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Whats wrong? My hot water is not working on my Ravenheat rsf 820/20?

I have a Ravenheat combi boiler - my heating is working fine BUT my hot water is not working.
To get hot water I have to turn the heating up full and trickle the hot water tap to get hot water.
Help please!
Bev, May 2008
Your diverter valve is stuck or jammed. It should move when a hot tap is opened to allow water into the DHW heat exchanger. The valve can probably be cleaned out & re-used. Make sure you let enough water out of the system before dismantling. And remember, the pressurised container holds a fair amount too ! It is a pig of a job to get the valve out, I don't know what kind of tool they use to access the unions when the boiler is assembled. Achilles

Achilles, May 2008
sounds like a faulty flow switch on the dhw not signalling that you opened the tap..

T, May 2008
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