Recent content by Elmbeard

Is it cold where the boiler is? On my boiler there is a frost stat which overrides the timeclock. In order to prevent water freezing, the boiler fires up heating the water about to freeze. How is it after the boiler has warmed up?

You're having a laugh! When is anyone likely to get a pro to turn out this side of Christmas (if I am very lucky and if this cold snap ends soon), especially one who will touch an LPG combi? And I get charged call-out to be told I need a new boiler at two grand + I haven't got. Like...

After looking here...

For a Halstead Quattro Combi (LPG). Overheat thermostat ok, circuit closed, Pump overrun thermostat working, closed circuit common to one, but not the other. Pump operating fine, a number of clicks suggesting microswitches ok. Live power getting to Ignition board, but nothing getting to...

I had the two stats off again this morning. I tried shorting the overheat stat terminals, but still no fan. This stat is now reading closed circuit, which is correct. On the overrun, the manual says black is common. The closed circuit black-brown is also correct. Red-black leaves the pump...

Halstead Quattro Combi. I'm getting pump but no fan on both CH and HW. No power to fan (and obviously no ignition or gas flow). Tha manual suggests resetting the overheat thermostat by pressing a rod on top of the case which resets a jigger on the thermostat, but the thermostat is already...

I finally sorted out everything on the Halstead Quattro, except for putting on a new diverter valve, since the old one was seized and not responding to working with silicone. After refilling and bleeding the heat exchanger, tried to fire up, but no heat. The pump is working fine, and both...

Well, I can't afford a new boiler, and it's getting colder outside. I really don't know how everyone can afford new boilers every 6 years, unless everyone is a yuppie. I tried the epoxy putty, but tried it before it was fully set and it sprung a leak again. So I took the whole pipe off...

I have a 1994 LPG Halstead Quattro Combi. I have just replaced the diverter valve diaphragm, unseizing and greasing the rest of the diverter valve. When I put it together, I created two pinhole leaks in the 15mm DHW inlet pipe close to the mount which sprayed water all over the electrics as...