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    Potentiometers-what causes them to need to be adjusted?

    Property was a 5 bedroomed cottage-the hot water was allready set at 35mb pressure,was just the heating that wasnt up to the job,owner rekoned rads used to get red hot then over time they just got cooler and cooler untill they were hardly giving any heat out at all.
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    Potentiometers-what causes them to need to be adjusted?

    I serviced a feroli optima (lpg)boiler today-first time it had been done for 7 years! DHW worked fine but CH would only get luke warm-gas pressure was minmum setting of aprox 7mb-checked thermistors-both gave the same reading and seemed ok,manual said increase gas pressure by turning up the p1...
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    Is this a fair price for a new boiler?

    From the midlands-gave the guy the quote tonite and hes fitting me a new fusebox as part of deal aswell so im happy-so is mrs,did job last week-fixed an old couples gas fire was only there 30 mins so told em to just gimme a drink.....................gave me £2.60 in change :roll: lol
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    Is this a fair price for a new boiler?

    Just been asked for a quote to fit a new boiler,i've quoted to fit a greenstar 30cdi. Present boiler is in kitchen,new one will be in garage,approx 5m away from present boiler ,will be removing hot water cylinder,header tanks etc as its a vented system at the moment.Going to fit 8 new trv`s and...
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    Conservatory heating, Under Floor or Radiator?

    Ive put a myson convector radiator in mine-does the job great!
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    Heatslave 20/25 heavy smoke now wont run

    All those new parts and no mention of a new nozzle?Id get one fitted expecially as rest of boiler is sooted up bet that wont be in great conditon either.
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    Oil Burner not firing up

    Pull the wire socket out of the solenoid and test for voltage with multimeter,if theres 240 there but solenoid not energising the you need new solenoid.If there isnt 240v present id suspect the photocell-removing the control box youll see the wire connections-photocell is conection 1 and 2-test...
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    Low Pressure Problems on Worcester 28i Combi Boiler

    dont listen to your friend!!! as the name suggests the pressure relief valve will loose pressure out of the system-not top it up and once moved they usually then leak and a new one is required. Insert the filling key at bottom of boiler and twist lock it in position there should be a grey...
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    Central Heating working but no hot water

    Might be a problem with the 3 way valve.
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    question about pre cast flues

    Been asked to fit a fireplace/fire,removed and capped off old fire yesterday which was tuck on wall about 10 inches from floor.Customer wants on fitting which fits onto a new marble hearth-problem is the starter flu block is sitting on concrete blocks about 10 inches above floor-could i cut the...
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    Condensing boiler efficiency with TRVs

    For current regs dont trv`s have to be fitted to rads when fitting a condensing boiler?
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    heating but no hot water after pump replacement??

    Its only a 2 way valve-about 12 inches from cylinder and no vents on system at all!
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    heating but no hot water after pump replacement??

    Fitted a new central heating pump on friday as the customers had burned out.Got call today saying heating was fine but no hot water. System is old oil boiler,with pump besides it on flow-simple on/off/timer programe-no seperate timer for heating/hotwater. hot water tank has thermostat linked...
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    Draining and refilling an unvented system

    you wont be emptying the central heating system just the water in the pipework for your taps/shpwer etc-no need to refil-just turn mains water back on and open taps.
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    Draining and refilling an unvented system

    wouldnt open the pressure relief valve if i was you,most of the time the will not re seat properly.
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    faulty photocell?

    allways worked on gas but been put onto oil aswell a couple of weeks ago.The oil pump had definately gone as b4 i replaced the boiler would not fire up and there was no pressure at the oil pump (solenoid tested ok)pump was an old danfoss mlsa type.
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    WHO WANTS TO KNOW THE A.C.S ASSESMENT Q AND A 2006

    .35 ft3-but why are you asking if youve got the answers there?
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    faulty photocell?

    there is a spark and burner does ignite- when photocell is in place the burner goes to lockout-when photocell is taken out burner lights and stays on-cell is clean and in correct position-i am getting readings from multimeter on the photcell-my theory was that it wasnt working as well as it...
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    faulty photocell?

    Fitted a new pump to a danesmore today as it kept going to lockout/no oil pressure.burner now fires up but then goes out-took the photocell out,held in dark to start up-then exposed it to the light in the boiler room and boiler stays on,but when in combustion chamber it goes to lockout again.99%...
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    baxi solo-faulty pcb????

    Found what the fault was today-2 weeks ago they had the air pressure switch replaced so checked it out-they had fitted a switch from a solo2 onto it-replaced with proper one and working great now!
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