Hi all,
I am having a problem at home. Over the last few days my f+e tank has been filling with hot water.
I have tried several things but nothing has cured it.
I think i have now ruled out a cylinder problem but am unsure.
What is the easiest way of telling if this is the case?
So far I have shut off the cold supply from my storage tank to the cylinder and ran the hot taps for a while until the water stopped. The F+E tank did not fill or empty.
It says on a sticker on the side of the cylinder " ???crificial cylinder with anode" (first part of the sticker is missing). Also it says on another sticker "Churchill 1.5hr recovery with gravity".
Not quite sure how these work inside so if anyone can enlighten me i would appreciate it.
The F+R to the cylinder are 28mm and there is a 22mm pipe from the return going to the F+E tank with the expansion pipe off of that.
The cylinder does not have a stat as far as i can see and i can't find a zone valve anywhere.
The F+E tank seems to fill via the expansion pipe at random times. It is not the supply letting by as i have checked that.
The boiler is making noises similar tapping or bubbling (best i can describe it).
Can someone enlighten me as to how an already filled system can dump so much hot water back into the F+E tank.
Please help as i am starting to run out of ideas here.
I am having a problem at home. Over the last few days my f+e tank has been filling with hot water.
I have tried several things but nothing has cured it.
I think i have now ruled out a cylinder problem but am unsure.
What is the easiest way of telling if this is the case?
So far I have shut off the cold supply from my storage tank to the cylinder and ran the hot taps for a while until the water stopped. The F+E tank did not fill or empty.
It says on a sticker on the side of the cylinder " ???crificial cylinder with anode" (first part of the sticker is missing). Also it says on another sticker "Churchill 1.5hr recovery with gravity".
Not quite sure how these work inside so if anyone can enlighten me i would appreciate it.
The F+R to the cylinder are 28mm and there is a 22mm pipe from the return going to the F+E tank with the expansion pipe off of that.
The cylinder does not have a stat as far as i can see and i can't find a zone valve anywhere.
The F+E tank seems to fill via the expansion pipe at random times. It is not the supply letting by as i have checked that.
The boiler is making noises similar tapping or bubbling (best i can describe it).
Can someone enlighten me as to how an already filled system can dump so much hot water back into the F+E tank.
Please help as i am starting to run out of ideas here.