Hi,
Apologies I am new to this site but just wondered if anybody had any suggestions as to a problem I have with my boiler.
Whenever I switch on the Hot water it causes my RCD to trip out. I have tried a few things but it doesn't seem to resolve the problem. I initially has a look at the boiler and water pump and could not find fault although each time I tried to switch it on the RCD tripped. I then removed the control switch but as there didn't seem to be anything wrong replaced it. On this occasion the boiler started up without tripping. However it ran for about 20 seconds before it cut out rather than the RCD. I could not get it to come back on until it seemed to have cooled down but then it did the same thing ie ran for 20 seconds then cut out. I now cannot get it running again as the RCD trips out straight away. I have tested the water pump independantly and this works fine. I have also short circuited the control panel and this still causes the RCD to trip so the control panel would appear to be fine.
The boiler is a Gloworm Fuelsaver F.
I have an engineer coming monday but he didn't sound too sure on the phone. Any ideas?????
Apologies I am new to this site but just wondered if anybody had any suggestions as to a problem I have with my boiler.
Whenever I switch on the Hot water it causes my RCD to trip out. I have tried a few things but it doesn't seem to resolve the problem. I initially has a look at the boiler and water pump and could not find fault although each time I tried to switch it on the RCD tripped. I then removed the control switch but as there didn't seem to be anything wrong replaced it. On this occasion the boiler started up without tripping. However it ran for about 20 seconds before it cut out rather than the RCD. I could not get it to come back on until it seemed to have cooled down but then it did the same thing ie ran for 20 seconds then cut out. I now cannot get it running again as the RCD trips out straight away. I have tested the water pump independantly and this works fine. I have also short circuited the control panel and this still causes the RCD to trip so the control panel would appear to be fine.
The boiler is a Gloworm Fuelsaver F.
I have an engineer coming monday but he didn't sound too sure on the phone. Any ideas?????