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Dannyparty92
Urmmm Robert was going to be the name for the robot :blush5:.
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You agree that you are going to have to fit an S-plan plus, or you agree that the robot should be called Robert?
whos robert then ?Probably Robert
Great another sparky-joiner on the forums......good luck when the 438 throws a certain fault related to flow, directly related to what you are going to try to do!
The hot water would be unaffected as it is on the y Plan currently. MY zone project will just switch the zone valves on and off throughout the day regardless of what the boiler is doing
This will hopefully reduce the complexity of control system requirements
Hope you follow what i am saying
Thanks and I do understand why you dont agree with my ideas.
I will supply pictures and i am looking forward to see how well it does or does not work
I am going to draw up a Quick Layout that should show what i will be implementing
I will post it in 10 mins
We have no plan to control any aspects of the Boiler
This is done with the Valiant time clock and VR65 Control Unit
Thanks
Not going to get to involved with this one richard but VR65 is just a wiring center i can see what you are trying to do and when i put a new system in my home i wonted to zone it and did and have 5 zones, have had this system for years and works very well.
you asked for help and there are a lot of lads and poss girls on here that tried to give you the correct way to do it but you did not seam to take any advise which i dont understand what ever you decide to do will poss work in some way in the end but if you put your method of controls in my home i know i would not be happy with the way it would work , every one knows why and have been trying to tell you.
I have seen both in action
At least when a ameture does a bad job you can justify it
When you see a profetional make a mess it is embarrising
I am not touching the main boiler or output pipes they are 10m away from where I will be working all that is in and working.
All I am going to do is adding extra pip work so I end up with 2 or 3 circuits controlled by the valves.
To me this is not a large job
2 days in the loft to input main 22mm pipe work
The confusion for me is how are these 3 zone valves going to open and close
the programmer (in my head anyway) is connected to the 3 port valve, thermostats i.e.
so how does the zone valves open up?
could be done with a thermostat? or even a fused spur! or even an immersion heater timeclock!! but the Op has overlooked this and is not even thinking it is neccessary.
please OP tell us all how you will be opening these up!!
obviously everyonw is saying it would be better if the boiler was interlocked with each zone valve so it doesnt fire up unless the zone valves are open.
And in the interest of safety, what are you going to do if the programmer is calling for heat and the thermostat is calling for heat, but there is no zone valves open? you will have boiler firing, pump pushing but nowhere for the water to go!!
It is illegal in the Uk for any person who is not competent and registered with a competent persons scheme to install any new cables.
However the pipes will work. but I wouldnt use plastic in your attic, especially as a diyer
Why would you not reccomend plastic in my loft ? Just out of interest.
the zones will open and close throughout the day on a pre programmed time clock
If i choose at 5PM the number 3 radiator is to be hot this zone valve will open at 5 and if the boiler is on it will heat
If the house is warm and no heat is on the valve will open but will not have any affect because the boiler is not fired up
There are not many tasks I have not undertaken...
the thing I think he is trying to do is to just change a few bits of pipe and not the whole system, he is trying to do it on the cheap and do half a job.
what he is talking about is a massive job, usually done by ripping a whole system out and putting a whole new system in (unless you are lucky and can see all pipework and all rads are seperate, not teed off each other)
I have to be honest though and can not see it working at the moment, with a bit of work and careful thought, then yes it will work, but the OP is thinking the wrong way round.
But the best option is quite clearly to get the right kit and start from scratch
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