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Understanding Boiler and Megalfow
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jennifernil wrote: »That would be my assumption too, but huckster is going on about a system that uses 2 immersion heaters.
I suspect Huckster is looking at the specs for the wrong cylinder
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Who would have thought there could be so many ways of heating water!
Must look at exactly which system our daughter has next time I visit.
I thought it was an unvented cylinder system, which sounds like what you have DTD, but OH insists it is a vented thermal store system. Hence my comment on it being different from stored hot water.
Whatever it is, it looks very complicated!0 -
jennifernil wrote: »Who would have thought there could be so many ways of heating water!
Must look at exactly which system our daughter has next time I visit.
I thought it was an unvented cylinder system, which sounds like what you have DTD, but OH insists it is a vented thermal store system. Hence my comment on it being different from stored hot water.
Whatever it is, it looks very complicated!
I find it confusing. I just have a combi that heats water on demand and the heating to radiators is done via radio controlled thermostat, which can be programmed to provide different temperatures depending on time of day.
The OP did not say which Megaflow they had, as they do produce different models. The one I looked at had 2 immersion heaters within the cylinder, hence the concern for the OP if this was switched on permanently, when the central heating boiler would be cheaper in producing hot water.The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.0 -
oh dear oh dearI'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.0 -
southcoastrgi wrote: »oh dear oh dear
Have you knowledge to share ?The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.0 -
the one with two immersions is direct ie used without a boiler, the OP has a boiler so it will be indirect & only have one immersion which would be used for backup only if the boiler failed, if the cylinder isn't upto temp then the OP will very soon run out of hotwater so depending how much hot water is needed it might be better to keep it on, one of the other posters were talking about a thermal store which is different, a thermal store should be left perm on & the boiler set to max tempI'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.0
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