Ideal classic with gravity hot water

[mfgs]

I went to look at a broken Ideal classic se 15ff. It had gravity hot water and pumped heating, I have never seen this before??? Apparently it takes a good couple of hours to heat the hot water tank.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

generally the classic is only suitable for fully pumped systems not gravity,quote to convert it

 

[quality]

The classics before the fanned flue ones of the early nineties did have four connection and two could be used for gravity hot water and the other two for pumped heating.
But its and old system now and as suggested it would be better to quote for an upgrade to fully pumps and maybe a new boiler

 

[mfgs]

generally the classic is only suitable for fully pumped systems not gravity,quote to convert it

Yeah I am going to quote to convert it. Just seems weird that someone would fit in onto gravity. There are no safety aspects I am overlooking with this is there? I cant see it being dangerous, just not very effective.

Its a newer classic, the last model and had has two connections. Very odd, never seen someone fit onto gravity hot water like this before.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Yeah I am going to quote to convert it. Just seems weird that someone would fit in onto gravity. There are no safety aspects I am overlooking with this is there? I cant see it being dangerous, just not very effective.

Its a newer classic, the last model and had has two connections. Very odd, never seen someone fit onto gravity hot water like this before.

no its not dangerous as you rightly put it not very efficient

 

[stevetheplumber]

a well piped gravity system will heat up nearly as quick as a pumped one problem is they were difficult to add controls to due to the vent being incorperated in the circuit and hot water was often to hot