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Empty header tank & Oil heating

Ispeakthetruth · 2010-01-10 20:08:58

Greetings, my mains water is frozen and the header tank and expansion tank is empty (in the attic), dry to the silt at the bottom. I have oil heating and im afraid to turn it on, im led to believe oil is a closed system and therefore has a closed water supply independent of mains. I would like to know if it is safe to turn…

10-01-2010 8:08pm

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Ispeakthetruth

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Greetings, my mains water is frozen and the header tank and expansion tank is empty (in the attic), dry to the silt at the bottom. I have oil heating and im afraid to turn it on, im led to believe oil is a closed system and therefore has a closed water supply independent of mains. I would like to know if it is safe to turn on the oil without air locking or damaging my system?

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#2 10-01-2010 8:25pm

Micky Dolenz

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Have you two tanks in the attic? a big one and a small one?

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#3 10-01-2010 10:05pm

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Yes, I have one big tank and a small tank, both empty

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#4 11-01-2010 8:01pm

Micky Dolenz

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Top up the small tank with buckets of water and when full turn on heating. If the level drops again over a short peroid, you have a leak on you heating system. You would not have noticed it before as the tank kept filling itself. The leak will bo the ground floor or at boiler.

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