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    Probably a stupid question about pump running continuously

    oops must be me losing the plot after all these hassles - I thought you wre asking where my leaks were LOL. I'm in SE near wokingham. Yes its on the pump itself and has three positions labelled "I II and III" so I guess it is speed after all. I guess no harm leaving it on I (rather then III...
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    Probably a stupid question about pump running continuously

    Its got a switch on the side which appears to turn it off. Should be safe to do so? Leaks? Ahh....the latest was the main internal stopcock causing an emergency call to the water company to shut off the water...
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    Probably a stupid question about pump running continuously

    8-) Makes sense so I'll defn not touch the gate valve. However, I've just seen the pump has an on/off switch on the side. Perhaps (until I sort out the MV) I could turn that off at night? Will the boiler just turn off itself then because any water it heated would just sit there? The main...
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    Probably a stupid question about pump running continuously

    Boiler says "British Gas 3100 RD1". Looks like it has only 1 flow, 1 return and gas connection. Pump is external in airing cupboard and also in airing cupboard are two motorized valves (bgm-vsp 2). There is also a separate box mounted on the wall which connects to the 2 valves - it says...
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    Probably a stupid question about pump running continuously

    Many thanks for your answer. When you say "..and in turn stop the pump..", is that a physical stopping of the pump because it can't pump because there is nowhere for the water to go or is it becomes there is an electrical shutdown of the pump at that stage?
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    Probably a stupid question about pump running continuously

    Hi New to the forum and I have a question which is probably pretty basic but I can't find anywhere on net with an answer to it! It is, are central heating pumps designed to stop when they can't pump water due to the circuit being closed due to water and heating stats closing the motorized...

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