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[reg7]

Hi all, thank you all for your help and suggestions but after about 6 weeks of trying I give up FOR NOW, I have tried three 3 port valves been in touch with the manufactures of the thermostat & programmer made adjustments moved the wiring more times than I can remember. I have hot water that's fine I can get heating if I push the leaver in the 3 port valve over, but that means that the water has to be on also. I am now sick and tired of spending my life with top half of my body in the cupboard.

 

[stem]

it WORKED until things had to be replaced.

What had to be replaced?

 

[ianmcd]

Hi all, thank you all for your help and suggestions but after about 6 weeks of trying I give up FOR NOW, I have tried three 3 port valves been in touch with the manufactures of the thermostat & programmer made adjustments moved the wiring more times than I can remember. I have hot water that's fine I can get heating if I push the leaver in the 3 port valve over, but that means that the water has to be on also. I am now sick and tired of spending my life with top half of my body in the cupboard.

then try thinking out of the box , and get a professional in its what we do for a living

 

[reg7]

Hi stem, over the years about 4 three port valves, Programmer, and room stat.

 

[reg7]

Hi ianmcd, you may be right but in all my 82 years I have never given up on anything I can think of, I was born a breach and have never given up as far as I can recall. But who knows I may have been beaten at last.

 

[ianmcd]

Hi ianmcd, you may be right but in all my 82 years I have never given up on anything I can think of, I was born a breach and have never given up as far as I can recall. But who knows I may have been beaten at last.

if you can get HW on its own and heating and HW but not CH on its own you have a HW off fault is the HW off wired into your programmer ?

 

[stem]

Hi stem, over the years about 4 three port valves, Programmer, and room stat.

OK. I was trying to find out at what point it stopped working properly. Or does it work properly and the continual failure of components is the problem

 

[reg7]

Hi ianmcd, thanks for the info, I will look at that over the weekend. Fingers crossed.

 

[reg7]

Hi stem, I've almost lost track of it all. It all started at the end of winter and the heating should have come into play. But I cant understand why not 1 of 3 three port valves would not work.

 

[ianmcd]

Hi stem, I've almost lost track of it all. It all started at the end of winter and the heating should have come into play. But I cant understand why not 1 of 3 three port valves would not work.

If all are failing then it is not the valve that is at fault, but a control or wiring fault

 

[reg7]

Hi ianmcd, I was thinking that but not sure if I can test the valves without fitting them.

 

[ianmcd]

Hi ianmcd, I was thinking that but not sure if I can test the valves without fitting them.

you could wire them up without fitting them and see where the valve moves to , but better to test the wiring of the valve already fitted with a multi meter to see what voltages you are getting, @The Novice posted an expected voltage very simple guide in another post I have tagged him so hopefully he will be kind enough to post it again on here for you

 

[reg7]

Thank you very much for that.

 

[Deleted member 267285]

Yes no problem @ianmcd and @reg7:

 

[reg7]

Hi ianmcd, The Novice and all, it's sorted at last, a bit of help from Tower and an old thermostat everything is now working. Thanks to all and hopefully I will not be back for a while and I'm now out of the cupboard for a while.