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Heat only boilers and hot water

Posted by Adam , on
With a heat only boiler is the water in the cylinder heated up when the heating is switched on to heat the radiators ? What i am trying to establish is if the water in the cylinder is heated for "free" as a by product of heating the radiators.
matt fox

matt fox

Hi Adam, the short answer is no. The water isn’t free. It will be heated by the heat only boiler via a diverter valve or mid position valve

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