PILOT LIGHT

[mougly]

I TURN THE PILOT LIGHT ON MANUALLY AND EVERYTHING WORKS FOR 10 TO 20 SECONDS.
THEN THE PILOT LIGHT GOES OUT AND TRIPS THE ELECTRIC IN THE HOUSE

 

[kevplumb]

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

Amazing ....

TURN YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF !!!!!!!!

Then read THIS

 

[mougly]

sorry guys does anyone know what problwm could be

 

[kevplumb]

this guy won't take a hint slug

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

Eyup Kev Is that a new crystal ball?

It is smarter than your old one. Does it work any better?

Christmas Pressie?

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

sorry guys does anyone know what problwm could be

Yes the problem is definitely and absolutely what we call in the trade >





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A mystery

 

[Papion]

THEN THE PILOT LIGHT GOES OUT AND TRIPS THE ELECTRIC IN THE HOUSE

The poor mougly has no electric power to power up his PC for a reply

 

[Blasphemous]

Great... A Quiz Post! I love a quiz!

Right then, is it a Book, Film or TV?

 

[JohnD]

I will guess that there is a water leak in your boiler, and water is dripping onto an electrical part and causing a fault to earth which trips your RCD.

My second guess is that there is a water leak in the circulating pump causing a fault to earth which trips your RCD.

I will wager £10 that the fault is not the pilot light.

I think you need a boiler engineer.

What prize are you offering for the first correct answer?




p.s. the link Sluggy posted is to some advice headed "before you ask a question please read this." Click on the blue word "this" in his first reply.

 

[Blasphemous]

This isn't a 'competence' quiz is it

 

[kevplumb]

aw **** thats me out then

 

[Blasphemous]

well if you're out I'm not in the bl***y running

Stay cool mate.

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

My guess is that there is a power supply close to the gas valve solenoid . When the boiler tries to fire there is some RF [spurious radio frequency emmissions] coming from the solenoid which is picked up by an RCD turning the power off. At the same time the RF surge is enough to disturb the field coil [connected to the thermocouple] inside the gas valve causing it to let go of the pilot valve thus shutting off the pilot as well.

If I am right then your gas valve is probably cream crackered or at least needs a condenser fitting to suppress RF.

Are ya taking bets kev or what?

I'll have ten bob on me

If we knew what the boiler was and it has a 240 gas valve theres a good chance that the RF was shooting back through the supply and tripping the rcd that way.

Getting a less sensitive RCD will stop the power going off but not the pilot going out

 

[kevplumb]

**** forgot to turn the CB off when in union st