Water pressure too low to fill boiler
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really !!
hydro test pump will do it, hire shop or £30-£50 on ebay.
Does the supply come from the spring via a storage tank outside or in the loft and where in relation to the boiler is the filter?
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I can assure you my dear chap that I could solve this problem in minutes, you however think that a PRV releases air if an expansion vessel is over pressurized, dear oh dear oh dear, stop posting drivel you are not helping the OP in any wayand you have no idea whatsoever how a sealed heating system works
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Since it is not gas related and does not involve a pressurised domestic hot water system there is nothing in the forum rules to prevent you telling the OP how it can be solved in minutes. Do it privately if you prefer to keep it secret from other people
Where does the question of overfilling comes from? when OP has been clearly told to fill in to a correct pressure of around 1bar or thereabouts depending on his boiler manufacturer's recommendations, and turn the pressure washer off once it reaches the correct level. Do you find this hard to understand?
You would only need to switch on pressure washer for around 5 seconds or there about, not a full minute! Sorry if you lack imagination to solve problems. This is a unique scenario and requires an unusual approach, this is not your everyday boiler filling from water mains. If you lack the confidence then refrain from being danger to yourself and others, do it if you posess the know how and confidence, which unfortunately most GSEs lack. (not all) Which is what you have just proved by asking the question in the first place. Sorry but i don't like to have to defend every post I make against ill remarks.
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No , you know what you are doing, it is called a witch hunt. this is best you can do.
If you have any alternative solution, publish it here, let OP decide what he feels comfortable with, what means he has, others have suggested various methods one can achieve this, i suggested my method what i would do in a similar scenario, and as I happen to have one of these pressure jet washer, so that solution came to me. If every man had your attitude, the world would not have progressed to the level it is now at.
If you have any alternative solution, publish it here, let OP decide what he feels comfortable with, what means he has, others have suggested various methods one can achieve this, i suggested my method what i would do in a similar scenario, and as I happen to have one of these pressure jet washer, so that solution came to me. If every man had your attitude, the world would not have progressed to the level it is now at.
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Sorry it is not my idea or is any different in principle to Madrab's (Rob's) idea posted on previous page post no 6, except I suggested to use power jet washer, instead of hiring or buying a dedicated water pump/pressure tester, as many people now posess water jet pressure washers in their homes for jet washing cars, pavings, etc, its no big deal suggesting that it can also be used as a means to pump in water by force.
If you ask me, even a £1.00 bicycle air pump could be used to fill a boiler, again no big deal, you fill the pump with water and push the handle hard until water is pushed through the NRV of the filling loop, the complexity lies in coupling the pump to the filling loop, most people with basic knowledge of DIY, can adapt a small bicycle pump to fill the boiler in several applications, a similar method had been suggested by Bernard using a spraying tank.
But only my posts are ridiculed because of a which hunting going on these forums and moderators are oblivious to their insults and witch hunting.
If you ask me, even a £1.00 bicycle air pump could be used to fill a boiler, again no big deal, you fill the pump with water and push the handle hard until water is pushed through the NRV of the filling loop, the complexity lies in coupling the pump to the filling loop, most people with basic knowledge of DIY, can adapt a small bicycle pump to fill the boiler in several applications, a similar method had been suggested by Bernard using a spraying tank.
But only my posts are ridiculed because of a which hunting going on these forums and moderators are oblivious to their insults and witch hunting.
Another silly, or witch hunting post I am going to press report button for directing unnecessary criticism or throwing deliberate insults, I will see if Moderators take any action against abusers. Or they need to read forum rules themselves.
who has abused you ?? stop letting it get to you and taking it personal ,. people are not going to remember what they have said to you, so why worry .
carry on crying or grassing to the mods then you will probably get more ridicule , so chill out ...winston
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