Vokera Linea 726 Low hot water flow with 2 taps open?
I have a Vokera Linea 726 combination boiler which has worked okay for around 3 years. Recently I have found the hot water pressure to be very weak when more than one tap is running in the house and find it takes around 15 minutes to run a bath.
I have measured the flow rate to be around 4 litres per minute but this drops to around 1 litre per minute from one tap when 2 taps are running.
Temperature remians warm at both taps.
The boiler pressure has not dropped or changed and remains around 1-1.5 bar.
I have also checked for leaks in my system and although i found 2 radiators were leaking very slightly, I have repaired them and the problem remains.
I tried cleaning the inlet filler pipe (silver braided connection) which was mildly dirty but not overly bad and also tried running the system without the coloured filter washer which helped a lot however i do not wish to run the system without this filter.
I have considered switching to a higher flow coloured washer filter however I am loath to do this as the system worked fine until recently.
you have taken the fillter out and it has made a diffrance to that tells me there is something restriton the flow, I would be taking the domstic hot water heat exchange off and cleaning it out, then refitting it.
Not easy better off getting a heating eng in to do it
erj
September 2009
Forgot to say, it sometimes makes a loud bang when firing, usually when cold, and there can sometimes be a whirring noise which sounds like a pump or fan is struggling
RK
September 2009
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