruction leaflet. As soon as I swithc hot water in on position pump kicks in and central heating is fired up. I believe the...