Identification problem

[justlead1]

Hi. I have received an email form a retired London cabbie, a friend who now lives in France and has little knowledge of his plumbing / heating system. He has a drip from a valve that flows in to what sounds like a tundish, leading me to think it an unvented system. The unit is ARISTON MOD 300 AXSM when goggled i can only get french text / info(i must have been off the day we done that at school) which does not make sence to me. Can anybody help? So i may be able to provide him with possiable faults before he contacts local plumbers. He paranoid of being ripped off ( A cabbie and a yid)

 

[unguided1]

sounds like a temperature / pressure relief valve letting by, I havent time to check this morning but I will look at the product tonght when i get back. where in france is yer mate?
regards
Mike

 

[flat pack]

this may help
if the drip is on a valve with a red or black top on it ,you need to replace it.
but this may be for a reason the hot water may be to hot.
the thermostat may need replacing
this can start the drip

is this the boiler below


Ariston

 

[justlead1]

Hi Thanks for the replies. He live in Calvados, Normandy. I have emailed the ariston link so he can confirm if this is the unit, Thanks again.

 

[flat pack]

by the way its ok to call a person a yid
so if you had a mate who is catholic, you would say i have a mate in france he is a catholic






Hi. I have received an email form a retired London cabbie, a friend who now lives in France and has little knowledge of his plumbing / heating system. He has a drip from a valve that flows in to what sounds like a tundish, leading me to think it an unvented system. The unit is ARISTON MOD 300 AXSM when goggled i can only get french text / info(i must have been off the day we done that at school) which does not make sence to me. Can anybody help? So i may be able to provide him with possiable faults before he contacts local plumbers. He paranoid of being ripped off ( A cabbie and a yid)

 

[justlead1]

Hi. Thanks for replies. It sorted. I emailed the info and he emailed back saying is was the pressure reducing valve playing up, so the French plumber removed and replaced. Thanks again

 

[Plouasne]

For all those interested, this sounds like what is known in France as a "Groupe de securitie, a combined shut off valve, over pressure valve/safety valve, with a combined air gap trap and waste, the valve is set to lift at 6 bar, the cylinders (ballons in French) are nearly always steel, some glass lined, or stainless steel, don't scoff or throw your hands up in horror, about the dangers of unvented systems, I have lived in France for 20 years now, and only heard of one possibly blowing up, and seeing that was in Corsica, and in a government office, the odds are that it was one of the boys (like the IRA in the UK) having a "crack" at the French government