Ecodan - Legionella Operation Time and Target Temperature
Posted by: @toodlesBut it may be necessary to ‘clear up’ behind the installer!
The need to clear up behind the installer is dictated by two further factors.
1: If he's not fitted a bend-free route leading away from the tundish with a pipe of adequate diameter, then the test of the release valve will have sprayed hot water all around the room.
The air-intake ports on the sides of the tundish are equally capable of giving the floor a 'hot wash'.
2: With due regard to the subject of this discussion topic, if the anti-legionella cycle hasn't been properly commissioned, then the bacteria will also have been sprayed into the air...
... in which case the state of his soil pipe is the least of his worries.
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Below the Tundish the pipe goes to the exterior, the 2nd pic shows what is above.
They were a bit miserly with insulation, I have added quite a bit myself.
I'm going to add some over the hole where the temperature probe is as I can feel warmth when I put my finger in, there is another as well near the top of the tank. Thank you for the heads up.
I emailed Mitsubishi on Sunday about the Legionella cycle, haven't heard back yet though, will try calling them when I get chance. Another thought is to set the cycle temp to 59 instead of 61 and hopefully it will end the program when it reaches 59.5.
Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kWh
4.4kW Solar PV
5.2 kWh Battery Storage
1983 build, 300mm loft insulation, cavity wall insulation (beads)
That tundish looks ok.
They were more than just "a bit miserly" with the pipe insulation.
They've breached the regulations.
The rule is that all pipes should be insulated within a metre of a hot water tank.
It doesn't matter whether the pipe is meant to carrying cold-input, or if it's empty, such as the pressure release system.
The pipe still needs insulating because the copper 'sucks' energy out of the tank.
Save energy... recycle electrons!
@transparent Oh right, I'll get all of that insulated as well. They actually left quite a lot in the rubbish pile, which I kept. Out of interest, all of the pipe that goes from the tundish to the ground is copper which seems a bit wasteful, should it not be plastic instead? Thankfully no one has stolen it from the side of the house.
Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kWh
4.4kW Solar PV
5.2 kWh Battery Storage
1983 build, 300mm loft insulation, cavity wall insulation (beads)
The pressure release pipe to the outside is usually in copper.
The crucial thing to note is that it shouldn't go through several right-angle bends.
Either it needs to be bends formed in the pipe itself, or else uses swept-elbow fittings.
Save energy... recycle electrons!
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