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hey factoryman,thanks for the reply,mybe see u on the road some day.
the h/w valve was completly changed,but now with both valves,i move the little switch on the top of them top one side and there is no resistance and it does no return by its self,was told to tap/hit the valves with a hammer to unblock/unstick them,but might take the face plate off them to see wats going on inside as someone mentioned earlier and spray a bit of wd40 in around it.
if all else fails then i will get tony the plum back again.
on another note i knew a plumber for years,he died 6months ago and his real name was,roy plumber
Perhaps its already been mentioned but does the HW valve open and the lever go floppy when you select HW only?
If that happens but the boiler does not come on then the fault is likely to be that the microswitch inside is not being operated. Thats more often mechanical wear rather then by the switch it self failing.
Tony
If that happens but the boiler does not come on then the fault is likely to be that the microswitch inside is not being operated. Thats more often mechanical wear rather then by the switch it self failing.
Tony
Agile";p="2044425 said:Perhaps its already been mentioned but does the HW valve open and the lever go floppy when you select HW only?
If that happens but the boiler does not come on then the fault is likely to be that the microswitch inside is not being operated. Thats more often mechanical wear rather then by the switch it self failing.
Tony[/quote
not sure dude,so fecking confusednow,hot water fri with just the c/h on,this morning nothing,pump set on 3,emersion heater switched on and the c/h and h/w set to come on at 4am,6am all the pipes and valves are red hot,even the boiler in the kitchen is red hot all over,but anything below the valve are coldish,there the pipe that comes up threw the floor boards and goes into the tank at the bottom with the little screw vent on top id hot half way up then it gets cold againall the thermostats are set on max,ie the one in below the stairs/the boiler its self and the tank one which is held on with elastic wrapped around the tank.
now there are 2 valves,a pipe comes down and splits into 2,one into each valve,which one is the h/w one and what is the other one for,i remember the plumber saying something about if u push the little lever across it should slowley come back,neither of mine does this.what are the settings on them,i think i put mines to manual the other night and got some hot water,
so tomorrow im going to take the screw out of the pump,replace,see if i can get the covers off the valves,fiddle about in there a bit,spraw with wd40 and see what that does.
alse there are a few turn/stop red things,there all open,so that should be right.
back to the emersion heater,i know its supposed to be for emergancies when the boiler dosent work but mines does feck all.
im sure we have been over all this before but need a fresh look at it,if all else fails then its call in time for the plumber,but the last time he came,he said to make sure nothing was on,i know because the pipes get hot but how is he suposed to see the problem if all the pipes are cold.
thanks for bearing with me forum gurus,
ok new development,ive got 2 valves,the last time the hot water stopped,the plumber replaced the hw valve,i turned of the power and the hw valve spring reset to the middle.on the other valve which must be the ch valve the spring/lever did nothing and i can just push it back and forth,so i take it its stuck,gonna take the face of tomorrow.
cheers
cheers
ALL SORTED
got the hw back,even when it is set to hw only it still fires the boiler and heats the hw only
cant believe no one came up with the solution,it was so simple.
and it was
A STICKY VALVE
took the face plate off,jiggled a few bits about,tapped it a few times with the handle of the screw driver,put the face plate back on,went down stairs ,set the hw to come on,ch set to off,and the fecking boiler fired up.
big thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread,even thought u where all way off the mark.
only joking ,big thanks to all
got the hw back,even when it is set to hw only it still fires the boiler and heats the hw only
cant believe no one came up with the solution,it was so simple.
and it was
A STICKY VALVE
took the face plate off,jiggled a few bits about,tapped it a few times with the handle of the screw driver,put the face plate back on,went down stairs ,set the hw to come on,ch set to off,and the fecking boiler fired up.
big thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread,even thought u where all way off the mark.
only joking ,big thanks to all
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