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Just to update, and help anyone else who may have this problem. Engineer has sorted today. The non return valve in the condenser was blocked/broken. This was causing the condenser to cut out (a safety feature apparently), and because the condenser was wired into the hive, it also cut out...

That makes sense, I will check the outlet now and see if I can see anything. Thanks Ian, will let you know. Appreciate everyone's input.

Thanks Ian, I will pass this onto the engineer on Tuesday, and let you know what the outcome is. Any idea why this would suddenly start happening, when it's been trouble free for all these years?

British Gas, it was all fitted 4 years ago at the same time, worked fine for the last four years. I did mention to engineer last week, that it might be something to do with that. It always makes a strange glug sound when I manage to turn hive on again (the boiler/condenser makes the glug...

Not asbestos, it's mdf/chipboard. Yes it's the hole where the flue from the old boiler used to be, when BG fitted the new boiler 4 years ago (along with the hive), they had to move the flue slightly higher.

Hi Rob, yes correct, all has worked fine, never had an issue until October. As you can see from photos, it's all working at the moment, but it has gone off twice today already.

Yes I realise that. So you think the actual wiring at the boiler end could be faulty, rather than the switch end?

No flameport, it was newly installed 4 years ago, boiler and hive together, and has been working fine prior to this.

I just want to be able to go through everything with the engineer when he comes on Tuesday, knowledge is power, so knowing as much as possible will help me make sure they check everything this time.

Yes it’s an FCU. We’re on receiver number 3, so it can’t be a faulty receiver. if the boiler is working when the receiver goes off, and they are both connected to the same switch, how can it be the wiring? Sorry I’m clueless.

Sorry Madrab, I don't know what that means? It uses the same switch as the boiler, so if I turn the switch off, the boiler goes off too. When it's switched on then the receiver and boiler is on, does that make sense? But the receiver keeps going off, but the boiler is still on. It has...

It’s the receiver lights completely out.

You make a good point Ian, but I think they just go through the standard procedures when someone rings up, they never listen to what is being said

I’ll pass on your messages to engineer when he comes back on Tuesday. I wouldn’t have a clue myself (female retired librarian). Another forum has suggested it might be wifi interference, and Hive suggested I had the hub near a mirror ‍♀️

Mister Banks The receiver and boiler are wired on the same switch, the boiler still works when the receiver is off (if it was a power problem, the boiler would go off too), as I have previously mentioned, I have had the wiring checked by a qualified electrician last week.