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What do you mean by depends on the flow? I'm, assuming that if a boiler is set to 45 degrees it should never heat water above that temp, how does the flow affect it?
All I would add to the above comments is that it takes a massive amount of energy (gas) to heat the domestic water the boiler can't afford to start off slow & build up it, you would be waiting a long time plus wasting water.
If it gets a call for hot water it switches on or over from heating & goes to full flame before then starting to look at the outlet temperature & ramp down to meet the set temperature.
It may also be in part be due to the fitting which may open slowly before reach full flow & as instantaneous water heating temperatures are also inversely proportionately to the flow lead to the dropping off of the temperature as the flow increases.
As there is nothing worth watching on the telly............
All boilers work on pretty much the same principles for hw.
Tap opened activates a diverter valve and lights the burner. Water is pumped around the main heat exchanger (the bit with the flame acting on it) and through a plate heat exchanger transferring heat to the water for the taps. The flame size is controlled basically by a resistor of one kind or the other that reacts to temperature.
In the summer time when the heating is off the water running through the boiler is cold and heats gradually to the set temperature giving the electronics a chance to react as the water temp rises and settles to your desired temperature. It will run all day fairly stable + or - a degree or 2 from the desired setting.
Many boilers have what is called a pre heat which basically means even if the boiler is off, it is sitting with a slug of water at around 60º ready to roll.
This means when a tap is run there is no (very little) delay in hw going down the pipe but the hot is followed by some slightly cooler as the burner reacts then it stabilises.
You can turn the preheat off on most boilers. Personally i think it is a waste of gas having it on but everyone to their own.
When the heating is on the hw reacts in the same way as when preheat is on, only this time the "slug" of water may be as high as 82º depending on how high you have the heating thermostat (the one on the boiler) set.
The electronics on the boiler has no control over this. It can't cool it so that 82º water is diverted straight to heating the HW. It drops a few degrees as it transfers the heat but you could still get some 65 - 70º water through before it stabilises.
I hope that kinda explained things without getting too technical.
There is no pleasing some people, I remember when combi's first came out one of the main complaints is just how long it took for the water to come through hot. If you were lucky the gas valve was a two stage HI /Low which was all the temperature adjustment you got without adjusting the water flow at the fitting.As there is nothing worth watching on the telly............
All boilers work on pretty much the same principles for hw.
Tap opened activates a diverter valve and lights the burner. Water is pumped around the main heat exchanger (the bit with the flame acting on it) and through a plate heat exchanger transferring heat to the water for the taps. The flame size is controlled basically by a resistor of one kind or the other that reacts to temperature.
In the summer time when the heating is off the water running through the boiler is cold and heats gradually to the set temperature giving the electronics a chance to react as the water temp rises and settles to your desired temperature. It will run all day fairly stable + or - a degree or 2 from the desired setting.
Many boilers have what is called a pre heat which basically means even if the boiler is off, it is sitting with a slug of water at around 60º ready to roll.
This means when a tap is run there is no (very little) delay in hw going down the pipe but the hot is followed by some slightly cooler as the burner reacts then it stabilises.
You can turn the preheat off on most boilers. Personally i think it is a waste of gas having it on but everyone to their own.
When the heating is on the hw reacts in the same way as when preheat is on, only this time the "slug" of water may be as high as 82º depending on how high you have the heating thermostat (the one on the boiler) set.
The electronics on the boiler has no control over this. It can't cool it so that 82º water is diverted straight to heating the HW. It drops a few degrees as it transfers the heat but you could still get some 65 - 70º water through before it stabilises.
I hope that kinda explained things without getting too technical.
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