Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Not all valves are born equal


One diagram shows the operation of the VRG141 valve and the other the operation of the VRB141 valve. Now, think about phoning this through to someone - easy for them to hear G as B or vice versa, or if you're just a tiny bit dyslexic, or rushing, its easily missed. Looking at the diagrams, they are much the same - four holes in the valve, and a paddle in the middle.

But the difference between the two was enough to stop my heating system from ever working correctly. I spotted it by chance - nosing around to find ot what the valve actually did, and I just happened to notice a subtle difference in the letters between what the installation manual called for, and the user manual and the empty box that I was looking at.

The one I want is the VRB141, and it's the lower picture, but the one I've got is the VRG141....

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