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Dean7445: Thanks for your reply. You said " hot water off terminal (provides the voltage needed to power the valve fully over to shut the hot water off) in the programmer isn't wired into the circuit", but the programmer has been working fine until a few days back. Any suggestions to...

Hi every one My traditional central heating (an Ideal Classic boiler aged 15 years, a hot water cylinder in the cupboard, a Honeywell thermostat and timer/programmer) has been working fine until a few days ago when the heating suddenly stopped working and there was no response to the stat...

Another update The guy from my insurance company came in and had a good look at the boiler. He thought that the boiler PCB was faulty and ordered a replacement. He did not think that power flush was required at all. Two days later, the PCB was replaced with excellent outcome. The boiler...

An update Standing in front of the boiler,I called for hot water: Immediately the boiler came to life with a click and normal looking blue flame and I could hear the fan running. After about 2 minutes the boiler went off silent. Getting depressed, I waited for about 5 minutes, and the...

Thanks again Paul. I will post any new development over the next few days.

Dear Paul Great many thanks for your detailed and helpful reply. I really appreciate it. I will be on to it in the next few days checking the suggested areas. I have to to tell you that I am not into engineering and I have to tread very carefully in the others turf. I have always...

Thanks very much for your advice. I will be on the look out for some one competent. In the mean time, could you please suggest a possible cause for the intermittent boiler failure?

Hi everyone I hope one of you guys will be able to help. I have a 14 years old Ideal Classic N50 boiler in the kitchen, with a standard vented system with large storage tank and a smaller feed/expansion tank in the loft, and a cylinder upstairs. It has been working fine until about two...