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Hello all!
I have just moved into a new flat in the loft of an old building that has just immersion heated hot water. This is the setup:
- The cylinder (about 1.5m tall, one heater element at the top) is in a cupboard on the landing
- The cistern is above in the roof space - it looks quite small (it is squeezed into the apex of the roof)
- The bottom of the cistern is about 1m above the top of the cylinder
- The water heats up fine
- The cold water feed to the cistern (normal size pipe) is on max and there is good pressure
- The cold water feed into the bottom of the cylinder (wider pipe) is on max
The water flow from the hot pipe keeps varying dramatically in pressure, building up very fast then dropping to a drip, then steady then high pressure again. I have no idea why this is happening (I assumed that the inflow and outflow to the cylinder and tap could be tuned to sort it but this doesn't work).
If anybody can help me I would be really grateful as I want to run a shower of the tank and cannot with this unsteady flow!
Many many thanks to anyone out there that can help!!
I have just moved into a new flat in the loft of an old building that has just immersion heated hot water. This is the setup:
- The cylinder (about 1.5m tall, one heater element at the top) is in a cupboard on the landing
- The cistern is above in the roof space - it looks quite small (it is squeezed into the apex of the roof)
- The bottom of the cistern is about 1m above the top of the cylinder
- The water heats up fine
- The cold water feed to the cistern (normal size pipe) is on max and there is good pressure
- The cold water feed into the bottom of the cylinder (wider pipe) is on max
The water flow from the hot pipe keeps varying dramatically in pressure, building up very fast then dropping to a drip, then steady then high pressure again. I have no idea why this is happening (I assumed that the inflow and outflow to the cylinder and tap could be tuned to sort it but this doesn't work).
If anybody can help me I would be really grateful as I want to run a shower of the tank and cannot with this unsteady flow!
Many many thanks to anyone out there that can help!!