Hello.
I'm sure you get a lot of people join here to ask 1 question then they're never seen again.
Well, I've got a few questions to ask, about a real mish-mash hot water and central heating system.
My son has just today moved into a house that has been empty for 4 yrs.
It's rural so no gas.
There is a propane fire in the living room, that used to have a back boiler. The back boiler has long since had the gas parts removed (in 2005, I believe), but the heat exchanger is still present. Not sure if it is still plumbed into the system in any way but the pipework is all attached and goes through the wall into the cylinder cupboard.
In the cylinder cupboard is a nightmare of piping. There's so much of it. The cylinder is dated 2005 and is plumbed into a Simplee Solar system that has 3 tubular water panels on the roof. The cylinder also has Simplee Solar on it. One of the panels on the roof is pouring out water. I've turned OFF the water supply to the panels, which was fully ON supplying full mains water pressure to them. I'm sure this is not correct and they should only be filled to a certain pressure, and this is why one has blown. There is a pump on this system that I believe is purely to circulate through the coil in the cylinder, under control of the Simplee Solar controller. Weather permitting we'll get the panels down in the next few days and see what we can do.
Also in the equasion is a very old oil boiler (1995) that as far as I can tell is a Firebird 60/90. Sorry, this pic is terrible.
The 1200l oil tank has only a few inch of oil in the bottom, and is no higher than the boiler. When I disconnect the green flexible pipe from the boiler no oil comes out. I can suck it and draw oil from it very easily, but there's no gravitational feed. I've ordered an oil delivery but that won't be here for another week. Wrong time of year I think.
I was able to get the boiler to fire and run for about 1 minute, but after that it only goes to lockout. The fan runs, and I can hear something that I think should be ingnition after about 10 seconds, but back to lockout every time. There is no pressure guage in the oil line.
So, some questions about this boiler...
1. Is it a Firebird 60/90? If not, what is it?
2. Can anybody supply me a user / tech manual?
3. Should this boiler draw oil? Or does it rely on gravity feed?
4. How audible should the ignition be?
My elimited experience of burner control sequences says, basically.... first the fan runs, then there may be an airflow sensor, then there's ignition, then the capilliary tube keeps the fuel on if the flame is there.
I remember hearing the ignition quite loudly on other boilers in the past.
There's loads more I want to ask about how the boiler does or does not integrate with the Solar system, but that can wait till the solar panels are back in action.
Thanks in advance for any info you can send my way.
Roy
I'm sure you get a lot of people join here to ask 1 question then they're never seen again.
Well, I've got a few questions to ask, about a real mish-mash hot water and central heating system.
My son has just today moved into a house that has been empty for 4 yrs.
It's rural so no gas.
There is a propane fire in the living room, that used to have a back boiler. The back boiler has long since had the gas parts removed (in 2005, I believe), but the heat exchanger is still present. Not sure if it is still plumbed into the system in any way but the pipework is all attached and goes through the wall into the cylinder cupboard.
In the cylinder cupboard is a nightmare of piping. There's so much of it. The cylinder is dated 2005 and is plumbed into a Simplee Solar system that has 3 tubular water panels on the roof. The cylinder also has Simplee Solar on it. One of the panels on the roof is pouring out water. I've turned OFF the water supply to the panels, which was fully ON supplying full mains water pressure to them. I'm sure this is not correct and they should only be filled to a certain pressure, and this is why one has blown. There is a pump on this system that I believe is purely to circulate through the coil in the cylinder, under control of the Simplee Solar controller. Weather permitting we'll get the panels down in the next few days and see what we can do.
Also in the equasion is a very old oil boiler (1995) that as far as I can tell is a Firebird 60/90. Sorry, this pic is terrible.
The 1200l oil tank has only a few inch of oil in the bottom, and is no higher than the boiler. When I disconnect the green flexible pipe from the boiler no oil comes out. I can suck it and draw oil from it very easily, but there's no gravitational feed. I've ordered an oil delivery but that won't be here for another week. Wrong time of year I think.
I was able to get the boiler to fire and run for about 1 minute, but after that it only goes to lockout. The fan runs, and I can hear something that I think should be ingnition after about 10 seconds, but back to lockout every time. There is no pressure guage in the oil line.
So, some questions about this boiler...
1. Is it a Firebird 60/90? If not, what is it?
2. Can anybody supply me a user / tech manual?
3. Should this boiler draw oil? Or does it rely on gravity feed?
4. How audible should the ignition be?
My elimited experience of burner control sequences says, basically.... first the fan runs, then there may be an airflow sensor, then there's ignition, then the capilliary tube keeps the fuel on if the flame is there.
I remember hearing the ignition quite loudly on other boilers in the past.
There's loads more I want to ask about how the boiler does or does not integrate with the Solar system, but that can wait till the solar panels are back in action.
Thanks in advance for any info you can send my way.
Roy