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can i be honest! i feel like alot of you Gas engineers have blinkers on. im a man that can admit it when im wrong..and i still could be! i was interested to hear someone mention those control valves, howver, the wiring diagram in mymanual shows the electrical supply feed the PCB, and everything...

I dont dislike you, regadless of how much of a "tit" you think i am. Its not how i was brought up Cheers G

I should say though, its not "unsafe" to fit the two 3A fuses in series like that (as per what you do), its just not good practice as they wont discriminate...just ask any spark about discrimination. you always want to catch the fault at the point of fault, to 3A fuses wont discrimnate and hence...

FAIL!!! The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 > MI. understand what your talking about, boy...Good night!!

dude, the fuse in the spur doesnt need to be 3A. the fuse ion the spur needs to be less than or equal to the rated current for the cable, as per the wiring regulations, 17th edition. if that cable feeding the boiler was rated for 40A, then I could install i 32A fuse in that spur, for...

CPD = Circuit protective deivce ye im not trying ot be an arse!! honest... iim just trying to let explain how things are! the boiler is protected by a 3A fuse (supplied by ideal), i.e. the incoming supply to the boiler. the BG engineer changed the upstream fuse (the spur) from 13A to...

there is 3A CPD protecting the boiler, supplied byIDEAL!! like i said...electrical principles... please dont wire anyones house!

I cant even begin to tell you both how wrong you are! lets get this straight before we go any further. the spur , protects the cable feeding the boiler...not the boiler... All I will say is, read the 17th edition, and or any basic electrical principles textbooks. I could quiet safely...

Thats correct....Still working Ok too might i add, so hold back on your "told you so's for just now" 8) i missunderstood what my partner was saying over the phone, it was the FCU fuse, not the PCB that he changed!

Well, I wish I was there when he serviced the boiler, as im still baffled as to why he changed that 13A fuse to a 3A. he even made the point of saying “its amazing how many times I’ve had to change that fuse in other houses” As an electrical designer, that original 13A fuse makes perfect...

Ye, my mistake!! was the Spur! Panic over.... Apologies :oops:

Hmmm, will check But Can’t see the logic of him doing that. A 3A fused spur will not discriminate with a 3A fused PCB should a fault occur.

Something very concerning has just come to my attention. I replaced my PCB last month in my HE24 as some of you may remember after the original was fried! Turned out it was the internal blue transformer. Its worth mentioning that one of the first things I checked was the PCB fuse, which...

Mr Alva?

[/url] not wanting to Stir it...BUT..... that articles almost 3.5 years old

Ye, (touch wood) no fault exists currently

I disagree. I just replaced my PCB 2 weeks ago. retail price is £180 alone. I manged to get it much cheaper than that on ebay right enough, might not be so lucky the next time. plus, i get the anual service, therfore i dont think £15 /m is all that bad to be honest.

BG didnt ask me the make of my Boiler, online, like SHE did. So hopefully i'll sneak it in, without them telling me how ****e my boiler is. worked out cheaper than SHE too actually.

ye kinda sucks for me, i know how bad it is, hence the need for cover!! might try my luck with someone else

I applied for their full heating and boiler cover last week, but they refused to cover as we have an Ideal Icos boiler. I know its not regarded as a good boiler.... but, damn it! :-( Anyone else had similar experince trying to get cover?