Which boiler do heating engineers have in their own house?

Water Systems · 22 Dec 2006

nickso said:
i quite liked the grundfos 2 pump system......cant remember if it had a fancy name or not.....only seen it twice though.

it does seem a shame sometimes to throw away a whole board for one relay

The early Potterton Neatheats had a standard plug-in relay in them. I had one in a bathroom cupboard. I was shaving once and heard a chattering from the boiler, I knew what it was. I opened the cupboard, pulled off the control cover (I never kept the screw in it) and saw the relay was arching and was shot. I went into the hall and pulled out the cupboard a spare relay. I just pulled the old out and the new in. Took all of 3 minutes with cream on my face, and continued shaving after. The quickest complaint, diagnosis and repair ever. How was that for service?

If you have soldering iron you can resolder a new relay into a pcb.

Paul Barker · 22 Dec 2006

Yes I do own a soldering iron.
and I mess about with some pretty big
valves. Soldering a relay on a pcb is not an issue for me, but it should be made doable by all gas fitters, only the manufacturers can make that achievable.

Paul Barker · 22 Dec 2006

For this one I provided the power supply (so heavy it had to be wheeled in on a sack barrow) and Nick the output stage. We got 60 watts single ended out of GM70's they were really good. I'm the one in blue nelt down at the back the hairy one is Nick G, he's a great guy but not fashion conscious. From memory we were using about 2,000volts B+ valves were dissipating 300 watts each or so, way past their rating but they can take a hammering, unlike solid state devices which are basically fast blow fuses. GM70 SE amp If boiler control circuits were valve based they would be a lot more reliable.

nickso · 23 Dec 2006

Water Systems said:
nickso said:

i quite liked the grundfos 2 pump system......cant remember if it had a fancy name or not.....only seen it twice though.

it does seem a shame sometimes to throw away a whole board for one relay

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The early Potterton Neatheats had a standard plug-in relay in them. I had one in a bathroom cupboard. I was shaving once and heard a chattering from the boiler, I knew what it was. I opened the cupboard, pulled off the control cover (I never kept the screw in it) and saw the relay was arching and was shot. I went into the hall and pulled out the cupboard a spare relay. I just pulled the old out and the new in. Took all of 3 minutes with cream on my face, and continued shaving after. The quickest complaint, diagnosis and repair ever. How was that for service?

If you have soldering iron you can resolder a new relay into a pcb.

wow...you must be the arnold swarzenegger of the boiler world

Water Systems · 23 Dec 2006

nickso said:
Water Systems said:

nickso said:

i quite liked the grundfos 2 pump system......cant remember if it had a fancy name or not.....only seen it twice though.

it does seem a shame sometimes to throw away a whole board for one relay

Click to expand...

The early Potterton Neatheats had a standard plug-in relay in them. I had one in a bathroom cupboard. I was shaving once and heard a chattering from the boiler, I knew what it was. I opened the cupboard, pulled off the control cover (I never kept the screw in it) and saw the relay was arching and was shot. I went into the hall and pulled out the cupboard a spare relay. I just pulled the old out and the new in. Took all of 3 minutes with cream on my face, and continued shaving after. The quickest complaint, diagnosis and repair ever. How was that for service?

If you have soldering iron you can resolder a new relay into a pcb.

Click to expand...

wow...you must be the arnold swarzenegger of the boiler world

I clearly am.

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