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The layers of protection on an unvented hot water system

Why an unvented cylinder has stacked, independent safety controls and what each layer does.

Because an unvented cylinder stores hot water under mains pressure, building regulations treat it as a higher-risk fitting and expect several independent layers of protection. This lesson sets out the idea.

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