What's this?

[capitanpugwash]

Just on a job today and between the two cylinders you can see the hot feed passes into a thing shaped like an exhaust box?

What is this and what does it do?

Ta

 

[REDSAW]

Its an air seperator?.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

could be a air separator is this in a domestic or commercial fit?

 

[capitanpugwash]

Commercial- at a hair dressers. A pair side by side, each with one of these...

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

tbh i have no idea what it is

 

[wnjswozo]

limescale device?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

limescale device?

yes could be wozo looks like its made out of stainless

 

[REDSAW]

ford fiesta?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

ford fiesta?

nah fiestas not stainless its tin foil

 

[ecowarm]

Flux capacitor?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

the new leak proof magna clean?

 

[ecowarm]

Lol gm

 

[paulnwales]

i seen similar things in some care homes i worked in, i think it was for limescale. Looked very old tho.

 

[unguided1]

is that an electric cable going in the bottom, is it a back up electric heater.

 

[quality]

is that an electric cable going in the bottom, is it a back up electric heater.

Looks the same to me

 

[Barry98]

ive seen these on swimming pool systems and they were heaters

 

[unguided1]

My reason for thinking this is that hair dressing salons use vast amounts of hot water and even though you have 2 hot water cylinders they typically can not recover fast enough so the electric heater is put on the hot outlet to heat the water to take up the constant demand

 

[capitanpugwash]

Each of the megaflows has 6 x immersions inside to keep constantly heated. Don't think this was a heater as it was only the same temperature as the hot water. If it was a back up it wouldn't keep up with the flow at all given the size of the primary elements. It also only has a thin flex in so would not carry a heating element current. Going back today so will have another look....

 

[capitanpugwash]

Apparently that thing is called a 'final mix'. There is a thermal mixing valve on the top of the cylinder which controls temperature but isn't perfect at stabilising temperature. This device stores the water up and mixes it to smooth any temperature fluctuationat the TMV and deliver a more stable temperature.... So there you go!

 

[capitanpugwash]

SouthernGas- you that dodgy bloke I see round Reading with the funny leopard skin van???!!!