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Hi Guys My son has an ideal classic FF230 which keeps tripping on thermal cut out/overheat thermostat. he is on a British Gas service contract and he has clled them out twice and all they do is reset the cut out trip. Any ideas to possible causes to this problem as it is happening every three...

Thanks very much for a perfect explanation to the problem, I will try to cut the deadleg out next time I am home as I am out in Russia at the moment. If not I will fit an NRV to the boiler hot water outlet

Hi thanks for your reply the warm start is not selected on the boiler. I have since found out that a dead leg in the hot water pipework could cause this. I have just moved a washing machine from the garage and this was hot and cold fill. The hot water pipework was cut back up to above ceiling...

Hi I have the above boler installed which has the following fault It has developed a fault whereby everytime you turn off the cold water tap it sounds like a click and a relay closing and LED 3 on the front panel (warm start) comes on and the fan runs for a few seconds, the boiler does not...

Sounds as though its a slack wire in the lighting fittings or a defective 3 gang switch I doubt it is a fault in the consumer unit as it would affect all lights on that circuit. Check the red loop in wires in the ceiling rose and the black neutral loop wires. If it is affecting two lights then...

Hi I have a Vaillant Turbomax Plus 824E boiler and while I was home last time I removed a radiator and capped the pipes under the floor. Every time I now turn on the cold tap and turn it back off again LED 3 (warmstart) turns on and a clicking sound is heard and the fan runs for a few...

Hi I have the above boiler installed in my house and operates fine other than when you turn on a cold water tap and turn it back off again the LED 3 (warmstart) illuminates and a click is heard and the fan runs for abut 10 seconds. Hot water is fine and it changes over from heating to hot...