new house, boiler seems dead?!

[ben85]

Hi everyone, just moved into my new house today.

It's got a Raveneat RSF84 combi boiler in it and a programmer downstairs with various options like on, off, advance, once and the like.

I've turned on the hot water tap and don't get any hot water.

The boiler has a electric switch next to it and that is switched on but the boiler doesn't seem to be doing anything

I think the owners left a few weeks ago so they may have shut it down semi-permanently?

Anybody have any ideas how to get it working?

BW

 

[JPC]

any power to it when you switched the power on ?

 

[Boilerman2]

Welcome to the Wonderful world of RAVENHEAT!!!

 

[Agile]

You need about 1.5 Bar pressure indicated on the guage.

Check the fise box is all as expected.

Under current practice the seller is required to notify the buyer if any of the equipment is not in working order and can be charged with the cost of repairs to anything found to be faulty at the time of the sale.

You could replace the 3A fuse in the switched spur.

You could ask the seller or their solicitor! If the latter be quite serious and indicate that if there is a problem with the boiler you will be claiming the costs of repair from them so it would be better if they came and sorted it out before you have to call anyone.

Its your responsibility to ensure everything is switched on and there is pressure in the boiler.

Call me from in front of the boiler if you like, but only after 1000hrs!

Tony

 

[Axel]

1000 hrs? That's over a month in front of a boiler ?!

 

[holty]

silly question have you tried turning up the hw dial on the front panel.

 

[ben85]

Hi everyone.

Sorry for the late replying, it's only because I've just moved in.

I managed to sort it out.

Within the kitchen I found a switch completely un-named and flicked it on. I then heard a sound upstairs, went to check the boiler and we have power to the boiler

The Hot DHW and CH works fine so that's all good.

Does anybody have any honest views on my boiler model (Ravenheat RSF82e) are there any known weak points? I'm thinking of getting it serviced in about October this year to ensure it'll be good for winter. Good idea? or wasting dough?

Cheers

BW

 

[Axel]

A service not a bad idea, as long as the right person does it.

Even better idea will be to put a label on the switch, and the boiler showing where the switch is.

 

[Agile]

Better still to get it serviced before the end of August when gas engineers are less busy. Come October we are working hard on repairs.

Tony