If, for example, the heating valve is failing in this way, you will get heat round the radiators while the cylinder hot water is being heated too. When the cylinder is up to temperature, the hot water motorised valve closes and no longer tells the boiler to fire, so the heating now stops too. System boilers may also have a diverter valve or zone valve built into them and might not have any external zone valves. Slide the blunt end of the motor sideways until the flange comes out from the tab holding it down. This can be a bit of a fiddle. The motor then comes free of the valve, held only by the two wires which connect it electrically. These two wires may be blue (in a Honeywell original Synchron motor) or orange (most replacement Synchron motors). The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (Wednesday 22 November) announced a range of tax, benefits and savings measures. We round up the key announcements and what they mean for you. Honeywell make a large range of motorised valves used in domestic central heating systems. The most common by far are the 22mm 3-port, 5-wire, mid-position valve and the 22mm 2-port, 5-wire, zone valve. These 22mm valves (3-port V4073A1039 and 2-port V4043H1056) are used in smaller and medium sized properties.

In normal operation, with a heat-only boiler, central heating water is heated in the boiler and then pumped round the system by a circulating pump. Motorised valves are used to split or divert the flow. The heated water can either be sent to the radiators (or underfloor heating) or to the cylinder coil to heat the domestic hot tap water. The cooled circulating water is then returned to the boiler to be heated again. Much of what we describe also applies to ACL Drayton motorised valves like the Drayton 2-port ZA5/679-2 22mm zone valve and the Drayton 3-port MA1/679 22mm mid-position valve. Iflo motorised valves and British Gas motorised valves have similar faults. It may also apply to the Tower VAL222MV motorised valve, the Siemens CZV222 motorised valve and the Flomasta 27900SX motorised valve.The powerhead or actuator is the electrical section. It’s comprised of a motor and some electronic components and usually has one or more microswitches. Honeywell say that the manual lever located on the end of the powerhead is not a position indicator and should be used used for filling the system and for draining down only. The blue wire is the Neutral, N. The green/yellow wire is the Earth wire, E. The white wire is connected to the wire from the room thermostat which calls for heating (radiators or underfloor). The grey wire is used to drive the valve to the Water Off position, in which only the heating port A is open; it closes port B. The orange wire provides a Switched Live (Switched Line) feed to run the boiler and pump.

On older style valves pre-1985, which do not have the replaceable head feature, the adaptor plate assembly can be used to upgrade the valves, to allow the replaceable powerhead to be used.” Honeywell 2-port motorised zone valves (V4043H) are electrically quite simple. The powerhead contains the motor, which is used to drive the valve open, and an auxiliary switch or end switch. Honeywell 22mm zone valve operation (V4043H1056)If the property uses a combi boiler (rather than a heat-only boiler) the boiler will usually contain a diverter valve. In small properties there may be no other motorised valves.