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No hot water suddenly....

Moomum
Moomum Posts: 958 Forumite
in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving
I turned on the central heating last night for the first time since before 'summer'. It's working fine but now we don't have any hot water :-(

Any ideas? Boiler and whole heating/plumbing system is only a year old. Is a valiant ecotech system.

Thanks

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  • southcoastrgi
    southcoastrgi Posts: 6,298 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    KS has a pic just for this
    I'm only here while I wait for Corrie to start.

    You get no BS from me & if I think you are wrong I WILL tell you.
  • Moomum
    Moomum Posts: 958 Forumite
    southcoastrgi wrote: »
    KS has a pic just for this

    What is KS?
  • DevCoder
    DevCoder Posts: 3,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    What does the pressure gauge say?

    Should between 1 and 1.5bar

    or could be airlock

    or any number of things, I assume the KS picture is of a fortune teller?

    You need to give more information
  • Moomum
    Moomum Posts: 958 Forumite
    Oh ok thanks, the pressure gauge says 1.9. What other information do I need to give?
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    Moomum wrote: »
    What is KS?
    That would be me.
    krisdorey wrote: »
    I assume the KS picture is of a fortune teller?
    That would be correct.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    Moomum wrote: »
    Oh ok thanks, the pressure gauge says 1.9. What other information do I need to give?
    The Vaillant Ecotech can be supplied as a combi boiler in which case the pressure on the guage is not relevant as the DHW is a separate circuit or as a system boiler where the DHW is provided via a conventional open vented HW cylinder or a pressurised unvented cylinder. With the latter there is no CW storage tank in the roof.

    What is the actual model number of the beast?

    Do you have a HW cylinder of some description?

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • Moomum
    Moomum Posts: 958 Forumite
    The boiler is Eco tec plus 637 and we have a 300 l megaflo
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    So its a system boiler then. There will be a motorised valve between the boiler and the unvented fitted after the pump. When the boiler is working and hot water demanded does the valve operate and the pipe from the valve to the cylinder get hot?

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • Canucklehead
    Canucklehead Posts: 6,254 Forumite
    OP: what controls do you have i.e. make and model of programmer?
    Ask to see CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering)
  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
    Jojo_the_Tightfisted Posts: 27,228 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Can I be a pain here and ask something?

    When you go to the boiler to turn on the central heating, did it have a dial that you turn?

    And if so, have you perhaps turned it from hot water only to central heating only, instead of hotwater AND central heating?
    I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.
    colinw wrote: »
    Yup you are officially Rock n Roll :D
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