Recent content by gus534

Thanks for your reply, Oilman, but I don't really understand your answer! Why does the motor have a capacitor, or is it part of the HV ignition system? Also how do you test or measure capacitance? I'm ok on mechanics but ,as you can see, I struggle with electrics.

Thanks for that, I'll check out the photo cell tomorrow. I forgot to say before but the heating enineer checked pump pressure and found it ok.

Looking for technical help with my oil fired boiler. It's a Worcester Danesmoor 20/25, more than 10 years old, which is getting increasingly hard to fire up. It runs fine once it's going, but trying to start it up either from cold or after it's switched off thermostatically results in...