gledhill BOILERMATE 2000 User manual

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AN OPEN VENTED CENTRAL HEATING
AND MAINS PRESSURE HOT WATER SUPPLY
SYSTEM INCORPORATING
A THERMAL STORE
ALL MODELS COMPLY WITH THE
WATER HEATER MANUFACTURERS
SPECIFICATION FOR INTEGRATED THERMAL
STORES
BOILERMATE 2000
Gas Council Approved Reference Numbers
BoilerMate 125 89-317-04A
BoilerMate 145 89-317-05A
BoilerMate 185 89-317-06A
BoilerMate 210 89-317-07A
BoilerMate 225 89-317-08A

USER INSTRUCTIONS
WELCOME TO YOUR THERMAL
STORAGE SYSTEM
BOILERMATE 2000 - THE POWER
BEHINDYOUR DOMESTIC HOTWATER
AND CENTRAL HEATING
The hot water and central heating
in your home is provided by a high
specification storage system which
will give you many benefits. Simple
to operate and exceptionally efficient
in operation, your BoilerMate 2000
Thermal Store is probably different to
any water heating system you have
ever experienced before. This booklet
will explain why and how you can get
the most from it.
One of the most technologically
advanced water heating and storage
systems available, your Gledhill
BoilerMate 2000 is designed to fulfil
four basic needs :
1. Provide rapid heat up of your
property whenever you switch
your heating on
2. Supply heating and hot water
more efficiently than conventional
systems
3. Provide hot water to every tap that
has not deteriorated in storage
tanks
4. Provide, where possible, a dry loft
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1. DELIVER LOTS OF HOT WATER AT
GOOD PRESSURES WHENEVER YOU
NEED IT
2. PROVIDE RAPID HEAT UP OF YOUR
PROPERTY WHENEVER YOU SWITCH
YOUR HEATING ON
3. SUPPLY HEATING AND HOT WATER
MORE CHEAPLY THAN
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS
Your Thermal Storage System is
designed to provide all the hot water
you are likely to need under normal
circumstances, and deliver that hot
water at a pressure comparable with
your cold water mains. That means
you can enjoy excellent showers
without the need for a separate
pump, or fill a bath with hot water
in minutes.
The highly efficient Thermal Storage
System also means that your central
heating will warm your house far
more rapidly than a conventional
system, with all your radiators
reaching their efficient heating level
in just a few minutes.
Your Thermal Storage System will
ensure that your boiler operates
more efficiently by eliminating
unnecessary firing and costly use of
fuel.
Because your boiler will operate in
concert with the Gledhill BoilerMate
2000,it remains in the‘on’position 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, but fires
only when needed to maintain the
optimum temperature within your
efficient Gledhill Thermal Store. The
boiler must be left at its maximum
temperature setting for the system
to operate efficiently.

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Traditional System
4. PROVIDING HOT WATER THAT HAS
NOT DETERIORATED IN STORAGE
TANKS,TO EVERY TAP
Your central heating still works on a
timer which is fitted to your Thermal
Store and thermostats control your
room temperatures.
Hot water will be available any time you
need it when the system is switched
on, summer and winter. But instead
of your boiler operation determining
when you get hot water and heating,
your needs for hot water and heating
will determine when your boiler
operates.
The BoilerMate 2000 is connected
directly to the cold mains and,therefore,
even the hot supply is pure potable
water every time.

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WHAT IS A THERMAL STORE ? The Gledhill Thermal Store is the
heart and brain of your central
heating system. It stores hot water
at a constant temperature and
incorporates a highly efficient plate
heat exchanger which heats the
hot water for all your domestic
needs. The Thermal Store is superbly
insulated and so the hot water
stored has a very low heat loss.
It also incorporates an intelligent
sensor which determines when the
temperature drops below a pre-set
level required for optimum efficiency.
When that temperature drop is
detected, the Thermal Store instructs
your dom es ti c bo il er to f ire,
generating the additional hot water
ne e d e d to to p u p t h e sto re
temperature. When the required
temperature is reached, the boiler
stops firing, until the next time it is
required.
The system operates most efficiently
if the boiler is always left on,
with the boiler thermostat always
at its maximum setting - even
in summer. This is because the
intelligent electronics within the
Thermal Store control the system
temperature automatically, based
on demand. Your system should,
generally, be left ‘on’ at all times. If
you are away for a short period, the
room thermostat can be set to a low
level just to prevent frost damage to
your domestic pipework systems.
WHY IS THE BOILER CONSTANTLY
SWITCHED TO THE ‘ON’ POSITION

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HOW DOES THE SYSTEM DELIVER
WATER AT HIGH PRESSURE
The water to the taps and showers
in your home is delivered at high
pressure because it uses the mains
pressure of your cold water supply.
The BoilerMate 2000 is connected
to the mains system and the water
passes through a highly efficient heat
exchanger to raise its temperature
before it travels to your taps and
showers.
Because it is so efficient, both
high flow rates and high pressures
are available to give the best
performance for both baths and
showers.
Water cisterns are required for
the traditional domestic hot water
system, and are generally located
in the loft, to give a better ‘head’ of
water. In most cases, the higher the
cistern, the greater the pressure.
Because the Gledhill system uses the
pressure from your cold water mains,
these cisterns are not required,which
removes any worries about freezing
or contamination of the cold water
system from insects, dust, birds etc
and leaves more space for storage
should you decide to use it.
Depending on the height of your
airing cupboard it occasionally may
be necessary to position the small
expansion tank within the loft space
e.g. in bungalows.
WHY ARE THERE NO WATER CISTERNS
IN THE LOFT ?

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CONTROLLING YOUR BOILERMATE
2000
Your BoilerMate 2000 is a highly
advanced Thermal Storage System
which incorporates the latest in
microprocessor technology to monitior
your system automatically and ensure
it operates at maximum efficiency. This
includes periodically ‘spinning’ the
heating pump to prevent seizing during
prolonged unused heating periods.
In normal circumstances, you should
only be required to adjust the time
clock on yourThermal Store,to suit your
needs, and the instructions for this are
described in detail on the label fitted
to the appliance.
If your hot water or heating system
should fail to operate satisfactorily, you
will need to call a service engineer,who
can then contact Gledhill Technical
Department for any advice he may
need.
As detailed previously, the Thermal
Store controls the temperature of the
system. In order to ensure your system
operates at its most efficient the boiler
thermostat should always be left at
maximum.
* If you wish to draw a considerable
quantity of hot water you will get
an enhanced performance from your
thermal store by setting your time clock
to bring the heating on 20 minutes
earlier.

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RESETTING THE HEATING
PROGRAMME CLOCK
Hot water is not time controlled and is
available at all times,but you control the
time your central heating switches on
and off with the timer on your Gledhill
Thermal Store. Separate instructions
for this will have been left for you by
the installation engineer, or you can
refer to the instructions on the label on
the front of the appliance.

TEL: [phone]
www.gledhill-boilermate.co.uk
Sales, Service & Repair
BoilerMate 2000 C/O
Hot Water Cylinders Limited
302 Foxhunter Drive
Milton Keynes
MK14 6GD