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LeonR
Hi all,
Our house was built in the early 70's and we have a Ideal Mexico 2 boiler.
I can't see any 3 way valve on the system and I was wondering how I can tell if the cylinder has a coil in it?
The reason this has come about is because I tried to drain the CH heating system previously , however hot water was coming out of the valve (Heating was off for hours, I know it's the correct valve as it's under the radiator microbore manifold).
I turned off the hot water and then used all of the hot water up so the cylinder refilled with cold water, my theory was that it would cool the coil down (if it has a coil?!) and that did work.
Is it just that the coil in the cylinder uses the same piping as the heating, or does it mean I might have a primatic cylinder?
There are 4 pipes coming out of the boiler, from memory 2 are slightly larger than the others, there is also an electric pump for the heating, header tank, water tank, boiler downstairs and cylinder is upstairs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Happy to post a picture if it helps.
Thanks,
Leon
Our house was built in the early 70's and we have a Ideal Mexico 2 boiler.
I can't see any 3 way valve on the system and I was wondering how I can tell if the cylinder has a coil in it?
The reason this has come about is because I tried to drain the CH heating system previously , however hot water was coming out of the valve (Heating was off for hours, I know it's the correct valve as it's under the radiator microbore manifold).
I turned off the hot water and then used all of the hot water up so the cylinder refilled with cold water, my theory was that it would cool the coil down (if it has a coil?!) and that did work.
Is it just that the coil in the cylinder uses the same piping as the heating, or does it mean I might have a primatic cylinder?
There are 4 pipes coming out of the boiler, from memory 2 are slightly larger than the others, there is also an electric pump for the heating, header tank, water tank, boiler downstairs and cylinder is upstairs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Happy to post a picture if it helps.
Thanks,
Leon