central heating timer help needed

[Rich]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Never heard of a combi, it was a potterton

It's short for combination boiler. It provides instant hot water without storage, basically means theres no need for a cylinder and all the components are inside the boiler, i.e pump, divertor valve ect.

If your boiler heats up a tank of hot water then it's most likely going to last alot longer because theres alot less that could go wrong with it!!! I expect thats what you have!!

Potterton make combi's too

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by 1RichSV650

It's short for combination boiler. It provides instant hot water without storage, basically means theres no need for a cylinder and all the components are inside the boiler, i.e pump, divertor valve ect.

Ahh, the gf had one of those in her flat, useless crap thing. Took 20 mins to run a bath, and no airing cupboard. Glad I've got a 'normal' one then.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Ahh, the gf had one of those in her flat, useless crap thing. Took 20 mins to run a bath, and no airing cupboard. Glad I've got a 'normal' one then.

Thats the one, 20mins for a bath sounds about right. Yeh we have a normal/standard boiler in our house it's about 25 years old and works a treat, and theres only 3 things that can break on them so easy to find any faults, unlike a combi!!!