Ocean Alpha 240e

[Little steve]

Hi guys,

I was hoping someone could shed a little light on this problem I have...

My Ocean Alpha 240e Central heating, ( the unit without the timer) has started acting odd..
It basically has three options, either

Off
Hot water on request
Radiators and Hot water on

Now when the unit is set to hot water only, when a hot tap is turned on the pilot light ignites all the gas and the hot water comes out of the tap, but when the radiator and hot water option is selected the pilot light lights for a few seconds and the goes off for a few seconds then comes on and keeps doing that and not heating the system. So basically the radiator can not be used...

Anybody got any ideas,

Thanks

Steve

 

[ChrisR]

Yeah, wait for Paul. Beats me!

 

[namsag]

at the bottom of boiler just by the hot water heat exchanger is little sensor screwed into the pipe this is the usual cause of the fault you describe. Needs replacing..

Chris this boiler is basically a baxi 80e

 

[Little steve]

thanks for the quick reply, I'll have a look at that now...

 

[ChrisR]

That was the first thing I thought of, but was put off by "a few seconds". Not seen one do that cos of the sensor.

 

[Little steve]

Had a look at the underneath of the boiler and to me, a sparky, just seems like a load of pipes!!!. Not sure where the sensor is I've uploaded a photo to image shack if anyone can nail this sensor so I can have a look at that.

btw, just for a laugh I tried it again and this time it worked!!!

link to image

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5838/76950999us4.jpg

Cheers

Steve

 

[namsag]

Ha ha yeah typical sparky.. Open front of boiler by undoing two screws one either side of control panel or at top of front panel and lifting front off.

In the bottom middle will be a silver thing about size of a brick, sensor should be to left hand side.