http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1342357/Central-heating-break-big-freeze-Heres-.html
Interesting article on heating and the effect on our expenditure!
Interesting article on heating and the effect on our expenditure!
! Apparently, since 2005 these boilers have been fitted at a rate of 1.4 million units a year in the UK alone. They have been around for way way longer than that, we have one fitted abroad and that's 16 years old, in fact in winter the region where we have a property does hit the cold temps we have been getting here of late, and the unit has been used by extended members of my family for all these years. "numerous complaint" What does numerous mean when you put it into perspective of the 10s of millions of these units in use? could it not be a case of badly installed units? or extreme situations?or a bit of both?Uvongo93 said:There are numerous complaints on different forums about these condenser boilers freezing up and it is a problem that is well known in the industry and ahs been for a number of years. I wonder how much it would cost to insert a small element into the outlet pipe that heats up when the temperature drops below zero? It could be run off a 9v battery with a low warning light or beep and should cost pennies to fit.
Seems another Labour legacy that we have to live with for the rest of our naturla lives!
Mel said:Our condensate pipe froze but the boiler did not stop working as it continued to just overflow and leak into the kitchen. Not a problem as we just stuck a large bowl under it. What amazed me was the quantity of water given off by the system, a very large (big salad serving) bowl over half a day. Not surprised it was able to freeze given the stupid, (horizontal) angle of the pipe where it left the house. The website advertises that you can buy some electrical gizmo to stop it happening. Sod that, this is the first time in 15 years of condensate pipes. Extra lagging, hot water for defrosting,
and a large salad bowl for us.
mel