USA Unvented cylinder - water pressure

[Riley]

Well he clearly wasn’t qualified. He should as a minimum have tested static and dynamic pressure as well as lpm did he do any tests or just turn on a tap and say ooh that’s good

 

[Riley]

Are there other photos that would help with this?

Well if they’ve installed a potential bomb like that one would be remiss not to ask about the rest of it

 

[Tim0212]

Im not sure of tests. He just said 22lpm and 3bar

 

[Riley]

So he’s plucked figures out of thin air?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Easy way to test from the kitchen sink fill a 1l bottle and time it

 

[Tim0212]

The loft company came round to test it sometime ago. Thats when they specified it.

 

[Riley]

Also you can buy a cheap pressure tester that will screw on at your washing machine valve

 

[Riley]

They were clearly naive though as they should know about the need to upgrade mains

 

[Tim0212]

J have done. Kitchen sink comes straight from boiler and hot is about 8lpm. Same as shower in loft. Test on outside tap is consistent with their test. Was definitely over 20lpm

 

[Riley]

And to be fair the incoming is the least of your worries with the abortion cylinder install

 

[Riley]

I may be hedging my bets here but is there a chance that these cowboys have actually accidentally bypassed the cylinder and your hot water is all coming from the Combi still

 

[Tim0212]

I will get somebody onto it. What are the main risks of having it on side?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

J have done. Kitchen sink comes straight from boiler and hot is about 8lpm. Same as shower in loft. Test on outside tap is consistent with their test. Was definitely over 20lpm

Cold water test the cold please

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I will get somebody onto it. What are the main risks of having it on side?

No warranty could split due to not designed for that

Have they allowed for the weight load in that area

 

[Riley]

It’s not installed to spec. It won’t heat correctly, your drawing off hot water from half way up so it won’t be hottest if cylinder is going through a reheat