solid fuel

[diditrain]

Hi all, does anyone know what sort of controls are required for solid fuel appliances.
I have scoured the net and have seen various set-ups which has probably confused me even more.
I have limited knowledge on the plumbing side apart from knowing that it is a boiler behind the fire to heat the water and take it to the cylinder via gravity.
There is a tank on a shelf above the cylinder, with a cold feed i believe, a ball valve inside, and another pipe coming from this tank, which goes outside, overflow i think as this one is plastic.
There is also a pipe coming out of the top of the cylinder with a t piece joint in it. One pipe goes up to the header tank and another goes to the pump

The pump on the pipework will be used to heat some radiators, and that is it. There are no zone valves to be fitted. Dont know much more about it yet.
My first thoughts are that i would need a high and low limit stat for the pumping side and some way of deciding on when to control the heat to the radiators.

Waiting to get more info from the plumber

 

[telectrix]

only way i know is by opening and closing the damper in the chimney.

 

[Des 56]

only way i know is by opening and closing the damper in the chimney.

Cmon now Tel we have more complicated control than that
I have coal central heating and the standard is at least a pump in the airing cupboard
Mine is posh,I have the pump control downstairs and a room stat that never reaches teperature to operate

To the question
If it were an industrial boiler room type system,then there may be fuel,frost and over temperature and whatever else,but as far as i know,its as Tel said more mechanically controlled rather than anything else

Where I have wired coal heated cookers and heating, there was little, if any, wiring involved,there was main bonding required, but little else other than feeding the pump with possibly a time control
I believe there is building control on these systems, like electrical part p,they have to be a member of a scheme to self certify,Heatas is it ?

 

[telectrix]

damned new-fangled technology. they'll have us replacing our gas lighting with them electrickery ones next

 

[Dunc]

Done a few central heating systems running off wood stoves now. The simplest installs just require a single channel timer controlling a pump which controls the central heating loop. You can fit a room stat too if you wish for extra control. There would normally be a couple of rads fed by gravity to act as a heat leak in the event of a power failure but that's something the plumber should know about. I'm hoping for your sake that it's not going to be one of these dual fuel systems which use a neutraliser. They're a chuffing nightmare and if you follow the wiring diagram supplied by the manufacturer you have little to no control if using the boiler rather then the stove when you can't be bothered to get a fire going.

 

[Gordie]

I was invplved this week in the installation of a solid fuel system. This was a Charnwood roomheater with a boiler model number LA45iB and the wiring was a breeze to install. Charnwood supply a prewired wiring centre and all you need to wire is a single gang socket or switched fuse outlet, I prefered the latter. it comes supplied with a high and low limit stats and a single channel programmer. I can only assume that the wiring centre can be used on other systems perhaps you would need to contact charnwood. Hope this helps

 

[tom15smith]

Hey, how efficient is this Charnwood roomheater?



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[Gordie]

Hey, how efficient is this Charnwood roomheater

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They seem to be quite good if you burn the correct fuel. seasoned wood, anthracite etc