Britony Combi SE 100

[watertight]

Hi all,

I wonder if you could possibly help me with my boiler.

It has lately started to make a 'pulsing' sound when the boiler is fired up. As I look through into the combustion chamber I can see that the flames are syncronizied with the pusling sound, I have checked the fan and the pump, both of which seem fine. This leads me to believe it may be the gas valve.

I'd appreciated your comments and would I be right in thinking that it could be a faulty solenoid on the valve.

If you require any further information please let me know.

Mark

 

[chrishutt]

Check that the flue is in place and that no one has attempted to open the combustion chamber. Also the PCBs are very prone to fail on these so expect to pay £130+ for a new one, plus finding someone competent to repair it!

 

[watertight]

Cheers Chris,

The flue and combustion chamber are both is excellent condition. The boiler is only about 2 years old. One thing I did notice was that the temperature of the heating was no where near as hot as it used to be. Would this help you to confirm wether or not it would be the PCB?

Mark

 

[chrishutt]

Can't remember the symptoms of PCB failure off-hand. I think they vary. but they commonly fail after 2 years! You really need a competent boiler engineer to check it over.