Hive help

[DIYtryer]

hi can any one help,
I have an old boiler but can't seem to make it work with the hive heating and hot water I have to have hw on to have heating on??
Gone wrong somewhere

Can someone list the correct location of the wires from the diagram it's an appollo
All help greatly appreciated. Pic attached for the boiler and I will ad another of the hive

 

[DIYtryer]

Thanks

 

[DIYtryer]

I also have a y valve please help

 

[EFLImpudence]

I am not familiar with your system.

I think it would be advisable to remove the satchwell and start again.

Until someone more knowledgeable comes along, read this to give you an idea.

See the diagram in post #10

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/loud-noise-no-ch-anymore-dm5601-or-mk1453-or-ep200-faulty.347556/

 

[DIYtryer]

This is currently what I have but I have bridged the hw and ch off to get it to work as I can't understand how to get the hw off?

 

[DIYtryer]

Ps thank you for your reply

 

[Taylortwocities]

It sounds like you have an old gravity fed system. I guess you were unable to separate DHW and CH before?
I'm not a heating specialist, but I think that you need a pumped/valve - controlled S or Y plan to do this.

 

[Echo the husky]

Just wire it as is was before, and set the hive to gravity mode. If you want separate control of heating and hot water you will likely need to remove the satchwell box and put all the connections into a central heating wiring centre following a y plan diagram. any chance of some photos of the actual wiring and controls?

 

[DIYtryer]

With the old system pre hive yeah you could, ,

Just wire it as is was before, and set the hive to gravity mode.

How do you mean?

 

[Echo the husky]

Where is the current time clock? is it wired to the satchwell box or the 6 pin connector to the boiler?

 

[DIYtryer]

Where is the current time clock? is it wired to the satchwell box or the 6 pin connector to the boiler?

It's used to be on the boiler 6 pin but iv removed it and using the hive

 

[DIYtryer]

This?

 

[Johnmdc]

Looking at your old clock you could have HW only or HW and CH but NOT CH only.
So as Echo says you will need to set your hive to gravity mode for it to work correctly.
To do this switch the power off then back on again then press and hold the HW button for about 10 seconds until the top light turns blue.
There is a way to make the CH work on it's own, though will need to get an extra wire from the hive HW off terminal to your 3 port valve's grey wire (assuming it is a standard 3 port valve)

 

[DIYtryer]

Ok yes I believe it is standard 3 port valve, white grey blue orange? From memory
Grey to hw off and set up to gravity, right in on it tomorrow and I'll let you know how I get on,
Thanks guys really appreciate this it's been annoying me for weeks,

 

[Johnmdc]

If you connect the grey wire to HW off then you don't need to set it to gravity.