DEAD GLOW WORM hideaway thing...

pkwonder · 28 Jan 2012

So yeah, boiler stopped today.

Pilot light's on, but won't fire up.
Making a humming noise, like an electric motor that's reluctant to spin.

So I opens her up - I see no fan, no pump, WTF?

Last house only ever had a combi.
Now I've been blessed with this ancient warrior...

Anyone?

Dan Robinson · 28 Jan 2012

Yeah, so, it is a problem with the GV, so a job fo r an RGI.

gaswizzard · 28 Jan 2012

It looks nice and clean.

Dan Robinson · 28 Jan 2012

I was thinking that too - nice to see an old girl looked after.

dcawkwell · 28 Jan 2012

pkwonder said:
So yeah, boiler stopped today.

Pilot light's on, but won't fire up.
Making a humming noise, like an electric motor that's reluctant to spin.

So I opens her up - I see no fan, no pump, WTF?

Last house only ever had a combi.
Now I've been blessed with this ancient warrior...

Anyone?

Wow cleanest boiler I've ever seen.
Give the gas valve a tap. Might be just a stuck solenoid.
Cheap enough to repair and will probably last forever.

mcmoby69 · 28 Jan 2012

surely that has been polished for the picture?

Dan Robinson · 28 Jan 2012

Or CG?

Hugh Jaleak · 28 Jan 2012

Helped fit a few Hideaway's as an apprentice, I know one is still going strong some 22 years later.

The old fiddles play the best tunes! May use a bit more gas but very little to go wrong, usually easy to sort if it does, and looked after, will keep working forever.

45yearsagasman · 29 Jan 2012

Bout the only thing to go wrong on these is the gas valve solenoid. As the pilot is ok I would be looking in the solenoid area. Simple and relatively cheap for a RGI.

pkwonder · 2 Feb 2012

New gas valve fitted.

Fires up, burns for a few minutes, then extinguishes.

Humming noise still present. Dug this out...

Unsure if it's the source of the humming, although turning the speed dial on the side alters the pitch of the hum.

I know for sure the system needs flushing, the bathroom rads stopped warming up some time ago, they're kind of on a seperate loop.

45yearsagasman · 2 Feb 2012

That old smc Commodore must be 25+ years old and could be the source of the humming and the boiler shutting down so soon. Change it anyway for a more modern pump. If it says 130 on the data badge then the new pump will be a straight swap, if not adaptors can be obtained.

Hugh Jaleak · 2 Feb 2012

Regardless of whether the pump is working or not, you should still have hot water, it looks like a gravity HW/pumped CH setup. Boiler should still run intermittently to heat the primary circuit to cylinder.

Is it just rads that aren't getting hot or is there a hot water shortage as well? (Assuming you aren't using an immersion.)

PlanetThanet · 3 Feb 2012

Your RGI fit a new gas valve, didn't cure the problem and you didn't ask him to solve the problem?

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DEAD GLOW WORM hideaway thing...

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