Gledhill pulsacoil 2000

[rodders09]

Hi guys.

Got called to a property where the customer wants to get her pulsacoil 2000 replaced. I've was thinking of putting an unvented cylinder. But running a discharge pipe to outside or to a soil stack if complicated as laminated flooring will need to come up.
She wants something similar to the pulsa coil to minimise the cost of ripping off the laminate but she doesn't want the headaches she's had with the current pulsacoil.

What would you guys recommend as a good replacement for a pulsacoil 2000.

Thanks in advance

Andy

 

[Dannypipe]

The Gledhill Pulsacoil BP. Much better than the 2000 model. Much more simple. Just a blending valve and two heating elements. Not cheap though.

 

[rodders09]

Thanks for the heads up. The pulsacoil BP is about £30 more than a Megaflow of the same size. It also means less messing around with flooring.

Appriciate the help.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

are we saying gledhill make more overly complex heaps than the boiler mate god i thought that was bad enough

 

[Dannypipe]

No problem. I've fitted 5 of them, and not had a single issue. Good enough for me.

 

[Dannypipe]

Boiler mate is more complicated than a 2000.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Boiler mate is more complicated than a 2000.

tell me about it 3 pumps 2 thermistors 1 pcb 1 clock 1 thermal store sensor and then they add insult to injury in these new builds by either mating it to a icos or only slightly better suprima and all; this is linked together with badly fitted speedfit

 

[Dannypipe]

 

[Dannypipe]

Well before I get any grief for the speedfit connection to the BP I installed (right hand photo) Gledhill insist that you do not solder onto that connection!! For obvious reasons.

Yes you are right, they are generally badly installed, and often with a load of crap plastic plumbing. Plus things go in tandem with them. If a pump goes, the ACB will often go. They're junk.

 

[rodders09]

I shall advice the customer of the pulsacoil bp. Looks good on the picture and the brochure.
Thanks Dannypipe

 

[Dannypipe]

That left hand phot I posted of the Pulsacoil 2000. Looks fine right. Well it had a terminal leak at the bottom, by the drain off.

We stripped it for the scrap (and out of interest). It was pockmarked with pin holes. Look:

 

[Dannypipe]

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[Dannypipe]

Posting your own photos up is a pain in the backside!! So random what it does. Uploads the same photo twice, when you've uploaded a different one?

 

[Dannypipe]

I shall advice the customer of the pulsacoil bp. Looks good on the picture and the brochure.
Thanks Dannypipe

No probs Rodders. The BP seems better made than all the previous sins Gledhill have produced. Time will tell!

 

[vern]

The Gledhill Pulsacoil BP. Much better than the 2000 model. Much more simple. Just a blending valve and two heating elements. Not cheap though.

Cheers Danny some good info in the thread....may have one to swap soon