Hi, first post here and am after some advice please.
I'm having solar panels fitted in the next few weeks and the fit will include an iboost+ to use the immersion element to generate hot water.
I've checked the immersion and using a couple of heat sensors it's apparent the element only heats the top half of the tank, which normally generates hot water via a gas boiler.
My plan is to fit a de strat pump so that the solar energy will provide a full tank of hot water.
The pump has an NRV and a Stop valve built in and also has an integral timer.
The attached picture is a simplified diagram of my vented system hot and cold water pipes. The cold feed comes from the header tank in the loft and the head of the cold water feed is approx 3-4 feet above the top of the hot water tank.
The copper pipes in the diagram are only accessible above the top of the tank.
I know the connecting pipe with the pump attached needs to go from the hot water pipe to the cold feed.
Can I fit the T piece above the joint on the right hot water supply pipe? The vent pipe will have a good few feet of water in it before the vent goes above the header tank water level.
If I then take the pump straight across to the cold feed pipe and connect it via another T piece, will this provide adequate circulation of the hot tank water?
Is there any possibility that cold feed water will be drawn from the header tank when the pump is running?
Have I missed anything?
Thanks.
I'm having solar panels fitted in the next few weeks and the fit will include an iboost+ to use the immersion element to generate hot water.
I've checked the immersion and using a couple of heat sensors it's apparent the element only heats the top half of the tank, which normally generates hot water via a gas boiler.
My plan is to fit a de strat pump so that the solar energy will provide a full tank of hot water.
The pump has an NRV and a Stop valve built in and also has an integral timer.
The attached picture is a simplified diagram of my vented system hot and cold water pipes. The cold feed comes from the header tank in the loft and the head of the cold water feed is approx 3-4 feet above the top of the hot water tank.
The copper pipes in the diagram are only accessible above the top of the tank.
I know the connecting pipe with the pump attached needs to go from the hot water pipe to the cold feed.
Can I fit the T piece above the joint on the right hot water supply pipe? The vent pipe will have a good few feet of water in it before the vent goes above the header tank water level.
If I then take the pump straight across to the cold feed pipe and connect it via another T piece, will this provide adequate circulation of the hot tank water?
Is there any possibility that cold feed water will be drawn from the header tank when the pump is running?
Have I missed anything?
Thanks.
