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Excuse my ignorance, how do I make it boil for a couple of seconds?

Over the weekend I drained the system down and refilled. The water which came out was clear and it refilled without issue. (Had to bleed a couple of rads but that is normal.) There isn't any thermostat on the return pipe and the one on the flow side, which is within the boiler cabinet, was...

It fires up again after 30 minutes. I think the flow is OK as the radiator, which is fed off the HW flow, heats up. The whole system was drained down last summer as a radiator was moved so I would hope it's not gunged up already!

Hi, I have a problem with our gravity fed Potterton Profile 80e boiler whereby if the controller/timer is set to Hot Water the boiler will fire up and run for a 3 minutes and then cuts out and wont fire again. If the controller is then set to Central Heating it will run perfectly well...

Forgot to include... I'll try your suggestion of cracking the return union tomorrow.

Thanks Murf. I replaced the cylinder with the same make as the old one and got the same symptoms, so I don't think the cylinder. (This has worked well for the 12 years we've lived here too.) It all points towards the boiler....???

Just to confirm that both header tanks are working and are full. (I had to drain the HW tanks as the isolating valve leaked when I replaced the cylinder.) Yep, the pipe which connect to the middle of the cylinder is really hot, the return is not. I really cant see where there can be an...

Thanks Murf. One of the first things I looked at was the header tank, that's full and the ballcock works well. I had tried draining and refilling the system before putting the new cylinder in. What did the boiler you looked at get choked up with? I've been assuming that the boiler os OK as it...

Thanks for the replies folks. Here are the answers to your responses: Charnwood: Is the feed pipe hot right up to the cylinder? Yes, the feed pipe is hot right up to the cylinder There is no motorised valve, the CH has a pump, the HW uses graivity. There is no cylinder stat. I'm not sure...

Hi all, I'm getting desperate..... I have this problem where my gravity fed Potterton Profile 80e boiler keeps cutting out and the water in the hot water cylinder is not getting hot, however all the radiators in the house, which are pumped, are really hot and the house is toasty even...

The inner flue is in pristine condition so looks like the PCB. Where would you suggest I buy that from? Many thanks Mark

With the boiler stat in the '0' position the pilot light is not lit. The pilot light only sparks when the boiler is firing up. (I hope I have answered what you asked!) Thanks again

Hi, We have a Potterton 80e boiler which is playing up. It clicks, you hear a whirr as the fan starts and then a second or so later it clicks again and the fan turns off. It might do this 20 or 30 times before the boiler will fire. I have removed the red hose, sucked and blowed and it...

Thanks JohnD. The curve of the waste pipe is higher than the sink trap but is a few inches lower than the drainer height. I'll re position it this evening. Is there a valve which should prevent the back filling from happening? It looks like the float mechanism in the 'plastic water matrix'...

Yes, it is attached to the trap on the sink.

We have a Bosch dishwasher which, at the end of a cycle, drains fine. However, for some reason, after a few hours, it back fills so that it full with the murky water it has just pumped out. There is a kind of plastic water matrix which fresh water gets pumped into and the dirty water out of...

Thanks, I'll take the motor out on the weekend and take a look. Would this also cause the program to restart? Thanks again. Mark +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi, I just mentioned the possible solution to the problem to my wife and she said that: 'The spin only progam...

Hi, Please help before my wife pulls the remaining strands of hair from her head. We have a Whirlpool AMW8123 washing machine which has started to play up mid cycle, it will pause requiring the start button to be pressed, this can happen up to 10 times before it completes. Other times...