You add the CH coil .
Space heating utilising a separate coil fitted to TS is NOT hydraulic separation.
It is as the water is both is very separate to each other. They do not mix.
I thought I needed to quote that statement before you started Googling for a clue about hydraulic separation, discovered how very, very wrong you are and edited it to make it appear that you aren't the clueless buffoon that we all know you to be.
The sludge in a SLUDGE BUCKET comes from the ferrous metals in the system, as a result of a high oxygen levels in the system, due to the quantity of water in the said system.
Or even an open vented cylinder without a diffuser, a lovely collection of scale sitting in the bottom increasing surface area for the lovely Mr Legionella to bread. Sitting most probably in the mid 40's.
Well, as I have mentioned before, I have one, and have tried several methods of controlling the temperatures and monitoring stratification.
The thing is plastered with temperature gauges, and sensor pockets.
I have also had thing bad boy set up on it monitoring heat up, cool down cycles along with boiler F&R temps.
I can assure you I am not an armchair googler.
The sludge in a SLUDGE BUCKET comes from the ferrous metals in the system, as a result of a high oxygen levels in the system, due to the quantity of water in the said system.
Cowboy, how can ferrous get into the thermal store when the radiator loop is separated by a coil in the cylinder? Now think hard about that. Take some pills first to stop the pain.
The sludge in a SLUDGE BUCKET comes from the ferrous metals in the system, as a result of a high oxygen levels in the system, due to the quantity of water in the said system.
Cowboy, how can ferrous get into the thermal store when the radiator loop is separated by a coil in the cylinder? Now think hard about that. Take some pills first to stop the pain.
On most systems, the CH radiators are not on a separated coil,
Dan, others and myself have slaughtered you.
Dan, others and myself have slaughtered you.
Yes, Dan certainly has been slaughtered.
Hi all
I have a heatbank in our selfbuild, that is hooked up to a Vaillant boiler and has been working fine in the 3 or so years since it's been fitted.
It's all situated on the ground floor, with a feed and expansion tank up in the loft. Boiler is controlled by twin thermostats fitted low down in the heatbank. Boiler pump runs at the lowest of the 3 speeds, and the thermostatic valve in the boiler return is set as low as it can go. Return temps to the boiler start at approx 40deg when the stats fire the boiler, rising to around 50deg when they shut off again. Temp rise across the boiler is approx 25deg.
Here's a quick sketch of how it's currently setup:
(I've omitted the UFH & other connection gubbins for now)
Note that the pipe to the F&E in loft is also the vent (all 22mm pipe).
I've been intending to relocate the F&E tank, for various reasons, so it's directly above the heatbank rather than up in the loft.
I started reading the boiler manual to work out how best to connect the F&E tank, and vent.
I noticed in the boiler manual, and in most other diagrams online, that it seems more common for the pump to be situated in the flow from the boiler, downstream of the feed & vent pipes.
But on ours, the pump is in the boiler return. The thermostatic valve and pump were pre-fitted on the heatbank by DPS, our plumber just hooked it up to the boiler.
We've not had any problems running it though.
So my questions:
(1) Is it OK for the feed & vent to be taken from the top of the heatbank as per my diagram ?
(2) If not, and I were to relocate the feed & vent, where should it connect in to the boiler flow/return pipework in the above diagram ? And is it better to combine the F&V ?
(3) Could I run the vent straight out of the wall so it vents outside in case of a fault ?
(4) Is there any point in having the thermostatic valve in the boiler return ? It's set as low as it can go, I can't see any benefit compared to just running the boiler return directly from the bottom of the heatbank. Only time I can see it doing anything useful is during (very rare) startups from cold, so the boiler output is always at full temp (giving instant heat to the top of the heatbank and therefore hot tap water heat exchanger) even when the bottom of the heatbank is stone cold. In my mind the thermostatic valve is just a mass of brass radiating precious heat away!
Thanks for any thoughts or other observations !
Hi all
I have a heatbank in our selfbuild, that is hooked up to a Vaillant boiler and has been working fine in the 3 or so years since it's been fitted.
It's all situated on the ground floor, with a feed and expansion tank up in the loft. Boiler is controlled by twin thermostats fitted low down in the heatbank. Boiler pump runs at the lowest of the 3 speeds, and the thermostatic valve in the boiler return is set as low as it can go. Return temps to the boiler start at approx 40deg when the stats fire the boiler, rising to around 50deg when they shut off again. Temp rise across the boiler is approx 25deg.
Here's a quick sketch of how it's currently setup:
(I've omitted the UFH & other connection gubbins for now)
Note that the pipe to the F&E in loft is also the vent (all 22mm pipe).
I've been intending to relocate the F&E tank, for various reasons, so it's directly above the heatbank rather than up in the loft.
I started reading the boiler manual to work out how best to connect the F&E tank, and vent.
I noticed in the boiler manual, and in most other diagrams online, that it seems more common for the pump to be situated in the flow from the boiler, downstream of the feed & vent pipes.
But on ours, the pump is in the boiler return. The thermostatic valve and pump were pre-fitted on the heatbank by DPS, our plumber just hooked it up to the boiler.
We've not had any problems running it though.
So my questions:
(1) Is it OK for the feed & vent to be taken from the top of the heatbank as per my diagram ?
(2) If not, and I were to relocate the feed & vent, where should it connect in to the boiler flow/return pipework in the above diagram ? And is it better to combine the F&V ?
(3) Could I run the vent straight out of the wall so it vents outside in case of a fault ?
(4) Is there any point in having the thermostatic valve in the boiler return ? It's set as low as it can go, I can't see any benefit compared to just running the boiler return directly from the bottom of the heatbank. Only time I can see it doing anything useful is during (very rare) startups from cold, so the boiler output is always at full temp (giving instant heat to the top of the heatbank and therefore hot tap water heat exchanger) even when the bottom of the heatbank is stone cold. In my mind the thermostatic valve is just a mass of brass radiating precious heat away!
Thanks for any thoughts or other observations !
Having a combined feed and expansion pipe off the top may cause the cylinder to implode if it boils over. Tee of the combined pipe at the top off the cylinder and take a pipe to the bottom of the cylinder. Have a non-return valve in this new pipe. This tops up the cylinder at the bottom but prevents circulation through pipes. When blowing off water gets back into the cylinder. Cheap and easy.
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