....as it also functions as a safety device if the boiler overheats.

This is the one "radiator" in the house that does not have a TRV.

Several other residents with the same CH system were told the same.

I can't find anything on the internet,

MM

On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:39:17 +0000, MM wrote:

...as it also functions as a safety device if the boiler overheats.

This is the one "radiator" in the house that does not have a TRV.

Several other residents with the same CH system were told the same.

I can't find anything on the internet,

MM

You wouldn't want a situation where all your rads were shut off and
there was zero flow through the boiler. Sometimes there is a dedicated
bypass to prevent this. In your case the towel rail serves this
purpose.

It is also normal practice not to put a TRV on the rad heating the
area where a thermostat lives.



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On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:59:04 +0000, Graham.
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:39:17 +0000, MM wrote:

...as it also functions as a safety device if the boiler overheats.

This is the one "radiator" in the house that does not have a TRV.

Several other residents with the same CH system were told the same.

I can't find anything on the internet,

MM

You wouldn't want a situation where all your rads were shut off and
there was zero flow through the boiler. Sometimes there is a dedicated
bypass to prevent this. In your case the towel rail serves this
purpose.

It is also normal practice not to put a TRV on the rad heating the
area where a thermostat lives.

Okay, thanks.

MM

On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:39:17 +0000, MM wrote:

...as it also functions as a safety device if the boiler overheats.

This is the one "radiator" in the house that does not have a TRV.

Several other residents with the same CH system were told the same.

I can't find anything on the internet,

MM

I vaguely recall reading that if all rads have a TRV, and they all go
closed, your boiler could be fired up with nowhere to go.

I've got 2 towel rads, and reused a rad from the bathroom in the porch
which doesn't have a TRV.

On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:39:17 +0000, MM wrote:

...as it also functions as a safety device if the boiler overheats.

This is the one "radiator" in the house that does not have a TRV.

Several other residents with the same CH system were told the same.

I can't find anything on the internet,

MM

Google "CH bypass valve" for a basic idea of the situation.

On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:47:39 +0000, Ericp
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:39:17 +0000, MM wrote:

...as it also functions as a safety device if the boiler overheats.

This is the one "radiator" in the house that does not have a TRV.

Several other residents with the same CH system were told the same.

I can't find anything on the internet,

MM

Google "CH bypass valve" for a basic idea of the situation.

Ah, good one! Thanks.

MM

So the bathroom explodes if there is a fault then. How quaint.

Brian

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...as it also functions as a safety device if the boiler overheats.

This is the one "radiator" in the house that does not have a TRV.

Several other residents with the same CH system were told the same.

I can't find anything on the internet,

MM