The saga with my aging Halstead Best 50 continues, but not for long. Got lots of independents coming this week to give me quotes for a boiler replacement as I've finally had enough. So this is a theoretical question as I'm almost certainly not going to bother fixing it...
Had someone in to have a look at the latest cause of the occasional ignition lockout.
95% of the time, the ignition rod sparks at the tip where it is supposed to do. The other 5% of the time, the sparks happen at the base of the ceramic rod across to the base of the burner.
Chap recommended replacing the ignition rod/cable and possibly the PCB, both of which were replaced just 3-4 months ago so should be brand new, hence my having had enough, this boiler has to go.
I really don't want to spend another penny on this now... I could possibly live with getting him to replace the relatively cheap ignition cable, but not unless I'm sure that will fix it 100%.
What could cause a brand new ignition cable/rod to be sparking at the base rather than the tip? Could I have just been unlucky and got a faulty one?
Had someone in to have a look at the latest cause of the occasional ignition lockout.
95% of the time, the ignition rod sparks at the tip where it is supposed to do. The other 5% of the time, the sparks happen at the base of the ceramic rod across to the base of the burner.
Chap recommended replacing the ignition rod/cable and possibly the PCB, both of which were replaced just 3-4 months ago so should be brand new, hence my having had enough, this boiler has to go.
I really don't want to spend another penny on this now... I could possibly live with getting him to replace the relatively cheap ignition cable, but not unless I'm sure that will fix it 100%.
What could cause a brand new ignition cable/rod to be sparking at the base rather than the tip? Could I have just been unlucky and got a faulty one?