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    Immersion Heater /Circulator

    The Santon Circulator must be some kind of heating element stuck into the cylinder . a large copper tank about 3 feet high , by couple of feet diameter . From the DIY book I would have regarded it as an immersion heater , except ift does saay Santon CIRCULATOR , and Isee no way of...
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    Immersion Heater /Circulator

    My immersion heater has always produced water which is very hot. I decided recently to try and adjust the heater but could see no controls . In fact I discovered that the cap on the heating unit (located at the top of the cylinder) said " Santon CIRCULATOR ".This unit must be at least 35...
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    Air lock in plumbing system

    I've been away and am only now getting to grips with your most recent suggestions. Unfortunately the taps are so designed to make it difficult to connect a hose in a nice tight way but the connection I have managed is pretty good. So far trying to push water through does not seem to have...
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    Air lock in plumbing system

    Mandate Many thanks for your prompt and helpful reply. I'm pretty sure you are correct in identifying where the trouble is .Given that bleeding does ultimately result in warm water from the bleeding point I think this points to the trouble being in the short pipe from the towel rail...
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    Air lock in plumbing system

    [/url] Thanks for this . I am trying to fix an existing sytem.
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    Air lock in plumbing system Diagram !

    For some reason my diagram in recent message did not display properly.The two vertical lines on left should have been shown to the right, completing the right hand side of the towel rail , showing it as a complete rectangle .
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    Air lock in plumbing system

    I have a towel rail in the bathroom which gets its hot water from the hot water cylinder , the return being directly back to the cylinder . It is NOT part of the central heating system. As a result of some fiddling with the supply of cold water to the cylinder simultaneously with the running...
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    Central heating radiators

    Two of my radiators have large cold areas in the middle , stretching to the bottom -- but the top 8 inches are hot. They are over 30 years old but look OK and are not leaking. Do they need to be replaced ? Will it be possible to find exact match , so that fresh pipework etc can be...
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