We've been putting off replacing our boiler because we were saving up to re-do the kitchen and hoped to do it all together but last night our Glowworm Energysaver 2 combi developed the following error:
Fault Code = 0 and 8.
The manual makes the following suggestions:
1) The Air pressure switch has not closed.
This we've checked and it seems fine. - Check that the air pressure switch is functioning correctly.
If the boiler does not fire check the following. (The boiler does fire up but after a while goes out but we still had a look at this):
Check that the condense drain is not blocked and backing up
into the heat exchanger. See section 12.5 for instructions on
cleaning.
Check for any obstruction to the flue system internally.
Check the fan and burner cleanliness as in section 12.3.
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If after checking all previous points the error code is still present,
this suggests that the heat exchanger has become partially
blocked. See section 12.11 for major service of heat exchanger.
http://www.glow-worm.co.uk/stepone/d...vercombi80.pdf (p28)
Is this something that we could do ourselves (i.e. servicing the heat exchanger????)...in terms of DIY plumbing is probably our weakest.
Clearing the condensate did initially seem to work and the boiler fired up this morning as normal but after about 30 mins the fault returned.
I'm dreading Christmas if we can't get something sorte
Fault Code = 0 and 8.
The manual makes the following suggestions:
1) The Air pressure switch has not closed.
This we've checked and it seems fine. - Check that the air pressure switch is functioning correctly.
If the boiler does not fire check the following. (The boiler does fire up but after a while goes out but we still had a look at this):
Check that the condense drain is not blocked and backing up
into the heat exchanger. See section 12.5 for instructions on
cleaning.
Check for any obstruction to the flue system internally.
Check the fan and burner cleanliness as in section 12.3.
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If after checking all previous points the error code is still present,
this suggests that the heat exchanger has become partially
blocked. See section 12.11 for major service of heat exchanger.
http://www.glow-worm.co.uk/stepone/d...vercombi80.pdf (p28)
Is this something that we could do ourselves (i.e. servicing the heat exchanger????)...in terms of DIY plumbing is probably our weakest.
Clearing the condensate did initially seem to work and the boiler fired up this morning as normal but after about 30 mins the fault returned.
I'm dreading Christmas if we can't get something sorte