Recent content by paulsydsmith

....for those looking at this thread - my original fix made back in 2009 is still going strong - the boiler has behaved perfectly since my replacement of the resistor. :D

:lol: Obviously it's a Boiler with a spare 'P' ...

All, just to let you know that three years on and the bopiler is still running smoothly.....all for half an hours work and a component costing less than 10p!!

By the way, 27k is the same as 27000 Ohms

:D FIXED!! :D It's 27K ... the band I couldn't read turned out to be orange... So I removed the resistor and forensically analysed it using a USB microscope...kinda guessed it was orange, then did a Google search for photographs of the PCB (thanks to all those out there selling PCB's!!)...

The real fault was a couple of "dry joints" on the board, which have caused more current to flow through this resistor than it was designed for. Over a period of time (possibly since new:9 years) it has just been running this resistor a little warmer than it would normally. Eventually it has...

Hi, I have a Glow Worm Ultimate 40FF which has Stopped...it's quite obvious from the PCB what the fault is: I have a 2 Fuse PCB, and the resistor R11 next to fuse F1 is all burnt up and gone open circuit. Rather than buy a complete new PCB, I'd like to replace the resistor (I work for an...