You may be able to get a technical data sheet off there?
That’s a Jeeves F1, you can tell by the monocle on the right eye. Top up the Bristol cream sherry via the lower aperture and all should be well. Although I’m not a professional so you should check with someone CORGI approved.
It’s not a boiler as such. It’s a hot water storage tank. These can be fed by a boiler, have an electric immersion heater or sometimes it’s both.
Looks like a Fortic F1 immersion heater to me!
Not seen one of those in a while, it’s an old style immersion tank. Basically back in the day a bath would use all the hot water and you’d have to wait for it to fill before there was more !!
It’s a fortic cylinder. Direct mean it’s electric powered (immersion). Basically the top bit is cold water storage (tank) and the bottom Bit is the hot water cylinder.
Think it might be one of those big American V8’s but it sounds like it’s running a little rich.
It’s probably got a dead pigeon in the top of it.
Hot water tank, like many others have said. It will either heat or store hot water. We had one when we moved into our house. They are ancient and was probably installed along with the old style radiators in the 90s, they are pretty shit for 2024 standards.
If only there was a search tool, something like Google 🙄
Thankfully the sticker was filled out for compliance..
Had an oil fired boiler in the annexe of a cottage I lived in as a teen. I lived in the annexe and it ALWAYS smelled slightly of petrol, despite there being no leaks of any kind.
Wouldn’t be too concerned tbh
Petril!!!
I’m gonna say its a fortic f1
It’s hard to tell from the large label and large font but it might just be a Fortic F1
It’s a relatively old-fashioned design because it is two cylinder shaped tanks. The top is cold-water storage, the bottom is heated electrically.
It’s a bad design because obviously heat transfers from the bottom tank to the top, these things are always above 20c in the top tank, which promotes legionella and bacterial growth. This then goes into the stored hot water tank below which should be heated above 60c as per ACOP L8 regulations, but they often aren’t, especially when someone has the bright idea of saving money.
Qualifications… I am a water hygiene technician and about to become a legionella risk assessor.
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It’s a hot water cylinder with an electric immersion heater with a built in header tank.
Quick google search:
[Boiler](https://www.bes.co.uk/indirect-copper-combination-cylinder-1200-x-450-mm-21770/)
You may be able to get a technical data sheet off there?
That’s a Jeeves F1, you can tell by the monocle on the right eye. Top up the Bristol cream sherry via the lower aperture and all should be well. Although I’m not a professional so you should check with someone CORGI approved.
It’s not a boiler as such. It’s a hot water storage tank. These can be fed by a boiler, have an electric immersion heater or sometimes it’s both.
Looks like a Fortic F1 immersion heater to me!
Not seen one of those in a while, it’s an old style immersion tank. Basically back in the day a bath would use all the hot water and you’d have to wait for it to fill before there was more !!
It’s a fortic cylinder. Direct mean it’s electric powered (immersion). Basically the top bit is cold water storage (tank) and the bottom
Bit is the hot water cylinder.
Think it might be one of those big American V8’s but it sounds like it’s running a little rich.
It’s probably got a dead pigeon in the top of it.
Hot water tank, like many others have said. It will either heat or store hot water. We had one when we moved into our house. They are ancient and was probably installed along with the old style radiators in the 90s, they are pretty shit for 2024 standards.
If only there was a search tool, something like Google 🙄
Thankfully the sticker was filled out for compliance..
https://youtu.be/Bm7L-2J52GU?si=HQBGBszcLwqDZn8l
Had an oil fired boiler in the annexe of a cottage I lived in as a teen. I lived in the annexe and it ALWAYS smelled slightly of petrol, despite there being no leaks of any kind.
Wouldn’t be too concerned tbh
Petril!!!
I’m gonna say its a fortic f1
It’s hard to tell from the large label and large font but it might just be a Fortic F1
Looks like a Fortic F1
It’s not a boiler
I believe that is an [R1 Astromech unit](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvignette.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fes.starwars%2Fimages%2Fa%2Faa%2FR1_droide.jpg%2Frevision%2Flatest%3Fcb%3D20170226135833&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b8ee9b5c76dc590aaeab6644d1eafb7a9d2de05431cf36538d092465fad114fc&ipo=images)
That is a Fortic hot water cylinder/calorifier.
It’s a relatively old-fashioned design because it is two cylinder shaped tanks. The top is cold-water storage, the bottom is heated electrically.
It’s a bad design because obviously heat transfers from the bottom tank to the top, these things are always above 20c in the top tank, which promotes legionella and bacterial growth. This then goes into the stored hot water tank below which should be heated above 60c as per ACOP L8 regulations, but they often aren’t, especially when someone has the bright idea of saving money.
Qualifications… I am a water hygiene technician and about to become a legionella risk assessor.