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Unvented heating system diagram.
As unvented cylinders work from the power of the mains water supply the mains pressure and flow rate must be adequate.
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Supply pressure should be around 2 bars and able to supply the required flow rates.
This first is a combi boiler system where the boiler directly heats the water on demand.
S plan heating systems are now the most common type of system installed in the uk after combination boiler systems which do not have any external motorised valves.
The arrangement shown here is most likely for an existing y plan system where the cylinder is being changed to an unvented one.
The s plan is popular because it is versatile you can add an unlimited number of zones simple to wire and easy to fault find on.
There are three types of domestic hot water system.
With unvented systems there is no need for a cold storage tank which helps free up space and requires much less pipework.
Unvented hot water systems.