My boiler has just started playing up. It's regularly serviced and up to date. Recently though it's started cutting out and I have no hot water or central heating. The reset button flashes red and F4 comes on the display. I can reset but sometimes it works after two or three presses, sometimes it can take half an hour, pushing the reset button, waiting, flashes again and then I push the button. Eventually the boiler kicks in, but only lasts a few hours then I have to start resetting again. Any ideas. Thanks-Anton
Viessman vitodens 100 ( F4 )
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Yes mate. It's a combi. quite new. About two years old, I think. Was in when I bought house, but think it was newish
I am a householder not a pro. I have a Vitodens 100 Compact which is not the same as yours. I got it because it is supposed to be a high-quality brand. The Vitodens 100 has been redesigned in the last year or so. Apparently the early electronic circuit boards were not reliable and many of them have been replaced under warranty (I have heard the manufacturers acted very fairly). The F4 problerm seemed to happen a lot but we have not seen it on here recently so maybe that is your trouble (see //search.diynot.com/forum_sear...it=drop&since=any&author=&search=Search+Forum
yours is the only one in this forum in the last 3 months.
If you have any papers showing date of installation and a warranty card this may help. When installed by a Viessmann-trained installer you get a longer warranty. Their brochure says
"All Vitodens wall hung boilers have a
standard 3 year warranty on parts &
labour, which is increased to 5 years for
all boilers installed by Viessmann trained
installers. Completely free, with no
strings attached, this guarantee is
unrivalled in the industry"
They also have a ten-year warranty on the heat exchanger (which is Stainless Steel so unlikely to go wrong)
Your serial number will be on a bar-coded label which may be stuck to the top, side or bottom of your boiler, and should also be stuck to the instruction book. Date of installation may also be in the book.
With luck a Viessmann installer will be along later who knows more clearly if the F4 is related to the old PCB.
They are not very common so if you need a repair look for a trained local person on http://www.viessmann.co.uk/home_index.php
yours is the only one in this forum in the last 3 months.
If you have any papers showing date of installation and a warranty card this may help. When installed by a Viessmann-trained installer you get a longer warranty. Their brochure says
"All Vitodens wall hung boilers have a
standard 3 year warranty on parts &
labour, which is increased to 5 years for
all boilers installed by Viessmann trained
installers. Completely free, with no
strings attached, this guarantee is
unrivalled in the industry"
They also have a ten-year warranty on the heat exchanger (which is Stainless Steel so unlikely to go wrong)
Your serial number will be on a bar-coded label which may be stuck to the top, side or bottom of your boiler, and should also be stuck to the instruction book. Date of installation may also be in the book.
With luck a Viessmann installer will be along later who knows more clearly if the F4 is related to the old PCB.
They are not very common so if you need a repair look for a trained local person on http://www.viessmann.co.uk/home_index.php
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anybody know the status of service / warranty of the f4 error problem in, uh, Canada eh?
thanks
thanks
The only f4 I have ever had on these has ended up being the pcb, which is the whole complete unit housing and all with a price tag to boot!. There was a change to the ignition unit which veissman would advise first so check power into that unit on ignition to see if it's receiving any.
Does this help?
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or
Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc.
750 McMurray Road
Waterloo
ON N2V 2G5
Canada
Tel. (519) 885-6300
Tel. (800) 387-7373 (Toll-Free)
Fax (519) 885-0887
H
holty
could be board or ignition module.worth ringing viessmann on most warrenty calls.if pcb i also replace the ignition module, as these were dogs.should be getting around 300vdc at the ignition module from pcb.this being the old 100 wb1a.
Common fault f4 ignition transformer fault viessmann changed loads
Its virtually always the ignition unit.
But there is no test you can do apart from replacing it.
On the seven Viessmann 100s that I have installed, most have failed within 1-10 weeks.
I have been told that very rarely it can be caused by the PCB but I have no firm evidence of ANY which were really the PCB. Just a less knowledgeable engineer who replaced the PCB first.
Tony
But there is no test you can do apart from replacing it.
On the seven Viessmann 100s that I have installed, most have failed within 1-10 weeks.
I have been told that very rarely it can be caused by the PCB but I have no firm evidence of ANY which were really the PCB. Just a less knowledgeable engineer who replaced the PCB first.
Tony
H
holty
you can test dc voltage to gen at least .your right though most common fault.had one 2 week ago jammy slapper caused f5 fault sorted. till cycling.on older boards f4 did not show .basically pcb.green ignition module also.lucky bugger.bought it off ebay 500,still under warrentry.so he was happy as.
H
holty
yeah your right agile it was grey
was thinking of the similar module off the halstead eden cbx. which is greenish.it is late
was thinking of the similar module off the halstead eden cbx. which is greenish.it is late DIYnot Local
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