"Warning Notice" from "Boiler Engineer"

[CortinaV8]

Heatteam engineer/bottom feeder came out today to replace a faulty spark electrode on my boiler (after I had jogged his memory as to why he was at my house )

Anyhow, he gave me some warning or other due to the way the boiler is connected electrically. He claims the plug the installer used is not right, it needs to be in an FCU. I looked at the boiler installation manual and it states

"The boiler is fitted with a 1.3m length of 3 core cable. This can be connected to the 3A 230v 50Hz Supply."

Just wondering what your take on this is, I beleive my installer to be correct in the way he installed it.

 

[Ian2008]

As long as the plug top has a 3amp fuse then its ok.
Its not the way most installers would connect a boiler to the mains
but its not dangerous. It just looks like the installer didn't care.

 

[Agile]

Different people have different views on this !

The traditional way is a switched fused spur unit.

However a mains plug enables the boiler to be isolated by taking the plug out. This is 100% safe and is my prefered situation when I am repairing a boiler as its safer.

I cannot assume a spur has been correctly wired so I still have to test for voltage at the boiler.

He should only have given you a notice but not turned the boiler off. About 25% of boilers that I visit are fed from plugs.

In my opinion it does not justify a notice but others will disagree.

Tony

 

[powell30]

Bottom feeder.......you are such a nice bloke.

Lets hope the next time he comes out to fix it it has taken weeks and it's been minus 5 for most of it.

Muppet

 

[dextrous]

Op, what warning has he given you? At Risk, Not to Current Standard, or just verbal advice?

 

[Andy4444]

Heatteam engineer/bottom feeder came out today to replace a faulty spark electrode on my boiler (after I had jogged his memory as to why he was at my house )

Do you realise, with this sweeping statement, you have tarred every Heateam Engineer with the same brush?

Very clever.....

 

[CortinaV8]

Not really, the boiler engineer that installed it originally made a good job and gave me a bit of respect from one engineer to another, every time I have dealings with heat team it ends in a disaster, took three attempts for them to rectify a filling loop problem, I could have done it right first time, but why should I have to its under warrenty.

Maybe bottom feeder was a bit strong, maybe there are some good heat team engineers, when I find one I shall report back. I assumed they were just part changers? oddly enough all that needed swapping on mine was the spark electrode, yet he changed two other parts according to my other half.

Dexrous - Not to current standard.

 

[thefloosyonthebeach]

you have tarred every Heateam Engineer with the same brush?

Ive yet to find a decent one.

Ive desooted a Thorn BBU today as Heateam (who 'service' it every year) could not figure out why it sooted.
I met one of their muppets there who didnt even know how to remove the BBU's burner!
Idiots, the lot of them. Another customer gained.

 

[Biguns]

I would strongly advise that you need to find the cause of your BBU sooting up and rectify it. Potentialy very dangerous

 

[thefloosyonthebeach]

I would strongly advise that you need to find the cause of your BBU sooting up and rectify it. Potentialy very dangerous

Whats BBU sooting? I was giving an example of a job today. I know why it sooted. I de-sooted it and rectified the cause. I posted to explain Heateam didnt know why, and had no idea how to remove the burner - hence it sooting! The Op's post was not about sooting. Please read the thread

 

[Biguns]

Appologies didnt realise you were one of the initiated. Thought it was just a lay comment

 

[dextrous]

I would strongly advise that you need to find the cause of your BBU sooting up and rectify it. Potentialy very dangerous

Whats BBU sooting? I was giving an example of a job today. I know why it sooted. I de-sooted it and rectified the cause. I posted to explain Heateam didnt know why, and had no idea how to remove the burner - hence it sooting! The Op's post was not about sooting. Please read the thread

But seriously floosy, it needs looking at

Op - NCS ain't 'owt to worry about. Just advisory.

 

[transam]

Are you sure he is not refering to the socket that the plug from the boiler is , connected to ???????

 

[namsag]

Basics
If a boiler is fitted on a plug then the socket it plugs into SHOULD be unswitched.
So that plug is removed for working on appliance and not just turned off at switch, which could leave the boiler still live

 

[transam]

If this is the case Namsag is correct , my understanding is that a shuttered socket ( one with aswitch on) only isolates the live feed to appliance not the neutral ??? if the switch is used , as opposed to pulling the plug out ???