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16-11-14, 12:09 PM
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Evel Knievel
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Boiler help
Got home last night to find that my boiler hadn't fired up, hit reset and it started working. This morning It's done it again but the reset does nothing. I've switched the power on and off a few times and still no worky.
The code it gives me is telling me that there is a flame detection error/short circuit. The flow chart in the manual states..... unplug the the flame detection electrode from the pcb and check continuity: YES continuity - replace the electrode NO continuity - replace the pcb. I have continuity on the electrode so surely that means the electrode is working and the fault is with the PCB? but then that means the manual is wrong  I'm so confused. |
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16-11-14, 12:21 PM
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Evel Knievel
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Re: Boiler help
Just powered up the pcb and checked the continuity on the board, when i connect the multimeter to the terminals on the board the controls click and causes the error message to change. I plug the electrode back in, the control clicks back to idle, I flick the heating back on and it's all working.
So maybe it is the electrode
Last edited by Wideboy; 16-11-14 at 12:22 PM. |
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16-11-14, 12:49 PM
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Evel Knievel
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Re: Boiler help
It stops with a flame error, I hit reset and I get a flame dection error again, I pull out the flame detection plug and plug it back in and everything works as normal for a few mins then it shut down back to flame error.... then the process starts again.
fairly sure it's the sensor then. |
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16-11-14, 01:57 PM
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Re: Boiler help
You seem to have this fairly well in hand.
Clearly no need for me to google a bunch of crap to add here just yet. |
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16-11-14, 04:21 PM
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Re: Boiler help
Potterton combi by any chance?
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16-11-14, 05:46 PM
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Evel Knievel
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Re: Boiler help
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16-11-14, 05:52 PM
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Re: Boiler help
We had a similar problem with our Ideal boiler. It required a replacement PCB costing over £200.
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16-11-14, 05:54 PM
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Re: Boiler help
You're a joiner. Phone a plumber
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16-11-14, 06:19 PM
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Re: Boiler help
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the whole thing, replace it with old style fuses where you wind the wire on yourself but use paperclips so that it can't blow and spoil everything. |
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