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Post by tomplum on Mar 9, 2018 16:48:58 GMT
got one of those cheap pumps for this job, I expected a 2 hour job, first of all the pump vavles would not shut off, so a drain down is required and new pump valves,, so far so good Attachment Deletedbugger would not fill, on investigation the header tank is just about cylinder, Attachment Deletedand fed from the hot water storage, so no force behind it, Attachment Deleted |
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Post by tomplum on Mar 9, 2018 16:53:22 GMT
so I cut a tee in the cold mains water and put a temp feed to fill it from the vent, Attachment Deletedthen fill the system but the pump still wont push the water round, I got there at 9.30 this morn and at 3.30 I'd had enough, I bid the lady goodbye and shall return Monday, today I was the statue,  |
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Post by battle1066 on Mar 9, 2018 19:04:20 GMT
It would be interesting to know what pressure the system was producing if there's very little flow?
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Post by tomplum on Mar 9, 2018 19:43:55 GMT
pressure's not important on the heating battle, Once the system is full the pump is just circluating the water round, Its getting the airlocks out where its failing, there's no head of weight to shift the air locks, the water mains pressure there was I'm guessing 80 psi, thats the average on the area, and that should have moved it when I pressured it with the water main, but no joy, I've retreated today and lost, but i'll reform on Monday and try pressurizing from differant points, I will win in the end, smiley-taunt005 show bum
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Post by glowbug on Mar 9, 2018 19:48:18 GMT
I feel the pain😱 fairplay to not working saturday though, monday will be round quick enough ,without doing problem jobs over weekend☠️
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Post by tomplum on Mar 9, 2018 19:57:36 GMT
I feel the pain😱 fairplay to not working saturday though, monday will be round quick enough ,without doing problem jobs over weekend☠️ with a bit of luck, somewhere over the weekend it will go gurgle gurgle hiss bang and start working,,,fingers crossed,,, |
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Post by battle1066 on Mar 9, 2018 20:07:33 GMT
pressure's not important on the heating battle, Once the system is full the pump is just circluating the water round, Its getting the airlocks out where its failing, there's no head of weight to shift the air locks, the water mains pressure there was I'm guessing 80 psi, thats the average on the area, and that should have moved it when I pressured it with the water main, but no joy, I've retreated today and lost, but i'll reform on Monday and try pressurizing from differant points, I will win in the end,  Is there any advantage in filling the system at a slow rate in your opinion Tom? |
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Post by glowbug on Mar 9, 2018 20:11:25 GMT
I had that once , dunno why they put pumps in godamn spaces under floors, the pump head needed spinning up a bit ,out of horizantal plane position, soon as i did this , it went a treat
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Post by tomplum on Mar 9, 2018 20:30:37 GMT
Is there any advantage in filling the system at a slow rate in your opinion Tom? thats debateable I think, I can see arguments on both sides, thats why i'm thinking over the weekend the air will just move without anyone forcing it, hopefully,  |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 9, 2018 20:58:44 GMT
Hi tom, im not uderstanding the part about cutting into the vent and what the tee is doing in the f&e tank? Read it loads of times can't get me sweed around it  sorry to hear you've had a shitter of a day mate sad 1 . |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 9, 2018 21:40:05 GMT
The 22 copper vent ,mains water is coming down into speed fit tee, one of tee is 15mm speed fit pipe which is filling the system,is other side of tee blanked off?  Sorry tobe a thicko! |
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Post by tomplum on Mar 9, 2018 21:47:32 GMT
yea, I just cobbled up to the vent using a tee because i did't have an elbow, I'm not carrying a lot of stock so its a case of, 'make do and mend' anything goes on a temp feed, funny thing was, as i'm looking for stuff, I'm thinking, " i wish I had enfeeds stock box here "  |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 9, 2018 22:09:15 GMT
Wish I had known I would of pop over with it  |
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Post by tomplum on Mar 9, 2018 22:41:49 GMT
ha ha good man,,, 1787034013 yippee
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Post by endfeed on Mar 9, 2018 22:48:29 GMT
so I cut a tee in the cold mains water and put a temp feed to fill it from the vent, then fill the system but the pump still wont push the water round, I got there at 9.30 this morn and at 3.30 I'd had enough, I bid the lady goodbye and shall return Monday, today I was the statue, some nice scrap for my collection View AttachmentView AttachmentView Attachment the pigeon today,loads of copper in |
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sorry to hear you've had a shitter of a day mate sad 1 .
Sorry tobe a thicko!
