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fireplace central heating with an extra electric water heater.
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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 452446" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>sounds like you want a good old fashioned 'back boiler' . My parents still have one of these behind their coal fire. Trouble is you will find it very hard to find a plumber who understands this old tech. It's a simple enough system, heat exchanger behind fire linked to hot water tank in airing cupboard. From tank hot water is supplied to house taps and radiators.</p><p></p><p>With regards to electric hot water heater, if the tank is hot, I don't think it will try to heat water, but these tend to be set for around 50 Celcius to avoid legionella issues as far as I'm aware. They also tend to have cycles to heat to higher temps to kill legionella. I think your best option is to contact Tech enquries for the tank manufacturer, and see what they say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 452446, member: 490"] sounds like you want a good old fashioned 'back boiler' . My parents still have one of these behind their coal fire. Trouble is you will find it very hard to find a plumber who understands this old tech. It's a simple enough system, heat exchanger behind fire linked to hot water tank in airing cupboard. From tank hot water is supplied to house taps and radiators. With regards to electric hot water heater, if the tank is hot, I don't think it will try to heat water, but these tend to be set for around 50 Celcius to avoid legionella issues as far as I'm aware. They also tend to have cycles to heat to higher temps to kill legionella. I think your best option is to contact Tech enquries for the tank manufacturer, and see what they say. [/QUOTE]
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