04-03-2016, 10:18 AM
It's not the condensate pipe, Trevor, it's a pipe carrying the flow...
I've got the Vitodens 200, which is different to Jeffrey's 100, but I think I also have a flexible pipe in the same role. Will have to keep an eye on it. It wouldn't have rung any particular alarm bells with me as after all, car hoses are rubber, and they endure much higher temperatures than a domestic boiler.
Good job the boiler was upstairs, so the quantity of escaping water would have been minimised (unless you have a loft room or something?). Mine is the highest part of my system. Though how long would it have taken to realise something was wrong and turn the pump off? With mine, I've never worked out if the pressure gauge is linked in to the control electronics, but I'd hope it was. There isn't a separate low pressure sensor IIRC.
Mine has been in for nearly 5 years now, running 16 hours per day. So far, so good. I'll probably regret saying that now
I've got the Vitodens 200, which is different to Jeffrey's 100, but I think I also have a flexible pipe in the same role. Will have to keep an eye on it. It wouldn't have rung any particular alarm bells with me as after all, car hoses are rubber, and they endure much higher temperatures than a domestic boiler.
Good job the boiler was upstairs, so the quantity of escaping water would have been minimised (unless you have a loft room or something?). Mine is the highest part of my system. Though how long would it have taken to realise something was wrong and turn the pump off? With mine, I've never worked out if the pressure gauge is linked in to the control electronics, but I'd hope it was. There isn't a separate low pressure sensor IIRC.
Mine has been in for nearly 5 years now, running 16 hours per day. So far, so good. I'll probably regret saying that now
