I hope you guys can give me a bit of advice on boiler problems I'm having.
I've recently moved house, and the boiler in our new place has stopped working. It's a Ferroli Optima 701, I have no idea when it was installed I'm afraid.
Ever since we moved in, the boiler has made a buzzing noise when it calls for heat. This buzz would sometimes only be very short, and sometimes would go on for a while before the boiler would fire up.
Last night the boiler gave up firing altogether, and I have had real problems finding someone local to come out and look at is because it's half term and almost everyone I've called seems to be on holiday. The one guy who did come out said he didn't have a clue and I should call Ferroli, which I did....and they told me to call back on Monday morning after 10am. Looking through the forum here I found a thread with a similar problem and by following the advice given there I've determined the following:
The buzzing is coming from the fan relay. When the power to the boiler is switched on, the fan spins very, very briefly and then stops while the relay buzzes away. Every so often the fan will try to turn again, going very very slowly but never spinning up fully.
Blowing gently into the APS stops the relay buzzing and the fan starts spinning at full speed, but once I stop blowing the buzzing starts again and the fan stops.
All this means I can't get the pilot lit again as the fan needs to spin for at least 20 secs before the pilot will light.
Does anyone have any advice or know what the problem might be? At the moment I think it's the fan relay, but I don't know what I'm talking about so any help would be very much appreciated
I've recently moved house, and the boiler in our new place has stopped working. It's a Ferroli Optima 701, I have no idea when it was installed I'm afraid.
Ever since we moved in, the boiler has made a buzzing noise when it calls for heat. This buzz would sometimes only be very short, and sometimes would go on for a while before the boiler would fire up.
Last night the boiler gave up firing altogether, and I have had real problems finding someone local to come out and look at is because it's half term and almost everyone I've called seems to be on holiday. The one guy who did come out said he didn't have a clue and I should call Ferroli, which I did....and they told me to call back on Monday morning after 10am. Looking through the forum here I found a thread with a similar problem and by following the advice given there I've determined the following:
The buzzing is coming from the fan relay. When the power to the boiler is switched on, the fan spins very, very briefly and then stops while the relay buzzes away. Every so often the fan will try to turn again, going very very slowly but never spinning up fully.
Blowing gently into the APS stops the relay buzzing and the fan starts spinning at full speed, but once I stop blowing the buzzing starts again and the fan stops.
All this means I can't get the pilot lit again as the fan needs to spin for at least 20 secs before the pilot will light.
Does anyone have any advice or know what the problem might be? At the moment I think it's the fan relay, but I don't know what I'm talking about so any help would be very much appreciated