Recent content by willemmOO1

Thanks Danoil, and once more Oilhead. Cutouts yesterday were horrendous - lost count over 30 or more, yet by early evening it settled down, lasted through night until early hours about 5 am I guess. I was up at 7 am, reset 3 times up to 9.30. This lasted 4 hours. In perfect conditions, no...

Hi Danoil, You've rather thrown me there. Isn't control box sealed? What are the bi-metal strips you refer to? I have a serviceman coming next week and would like enough know-how to present to him about this saga of mine, now in its 10th year. So far if any suspected problems with...

Hello Oilhead I wasn't aware of control box sensitivity to low voltage, depends on where one lives I suppose as to what is typical for locality. It so happens mine is stable at 240v during day, then there's a grid switchover at 23.30 when it drops to 230v so still well above the 220v...

Do my posts re Wallstar cutouts ring any bells? Mine is an external wall mounted boiler that cuts out in windy conditions. Has done for years Look up thread Wallstar cutout - can wind cause it?

Hi, I'm back to pick your brains again. Bear with me, this takes some explaining. In spite of –6c cold, occasional damp/wet conditions, has run perfectly without cutout for 9 days. Today, gusting 20 mph NW but +5c and dry, cutting out. Flue faces west. After reset, burner runs then stops...

To Burnerman, thanks, yes I agree about nozzle though I guess once a year for its low cost isn't a bad thing - better safe than sorry. I wasn't sure about the oiling procedure either, and as Wallstars aren't balanced flue being exterior-mounted flush to wall, mine gets huffy in cold, damp...

Thanks Oilman From observations it's becoming clear that flame sensing is the culprit. Last Wednesday with several cutouts was in cold but very damp, misty, drizzly and gusty conditions. Have had none since in spite of sub-zero cold and when on, no clicking from control box. Am now looking...

Thanks Agile I don't need to cycle to keep fit - my boiler problems get me up and down stepladders to keep it going and IT is only 12 years old. Went three times again today (now 10 pm) at roughly 3 hour intervals, for no good reason and I have little doubt I'll wake up to a cold house in...

As you say Boilerman2, there appear to be quite a few electro-mechanical components in oil-fired CH systems that can become the cause of intermittent faults - the worst kind of all, coming and going without a clue why. I've not so far had a capacitor replaced, didn't know there was one so...

Interesting comment Boilerman2 about my baffle position as I'd wondered about that myself. When cutout's go without good reason you tend (I tend) to try desperate measures. I'd had the baffle up in the past, took it down when the problem seemed to go away, then it kept returning but for...

Thanks dcawkwell for more useful info. Tank is plastic bunded so no contamination problem. Plastic tube from feed to burner has a bend, and it''s always full of oil with small air bubble that never moves and which I read somewhere is normal. The annual service never gets flue test - I'm...

Thanks too oilhead. I'm not aware of any other nr valve such as in tank, but what you say interests me because many/most cutouts not due to component failing are during the coldness of night. My service never includes a CO2 check - it's usually just a clean up and replacement of nozzle. Is...

Thanks for that slapper. Can you elaborate of the problem caused by the non-return valve as this has never been said to be a cause by my serviceman who has about 15 years experience with Wallstars. I have fitted a baffle panel to the north side of the flue as that was at one time the most...