Condensate pump installation

[bewsh]

Alright guys?
My mates condensate pipe keeps blocking, went around thursday and blew it all through and tipped water down it, but it's blocked again by today. I cut a section out above the floor boards as there is quite a few elbows, but no issue there, so I'm guessing the pipe is sagging and there's some crap stuck in the sag.

All the floors are laminate so don't really want to take them up to check the pipe, so I suggested getting a condensate pump fitted instead. I've never had to install one myself as I only do service/breakdowns.

I see a lot of people take the pump pipe up to the loft and assuming they put it in to the guttering? Could I put it straight in to the existing condense pipe and hope the pump is strong enough to get past what ever is causing the problem?

Also has anyone got a wiring diagram of how to wire it in to the boiler? The boiler is a Worcester Greenstar 28i Junior.

Thanks in advance!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

You could blow it out with some mains to clear it

But for a con pump you need a L N E and then for the over fill level stop you need break into the mains l for the boiler

 

[bewsh]

So to wire the over flow cut off switch, you link the live from the boiler to the one wire of the switch, and the other wire of the switch goes to the liver terminal or the boiler?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

So to wire the over flow cut off switch, you link the live from the boiler to the one wire of the switch, and the other wire of the switch goes to the liver terminal or the boiler?

take the mains into the boiler and put it going to the over flow switch and then from the overflow switch to the boiler pic below

 

[bewsh]

Top man. Thanks a lot

 

[jonny5isalive]

take the mains into the boiler and put it going to the over flow switch and then from the overflow switch to the boiler pic below

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Wagos [emoji106]

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Wagos [emoji106]

yep love them

 

[gassafe]

yep love them

Just looked em up, look good, expensive tho surely??

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just looked em up, look good, expensive tho surely??

nope

Wago 222 Series Lever Cage Clamp Terminal Blocks - Discount Electrical

 

[jonny5isalive]

yep love them

So much easier

 

[ShaunCorbs]

So much easier

they are and dont damage the stranded of flex like choc blocks do, still need to twist them

 

[jonny5isalive]

nope

Wago 222 Series Lever Cage Clamp Terminal Blocks - Discount Electrical

Bought mine as a kit so got a storage box for them and wago connection boxes but will be buying separately to replace. Great value

 

[jonny5isalive]

they are and dont damage the stranded of flex like choc blocks do, still need to twist them

Be good if they did some with inlet and outlet on separate sides for joining cables in their boxes. As it is works but not as elegant as it could be

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Be good if they did some with inlet and outlet on separate sides for joining cables in their boxes. As it is works but not as elegant as it could be

yes and no you run into other problems and same i got one of these

Wago 51006944 Installer Carry With 690 Assorted Wago Connectors & Plastic Carry Case, 51006944

 

[jonny5isalive]

yes and no you run into other problems and same i got one of these

Wago 51006944 Installer Carry With 690 Assorted Wago Connectors & Plastic Carry Case, 51006944

What other problems occur?

I bought this.

http://uk.farnell.com/wago/51228988/installer-b0x-professional/dp/1869356

Not such a good deal from the looks of it. You use the lighting connectors?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

What other problems occur?

I bought this.

51228988 - WAGO - INSTALLER B0X, PROFESSIONAL | Farnell element14

Not such a good deal from the looks of it. You use the lighting connectors?

£43.16 from my site and yes and no there only for solid wire (tw+e) but one in one end and two out the other so perfect for adding lights etc

and problems the size of wago would be bigger 2 levers etc or if open right trough someone could poke a piece of metal in and get a shock

 

[jonny5isalive]

£43.16 from my site and yes and no there only for solid wire (tw+e) but one in one end and two out the other so perfect for adding lights etc

and problems the size of wago would be bigger 2 levers etc or if open right trough someone could poke a piece of metal in and get a shock

Be great if they just alternated the doubles? I generally need one wire in one end and one in the other as joining cables.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Be great if they just alternated the doubles? I generally need one wire in one end and one in the other as joining cables.

flex or twin + e?

 

[jonny5isalive]

Flex

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Flex

no they dont do one maybe worth an email to wago too see if they have something in the pipeline

 

[jonny5isalive]

no they dont do one maybe worth an email to wago too see if they have something in the pipeline

No harm in asking.