Trying to get my head around this system in our cafe. It’s the relationship between the circulating pump and the ?bypass (above the red knob on the right) that is not making sense to me.

It just seems like the circulating pump is dragging the cold water around and around through the loops. It’s doesn’t look like other manifolds I’ve googled…

  • Hagdos@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There is another pump that is in inline with the heater. This pump is needed to mix the hot water from the heater with circulating water from the floor heating, to have an acceptable temperature for the floor. Water directly from the heater can be too hot for floor heating.

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      6 months ago

      There is something wrong with the setup if the boiler is putting out temperatures too hot for the floor heating, e.g. a radiator circuit is being used for both radiators and underfloor circuits.

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        6 months ago

        That is a typical setup for heating here in the Netherlands, I have it in my house. OP is in Germany, so probably not too different.

        Edit: OP is not in Germany, but there are German stickers in the picture