Hi there,
I have a Wickes 102 aka Halstead Ace High, and i have a little problem with it and it is that i have Central Heating but no Hot Water. The problem started just last Friday.
When i open a tap there's nothing happening on the combi boiler, before last friday, there use to be a click when i opened a tap and then the boiler would fire up and i'd have hot water, but now there's no click at all and therefore the boiler doesn't fire up.
When the Central Heating is running, it should switch from the Central Heating to the Hot Water, but now it doesn't do that.
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I've had plumber come out on Friday and before he came out he said it sounded like a "Thermistor" had gone.
He then came out poked about inside the boiler and he said its definatly the "Thermistor" and took down the part number from the manual and went on his way. After he went i sat down and had a look through the manual again, and saw that he was looking at the Central Heating Thermistor instead of the Hot Water one.
Which made think twice about calling him back, but he came back Monday with the thermistor and found out he had ordered the the wrong part, and i also pointed out to him that he was looking at the wrong Thermistor, so at which point he asked for the manual which confirmed what i had said.
So then he decided to have a look at the "Domestic Hot Water Flow Switch", took it off and then opened a tap and then proceeded to press the micro switch down and it then fired up the boiler. So then he said it would be a "Diaphragm" he noted the part number which i found out afterwards was for a "Flow Switch Body" and he went on his way.
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Basically, i don't know much in the way of how the boiler works, and was wondering what could actually be wrong with the boiler since the first incident with the guy looking at the wrong part is putting doubts in my mind if he actually knows what's wrong with it
Thanks for help in advance and sorry for the long read
I have a Wickes 102 aka Halstead Ace High, and i have a little problem with it and it is that i have Central Heating but no Hot Water. The problem started just last Friday.
When i open a tap there's nothing happening on the combi boiler, before last friday, there use to be a click when i opened a tap and then the boiler would fire up and i'd have hot water, but now there's no click at all and therefore the boiler doesn't fire up.
When the Central Heating is running, it should switch from the Central Heating to the Hot Water, but now it doesn't do that.
__________
I've had plumber come out on Friday and before he came out he said it sounded like a "Thermistor" had gone.
He then came out poked about inside the boiler and he said its definatly the "Thermistor" and took down the part number from the manual and went on his way. After he went i sat down and had a look through the manual again, and saw that he was looking at the Central Heating Thermistor instead of the Hot Water one.
Which made think twice about calling him back, but he came back Monday with the thermistor and found out he had ordered the the wrong part, and i also pointed out to him that he was looking at the wrong Thermistor, so at which point he asked for the manual which confirmed what i had said.
So then he decided to have a look at the "Domestic Hot Water Flow Switch", took it off and then opened a tap and then proceeded to press the micro switch down and it then fired up the boiler. So then he said it would be a "Diaphragm" he noted the part number which i found out afterwards was for a "Flow Switch Body" and he went on his way.
__________
Basically, i don't know much in the way of how the boiler works, and was wondering what could actually be wrong with the boiler since the first incident with the guy looking at the wrong part is putting doubts in my mind if he actually knows what's wrong with it
Thanks for help in advance and sorry for the long read
