Hi,
I was hoping somebody could help me understand the behavior of our radiators.
information:
Ideal Mexico boiler
Open vented gravity fed
No electronic switch valve that I can see.
4 pipes go in to the boiler, 2 smaller which seem to go to the pump/radiators
2 larger pipes which I assume go to the coil in the hot water cylinder.
Downstairs is 10mm microbore
Upstairs is 8mm microbore, new radiators, lock shields and TRVs
Pump set to top speed (level 3)
situation:
I bought a laser thermometer (or whatever it's called) to check the system and I noticed that two of the upstairs radiators are about 20c hotter on the input side.
It's almost perfectly half way when the temperature starts to drop.
60c Input, maybe 40c on the output side.
I tried bleeding the radiators on both sides, just to be sure and there is no air in them.
Is this to be expected?
My theory is that the radiators are doing their job and radiating the heat in the first 50%? Or the flow rate is too low.
I don't want to spend too much time diagnosing if this is what generally happens anyway.
Cheers!
I was hoping somebody could help me understand the behavior of our radiators.
information:
Ideal Mexico boiler
Open vented gravity fed
No electronic switch valve that I can see.
4 pipes go in to the boiler, 2 smaller which seem to go to the pump/radiators
2 larger pipes which I assume go to the coil in the hot water cylinder.
Downstairs is 10mm microbore
Upstairs is 8mm microbore, new radiators, lock shields and TRVs
Pump set to top speed (level 3)
situation:
I bought a laser thermometer (or whatever it's called) to check the system and I noticed that two of the upstairs radiators are about 20c hotter on the input side.
It's almost perfectly half way when the temperature starts to drop.
60c Input, maybe 40c on the output side.
I tried bleeding the radiators on both sides, just to be sure and there is no air in them.
Is this to be expected?
My theory is that the radiators are doing their job and radiating the heat in the first 50%? Or the flow rate is too low.
I don't want to spend too much time diagnosing if this is what generally happens anyway.
Cheers!