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Daiken heating not working on ground or top floor but Is on the middle

sarahsmithy
sarahsmithy Member Posts: 4
edited December 2022 in Thermostats and Controls
We have no underfloor heating or any on our top floor but it’s working on our middle floor. We have bled the top floor and there is water in the radiators but it’s not heating up at all. We still have hot water ? It’s a heat pump system.. 

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,696
    The heat pump is irrelevant. What is relevant is how is the system piped? What pumps do you have? What valves do you have? How are they controlled?

    So... maybe some pictures or an accurate diagram?
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • sarahsmithy
    sarahsmithy Member Posts: 4
    See attached thank you for your help 
  • sarahsmithy
    sarahsmithy Member Posts: 4
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,282
    Is that the only manifold? It looks like the 3 floors are labeled K-H-S? 

    Not sure about that brand actuator, but usually when they're open, the tops rise so you can visually see they're open. In the pic they all look closed.

    If the bottom and top floors were calling for heat when the pic was taken, then it's probable the voltage isn't getting there to open the actuator(s), or it's a faulty actuator(s), or the actuator(s) is not properly seated on the manifold. But it looks like they are. 

    It looks like the power light is lit (230v) on the relay panel but I can't tell if the lights are lit for the zones.

    Do you have an electric meter to test with?


  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,282
    Where are you located? After the issue is (hopefully) resolved, I'd love to see more pics of the complete system. Heat pump hydronic radiant systems aren't exactly common in the States.
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,696
    The place to start is at the manifold and the actuators. Two different -- and straightforward -- tests. First, when a zone is heating, are the actuators which control that zone getting power? And, if they are, are the pipes going from the manifold to the zone getting warm? I'm thinking that there is a control problem here.
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • sarahsmithy
    sarahsmithy Member Posts: 4
    Thanks a million ! 
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,282
    sarahsmithy said:
    Thanks a million ! 
    A million what? We don't know what country you're from and with the exchange rate, you could be only thanking us a hundred.
  • exqheat
    exqheat Member Posts: 192
    Can a radiant manifold feed enough water to warm radiators?
    John Cockerill Exquisite Heat www.exqheat.com Precisions boiler control from indoor reset.

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