Recent content by rickp

cheers for the advice rick

Just set the boiler stat to 65 and the D1 to 8. I'll see how it goes. The pump is set on speed 2 and the boiler rating is 11kw. I had the heating on last night to see what would happen and the rads warmed up quickly. Last nights temp wasn't cold but it wasn't very warm either. I will...

Tony, thanks for the tip, makes perfect sense. Rick "more knowledge is more power" Paris

Tony, Thanks for the encouragement. I feel as though I know a lot more about the boiler and its capabilities. I will monitor how things go over the next few weeks and see if the new cylinder is required. It is staying on now for about 15 mins before doing its first recycle which is getting...

Dangermouse, the current D1 setting on boiler is 5, I have looked in the book and that is minutes, setting to 8 means its on for longer. Is that good. I have just reset the D0 to 11 and it seems fine with that, the tank just about keeps up. Rick

thanks again, I am going to change the cylinder in the next few weeks for a faster heat up model as this old one is obviously got limitations and I am not going to get the best out of my new boiler but thanks to you blokes I am getting the best out of my current setup. At least I get a...

Wife just had a bath and daughter a shower, so no more hot water, thought I would give it a quick try tonight down at 10kw. Yippee Worked like a dream, boiler been on now for 10 mins without stopping, is that good. Water temp on front dial set to 72c cyclinder stat to 55c excellent...

Thank you to Dangermouse, I followed instructions and have reset the boiler down to 16kw. Fired it up and I can report not much success, boiler shut off at around 40 seconds. I will try it lowerat around 10k tomorrow morning. Regarding the lockshield advice from Tony, there is a valve on...

Thanks for all the replies guys, its been a real eye opener. Rick

You might have it there DP, at the moment the returning hot water, moments after firing, is returning to the boiler very hot. The cylinder seems to take virtually NO heat out of it all all. Is there any make of cylinder to look for? I have only space for a 900 x 450 normal shaped one. Rick

Thanks, I'll get him back tomorrow and see if he can turn it down. Would a new cylinder be helpful too? Rick

sorry Tony, I only got half your reply above. Rick

Is it possible to range rate the boiler now and turn it down. How can 4 different gas bolier engineers come up with the same boiler and rating. Does the cylinder need changing and if so what model? I know he was fiddling with the controls for ages, resetting things. I know I can turn down...

Agile, We have a 4 bed detached bungalow, 15 rads, all 4 engineers who came round measured all the rads and recommended the same boiler and size. I am in the situation I am now in, what do you suggest to help me overcome it. thanks Rick

Thanks for all the advice, The old tank is 20 years old and was retained as it was in good order, I had 4 engineers round to quote and only 1 of them suggested changing it and that was a throwaway remake, not a recommendation. The pipework is 22mm , only 15mm near the rads. Original...