Hi there
just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this. We have a Vokera Mynute 10e boiler. It normally runs around 1.5 bar (the sticker says 1-1.5). I had a look today, and it was around 2.5, and goes up to 4 (or higher/off the dial) when it gets hot (needless to say we have turned the heating timer off!).
I had a read around, and as I had filled it a little recently (to around 1.6 bar as it tends to lose pressure - it was down to 0.5 at one stage, no idea why), I tightened the filler screw right up (warning: noobie to central heating - I'm from NZ, we dont have central! - also I'm not a plumber at all! terms may be wrong).
We then drained a load of water out of the system using the screw + small hole on the top of the radiator in the bathroom. It went down to around 1.3bar (yay) after about 30 mins or so and a lot of water, but as soon as I shut off the screw on the top, it immediately jumped up to 2 bar, and sat there, on exactly 2 bar.
It also did this the first time we release some water - we started at 3, dropped it to 2.5, and it went back to around 2.7 and stopped. Then we went to 1.3 and it went back to 2. This is all cold - the water coming out is warmer than cold tap water, but it's not at all hot, or even warm.
It's been sitting on 2 bar ever since.
I can't see any leaks anywhere (the boiler is in the kitchen, so we'd notice them), even out of the vent outside.
So, question time:
1) is it time to call in an expert? (and the landlord, tho he's in NZ right now
)
2) is this normal (the re-filling/repressurising) - do I just need to release some more, have it climb again, rinse, repeat until it doesn't do it again?
3) anything else?
As I said, I know less than jack about these things. We have the boiler part, and a big hot water cylinder in the cupboard, and 4 radiators around around the house. All rad's are "on" (ie, not closed off), tho the CW has been turned off for 3-4 weeks, as it's not been cold enough to need it on.
Any thoughts would be fantastic.
Thanks
Nic
just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this. We have a Vokera Mynute 10e boiler. It normally runs around 1.5 bar (the sticker says 1-1.5). I had a look today, and it was around 2.5, and goes up to 4 (or higher/off the dial) when it gets hot (needless to say we have turned the heating timer off!).
I had a read around, and as I had filled it a little recently (to around 1.6 bar as it tends to lose pressure - it was down to 0.5 at one stage, no idea why), I tightened the filler screw right up (warning: noobie to central heating - I'm from NZ, we dont have central! - also I'm not a plumber at all! terms may be wrong).
We then drained a load of water out of the system using the screw + small hole on the top of the radiator in the bathroom. It went down to around 1.3bar (yay) after about 30 mins or so and a lot of water, but as soon as I shut off the screw on the top, it immediately jumped up to 2 bar, and sat there, on exactly 2 bar.
It also did this the first time we release some water - we started at 3, dropped it to 2.5, and it went back to around 2.7 and stopped. Then we went to 1.3 and it went back to 2. This is all cold - the water coming out is warmer than cold tap water, but it's not at all hot, or even warm.
It's been sitting on 2 bar ever since.
I can't see any leaks anywhere (the boiler is in the kitchen, so we'd notice them), even out of the vent outside.
So, question time:
1) is it time to call in an expert? (and the landlord, tho he's in NZ right now
)2) is this normal (the re-filling/repressurising) - do I just need to release some more, have it climb again, rinse, repeat until it doesn't do it again?
3) anything else?
As I said, I know less than jack about these things. We have the boiler part, and a big hot water cylinder in the cupboard, and 4 radiators around around the house. All rad's are "on" (ie, not closed off), tho the CW has been turned off for 3-4 weeks, as it's not been cold enough to need it on.
Any thoughts would be fantastic.
Thanks
Nic
