I've been having a problem where our hot water gets progressivly smeliier with an metallic smell - The last time it got bad, I got around it by draining off the HW cylinder and cold water tank, but it's starting again. One thing I've noticed is We have a small copper cylinder (about 10 ins high and 5 ins dia) which when the central heating switches off deposits a small amount of water back in the cold water tank - It's got SPARTAN Automatic Recovery Tank on the side of it (and Bray Thermal Systems) and has an even smaller cylinder, with a screw on top, on the side of it (10 Bar max operating pressure) I'm wondering it this is the cause of my smelly water, redepositing water from the CH circuit back in the cold water tank ? Any ideas anyone ?

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Dec 10, 2007 21 Replies

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Tricky Dicky 9 years ago

It may have been a nine year old post but to see Ed Sirretts name pop up brought on a touch of nostalgia.

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L WRIGHT 8 years ago

replying to Andy Wade, L WRIGHT wrote: Really Helpful Andy Thank you

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