Potterton Powermax - Pressure difference & lockout

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Hi ,

I have a Potterton Powermax HE combi boiler , now 3 years old , which is suffering yet another fault. I've had the main control board replaced by Heatteam literally 12 months ago.

The current fault has me baffled:

With the HW on timer , and working normally , we have the CH on "ON" , and use the thermostat to control the house temperature.

For the last couple of days the following has been occurring , namely the pressure shown on the digital readout has been showing either 0.5 BAR , causing a low pressure burner lockout (A1.5 error code) , or in the last two days the pressure rises to 3.5 BAR causing an E0.1 error code( high pressure lockout).

However , the analogue gauge connected to the filling loop was reading 0.6 bar when the digital readout showed 3.5 bar :eek:

Can anybody give me any pointers as to what could be causing this? or do I need another £300 Heat-team callout :cry: ?

Cheers

Supaned
 
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Kev ,

Thanks for the quick reply.

As far as I know the anologue gauge is working , if you open the filling loop taps it registers the increase in pressure.

Cheers

Supaned
 
Pointers to look at.
1. Pressure sensor blocked with sludge ( is it black or red)
2. Ex vessel hose blocked

Both of these are common problems on certain sites where the installers never put any inhibitor in from day one.
 
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it sounds like you have the "old" preassure sensor they are black and the new ones are red :D
 
happy new year!
not too bad thanks, we get all the good jobs lol ie expansion vessells on 105he instants and similar did you get much time off for crimbo :D
 
a jeffries said:
happy new year!
did you get much time off for crimbo :D

Yerr the whole week had to do this saturday though as i was rostered which was a bit of a pain..P.S you can keep the cream work (Instant ex vess`s) :D :D
 

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