Just moved into a new house. Noticed the rads weren't that warm. Checked the smart meter and noticed that despite the boiler (British Gas 330+) being 30KW, the smart meter only ever shows us burning 10KW.
Thought to myself - the boiler has obviously been range-rated down to its lowest setting (10KW). Checked the setting, but find it's set to the manufacturer default of 18KW.
Bit stumped now, was convinced I'd find it range-rated to 10KW as that's all it appears to be outputting (according to smart meter and as suggested by the lukewarm rads).
Anyone got any ideas about what might be limiting the boiler to only giving us 10KW? It's not range-rated down to that (it's set at 18KW)
One other potentially important thing - after starting the CH, occasionally (intermittent) I get a buzzing/vibrating noise for approx 15 mins. It eventually dies down, but it doesn't sound too healthy for that first 15 mins or so. Intermittent comes and goes.
Heating Engineer coming to look at it in the New Year, wondering if anyone has seen this before though and might have some idea what it might be. Thanks in advance for any thoughts/ideas, really appreciate any input folks might have!
Thought to myself - the boiler has obviously been range-rated down to its lowest setting (10KW). Checked the setting, but find it's set to the manufacturer default of 18KW.
Bit stumped now, was convinced I'd find it range-rated to 10KW as that's all it appears to be outputting (according to smart meter and as suggested by the lukewarm rads).
Anyone got any ideas about what might be limiting the boiler to only giving us 10KW? It's not range-rated down to that (it's set at 18KW)
One other potentially important thing - after starting the CH, occasionally (intermittent) I get a buzzing/vibrating noise for approx 15 mins. It eventually dies down, but it doesn't sound too healthy for that first 15 mins or so. Intermittent comes and goes.
Heating Engineer coming to look at it in the New Year, wondering if anyone has seen this before though and might have some idea what it might be. Thanks in advance for any thoughts/ideas, really appreciate any input folks might have!