90 minutes for a 551 get real even a new starter should not be taking that amount of time
A 551 can be completley stripped down in under 5 mins and i do mean completely.
Its a bread and butter job
. I only replace them if the output voltage is low.
Readings posts like this and the tard with the turbomax reminds me why i dont bother venturing into the p &h forum......
Steel can you not see the rocket science involved in this complicated appliance
Hello,
Thanks for your replies. Interesting to see that you disagreed on whether £50 was a reasonable price, I did think it seemed a bit cheap!
The £80 for the new thermocouple was a different guy to the £50 for the service guy. I cancelled thermocouple man and went with service man.
He took it to bits, cleaned it all out with a paint brush, hoover etc. Checked the smoke was going up the chimney properly and some other test that stank. He showed me the pilot when it was open and it looked much fiercer and totally blue. He said it was in really good condition for such an old boiler, barely sooted up at all, and insisted on only charging £40. He said there was a bit of an obstruction in the pilot light, no big deal. It took him just over an hour. Though it would have been much quicker if we hadn't been chatting so much haha!
The only thing is that after he left we went to look at the pilot light through the viewing window and you can't see it properly any more. No idea if that's a problem? It is lit, the heating and hot water are working fine, coming on and off no problem. There's a flickery blue glow through the window which must be the edge of the pilot light and I can hear it. The heating's working though, and the alarm hasn't gone off! So... that's ok is it?
Thanks guys
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