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Hi Guys I am a newbie on this site but I need your help. I have a heating system with a cold tank in the loft, a boiler in the garage and a cylinder in an airing cupboard. All was ok but in the summer I noticed my rads were on whilst the heating controller was switched to off and the room stat was wound round to low. A friend assured me it was my 3 port valve sticking so I found this and swiftly took the head off and set about working the valve back and forth with pliers, and this done the trick.(The Valve is an ACL 22mm mid pos valve) Anyway weather that's related to my current problem I don't know. All was working fine until yesterday when I noticed the Rads were off yet the room stat was turned up. So I turned the stat to 30 and realised that the pump was not kicking in. On turning the cylinder stat up, the pump kicked in straight away which, I'm guessing rules out the pump. Now this is what's confusing me. If I turn the hot water off at the controller, and the room stat up, the three port valve will move to the rads position and the pump kicks in ok. If I wind down the room stat the pump kicks out and everything is fine. The problem is when the hot water is switched on at the controller. All the time the hot water is calling for heat, the system works ok, until the cylinder reaches it's temperature when the pump kicks out and shuts the rads off. If I wind the roomstat up to 30 it has no effect on the pump. I have to turn the hot water to off at the controller to get the 3 port valve to swing to rads and the pump to kick in. Is this usual when a mid pos valve goes wonkey or is this a controller fault as I am confused as which one (If any) is at fault. Your help will be appreciated.
Steve
Steve