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New Radiator slow to get hot
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The old rads have been balanced to give the best flow and heat for that amount of rads. Depending on where you new rad lies, which may be at the end of a run (which is it by the sounds of it and how you have teed into them) then the existing rads will take the bulk of the heat leaving you one cool rad (the new one).
From what you have written I assume that when all the rads were turned off then the heat to the problem rad improved and maybe got as warm as the other rad which was left on.
If this is the case then the system may benefit from balancing, whereby the flow to all the other rads will be restricted slightly so giving your new rad a greater flow through it thus getting warmer.
From what you have written I assume that when all the rads were turned off then the heat to the problem rad improved and maybe got as warm as the other rad which was left on.
If this is the case then the system may benefit from balancing, whereby the flow to all the other rads will be restricted slightly so giving your new rad a greater flow through it thus getting warmer.
Sorry sime you got in before me but I agree dont mention the sludge word.
It's definitely a flow issue for sure, the system water is quite clean and has always had a good dose of inhibitor (very hard water area) so i hope not sludge.
The rad tee'd from is not last in the system, in fact only about 5 meters away from the pump! As it's microbore aren't all radiators fed independently from the manifolds? The furthest rad is the other side of the house downstairs and that still gets hot.
When all rads bar 2 were turned off the new rad was still running about 50% behind the existing rad, and the existing rad outlet valve is only opened 1/2 a turn!!
My brain is in meltdown!!
The rad tee'd from is not last in the system, in fact only about 5 meters away from the pump! As it's microbore aren't all radiators fed independently from the manifolds? The furthest rad is the other side of the house downstairs and that still gets hot.
When all rads bar 2 were turned off the new rad was still running about 50% behind the existing rad, and the existing rad outlet valve is only opened 1/2 a turn!!
My brain is in meltdown!!
I normally stick to electrics, thought plumbing was easy as you can see the contents, how wrong could i be, stick to my day time job i think!!!!
vessy said:
I am not a plumber, but I have this problem in my house. Bigger radiators need a bigger water flow, so adding your 1200x500 double is like adding four or five 500x500 single panel radiators. If you check the specs for plastic pipe, Hep20 says
"As a general precaution, Hep20 should not be used for a radiator output in excess of 1.5kW (about 5000BTU) unless proven by calculation."
and I think your radiator is above 1.5kW? Another plastic pipe manufacturer says their pipe is about equivalent to the same size copper...
Having said that, my "problem" radiator gets reasonably hot.
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