Central heating question / help

[Davey1988]

Hey guys

I've basically rewired a bungalow and while doing so it only has a hot cylinder tank and a cold water tank in attick (I presume) I'm no expert basically a noob to boilers. I just replaced the live feed. The but it only has the above no boiler to heat with gas. There is 2 power feeds to this, one to the control panel and one to a switch beside the cylinder (which I presume that's an isolator/switch for emergency heating)

Can anyone explain how this works I've tried searching but all diagrams have a boiler also.

Only just started solo so having to think off my own back.

 

[Richard Burns]

Can you try rewriting your question a little more clearly, perhaps with a diagram of the layout and circuit.
Central heating without a boiler sounds a little odd, but I cannot make sense of what you are saying.

 

[Davey1988]

Sorry I don't know as ain't touched it after the programmer/emergency switch.

All there is, is a cylinder with a heating element and a cold water tank

 

[Richard Burns]

It sounds like you are describing the hot water system only, i.e a timer control (perhaps for economy seven hot water) and a manual override switch for additional hot water.

I cannot see how this would have the capability to heat a house.
There must be another system for house heating, either individual heaters (standalone, underfloor, hot air, etc.), or an electric boiler, oil boiler or gas boiler.
Or, which seems unlikely, a renewable energy source for heating.

 

[telectrix]

maybe they've got coal fires. what you describe sounds just like immersion heater/s for hot water.

 

[Davey1988]

Yeah what I thought lol but I found a manual in the house stating there is a old boiler which the customer guesses the boiler is in the Chimley brest lol I made sure a wire above their in the loft was powered up by connecting to a new feed to the cu and there was another feed which may of been for the programmer, there is no heating element in the cylinder. there is a old fireplace which is gas on the brest, also I've encounter a fault with the heating on both feeds and with the boiler being on the brest in front of boiler makes It worse.

The fault is a short circuit. I'm assuming one feed is for the boiler/heating element and one for the programmer to send a switch feed to the boiler, pump etc.

But when powering feed 1 (boiler) and switching emergency switch it trips.
And when I power feed 2 (programmer /control) and turn on the fused switch before the programmer it all trips again.

Not RCD trip, short circuit.

The majority I am guessing as this is all I know atm. If anyone can shine any experience my way would be great. Tried to give as much info as possible.