Recent content by pilchards69

Softus, Read my message again – carefully. The manufacturer’s specification states an inherently non-magnetic material is the magnet in this device. In fact any magnet it contains certainly cannot be 316 st.st. Nobody with any intelligence is going to guffaw at you for realising this...

I’m a materials engineer rather than a heating engineer but having read the MagnaClean manufacturers specification I’d be very concerned about using it because they describe the magnet material as ‘316 stainless steel’. This is in fact a basic austenitic grade of stainless which is...

I had exactly the same problem with my Potterton Performa 28 last weekend - see the following thread : //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1072036#1072036 I was unlucky in that the pcb failed but its very easy and much cheaper to first eliminate the possibility of a partially...

Many thanks Sloppytom & Gas2Air for your fast responses. Thought I’d give you some detailed feedback below. The DHW was working fine when I was just getting lukewarm CH which is why I thought the CH filter was blocked and cleaned it. One extra thing I’ve now remembered is that at that time...

Having had a Potterton Lynx combi that gave virtually trouble-free service for 12 years I replaced it about 4 years ago with a Potterton Performa 28. The Performa has been nothing but aggravation and excessive cost for the last couple of years having had a boiler engineer in to replace the...