Hi,
I have a Potterton performa 28i combi boiler installed in the loft.
I have two problems -
1. The boiler has a long delay between the stored hot water coming out of the tap (which is almost instantaneous) and the newly warmed water. There is a long delay of at least 30 seconds and this is the closet tap to the boiler in the bathroom. The tap also has to be turned to a fast rate to get the boiler to kick in. Is this a problem with the boiler or do they all have along delay?
2. In the kitchen I have a price pfister faucet model 533-50WW (mixer tap) with spray nozzle. The tap is connected from 15mm supply pipe into a 3/8" tap tail connection and then tail goes down to an even smaller diameter pipe (US standard pipes sizes I suppose). The problem is that when you turn the tap on to hot water it will not fire the boiler up. The water runs and you get the initial shot of stored hot water and then it goes cold. I have disconnected the tap and put a pipe into a bucket from the supply line and turned on the lock valve the water does run hot and then the boiler kicks in and stays hot?! The thing is the tap always used to deliver hot water - so what has gone wrong? I have cleaned out the tap and check for blockages. I have tried to get hold of a replacement vacuum cartridge but this top has been a task! The price pfister website does not deliver parts to the UK!! So I sent an email to customer services in the USA only to be told to contact Canada. When I phoned canada to order the part I was told that they don't ship to the UK and contact USA??
Basically I am on the verge of buying a new tap with 15mm supply lines to see if that will kick the boiler in. I just wanted to check that it wasn't the boiler that was causing the flow problem.
Thanks
I have a Potterton performa 28i combi boiler installed in the loft.
I have two problems -
1. The boiler has a long delay between the stored hot water coming out of the tap (which is almost instantaneous) and the newly warmed water. There is a long delay of at least 30 seconds and this is the closet tap to the boiler in the bathroom. The tap also has to be turned to a fast rate to get the boiler to kick in. Is this a problem with the boiler or do they all have along delay?
2. In the kitchen I have a price pfister faucet model 533-50WW (mixer tap) with spray nozzle. The tap is connected from 15mm supply pipe into a 3/8" tap tail connection and then tail goes down to an even smaller diameter pipe (US standard pipes sizes I suppose). The problem is that when you turn the tap on to hot water it will not fire the boiler up. The water runs and you get the initial shot of stored hot water and then it goes cold. I have disconnected the tap and put a pipe into a bucket from the supply line and turned on the lock valve the water does run hot and then the boiler kicks in and stays hot?! The thing is the tap always used to deliver hot water - so what has gone wrong? I have cleaned out the tap and check for blockages. I have tried to get hold of a replacement vacuum cartridge but this top has been a task! The price pfister website does not deliver parts to the UK!! So I sent an email to customer services in the USA only to be told to contact Canada. When I phoned canada to order the part I was told that they don't ship to the UK and contact USA??
Basically I am on the verge of buying a new tap with 15mm supply lines to see if that will kick the boiler in. I just wanted to check that it wasn't the boiler that was causing the flow problem.
Thanks