irregular ignition Britony 80
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oilman said:
Good gracious Holmes, you really are the master of deduction. Although of course you can write anything you like in a quote and pretend that the author changed it, viz:
oilman said:
However, it says something about you that you think I would be concerned what people think of the edits.
I'll leave the quip as an exercise for the student.
Pat67 said:
You might have trouble with Thames Water if splitting the mains to three stop cocks doesn't achieve the desired result. For example, there could be a restriction within your flat. In case it's of interest I recently improved the flow rate in a 1st flow flat in Acton, by (a) removing all (three) redundant stopcocks, (b) replacing one faulty stopcock, (c) removing redundant and convoluted pipework, and (d) replacing a double check valve that turned out to have a fragment of gravel stuck inside it. The flow increased by 50% just by doing this.
Regarding the boiler, in case it turns out that it has a fault that can be fixed, can you disclose the make and model?
I'm sure - I mean I'm ABSOLUTELY sure, we all get on each other's t*ts sometimes. Perhaps its best to make the odd comment just as a flag to the intended target, but not to take others' flags too seriously.
Looked at this boiler's docs. Unusually there's an actual description of how it works! But it isn't clear how flow is recognised - the relevant component(s) being called a Flowstat in one place and a flow switch in another! I gather from the above that it would be appropriate to remove and clean it.
This is an old boiler and not that common so I don't mind if I never see one (haven't yet), but I wouldn't mind spending 2-3 hours getting to know one if I wasn't busy - and the parking was easy. Problems can come though (I remember a Chaff Celtic ) with oldies in that when one thing is fixed, another, like a chronic sludge/scale problem, raises its head. That Celtic leaked from the aav, and I was advised by those who know them that they always do - if you do up the cap they push water through the prv. Later designs aren't so bad, I think.
So Pat, where in SW London are you?
Looked at this boiler's docs. Unusually there's an actual description of how it works! But it isn't clear how flow is recognised - the relevant component(s) being called a Flowstat in one place and a flow switch in another! I gather from the above that it would be appropriate to remove and clean it.
This is an old boiler and not that common so I don't mind if I never see one (haven't yet), but I wouldn't mind spending 2-3 hours getting to know one if I wasn't busy - and the parking was easy. Problems can come though (I remember a Chaff Celtic ) with oldies in that when one thing is fixed, another, like a chronic sludge/scale problem, raises its head. That Celtic leaked from the aav, and I was advised by those who know them that they always do - if you do up the cap they push water through the prv. Later designs aren't so bad, I think.
So Pat, where in SW London are you?
Good to see debate is alive and well in this country. But for the time being I really need an engineer who knows Britony 80 boilers cos in fact Thames Water is so slow in reacting to water connection issues and i haven't got hot water or heating. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions!!
softus - the boiler is a britony 80 combi. Thank re the water pressure, will bear it in mind and get the pipework checked out. This morning, boiler locked out as usual. Funnily enough the pressure in the cold tap in the kitchen next to the boiler was strong, but try the hot water and it was a very weak flow. don't know if that gives any tips...
Disraeli Rd - sounds like a one way street. How's the parking?! I once put my phone number on a web forum and then got a dozen people phoning up to 10pm on a Saturday wanting to know if I'd refill their boiler for free because they were only a couple of miles away. Then there was a guy in Liverpool...
My email is in my "profile".
My email is in my "profile".
Softus old chap
Dredging up the past was a bit sneaky, I admit. I was simply showing that you yourself have been guilty, if not of actually touting for business, of inciting someone else to.
There’s a number of people on this site, including yourself, who spend a great deal of time imparting their knowledge to help others - often with little thanks and no reward. If, in the process, they pick up a job or two because the questioner likes their attitude, then all well and good.
Compared with the shameful behaviour of many salespeople today (think spam for starters), it’s hard to imagine a more honourable and innocent approach to business, and certainly doesn’t deserve the slapping down that you, as self-appointed guardian of public morals, are so quick to carry out if anyone so much as hints that they might personally be able to dig the questioner out of a hole.
Who knows, I may even get Oilman round one day to sign off my boiler. Not sure if I could stand the lectures on where I went wrong, followed by another on the evils of a half of shandy, followed by shreiks of disapproval at actually turning the thing on when we should all be going round the house dressed like a polar expeditionary force.
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