I have a Worcester 24i RSF which is about 3 years old. From new there has been a problem in that the burners only light intermittently. This applies to both hot water and central heating. A Worcester engineer came about 5 months ago and replaced the fan and the air flow sensor.
This week I have again suffered from cold baths and showers. I am posting this message now because tonight the boiler continually refused to light or lit only for brief periods. We went for over an hour with no heating. I have telephoned Worcester who are going to send an engineer on Tuesday. However they say I must pay a fee of £185 unless the fan or the airflow senor is found to be faulty. I have the original items which someone else has since tested for me and these work fine so clearly they were not the source of the original fault.
When there is a demand the fan starts immediately but there is not always sparking from the electrodes. When running a bath or a shower the water may start of hot but part way through it runs cold. No matter what is tried – taps repeated turned on and off- electricity turned on and off- the boiler may not light for a considerable period of time. I must emphasise that this is an intermittent fault. For weeks or months everything is ok and then there will be a week or two of problems.
Any suggestions?
This week I have again suffered from cold baths and showers. I am posting this message now because tonight the boiler continually refused to light or lit only for brief periods. We went for over an hour with no heating. I have telephoned Worcester who are going to send an engineer on Tuesday. However they say I must pay a fee of £185 unless the fan or the airflow senor is found to be faulty. I have the original items which someone else has since tested for me and these work fine so clearly they were not the source of the original fault.
When there is a demand the fan starts immediately but there is not always sparking from the electrodes. When running a bath or a shower the water may start of hot but part way through it runs cold. No matter what is tried – taps repeated turned on and off- electricity turned on and off- the boiler may not light for a considerable period of time. I must emphasise that this is an intermittent fault. For weeks or months everything is ok and then there will be a week or two of problems.
Any suggestions?