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Raden, what's your advice on how he should rectify the situation?

Thats exactly how I felt. I didn't want to tell him how to do his job. I told him I thought it was the PCB and left it with him to diagnose. Unfortunately he got it wrong.

Thanks Mark. Nice to see some good old fashioned helpfulness. I'm going to ASK the guy what he proposes to do about the situation and take it from there. Hopefully a positive solution will be reached tomorrow. I'll let you know how I get on.

You always have to finish off with some insulting remark. And since when do you have the right to comment on my ability to read english. I have frequented numerous help forums, and to be honest your comments have been the least constructive, not only of my posts, but of any post I have...

Ollski, thats the sort of constructive response I was looking for. Thanks I'll may suggest that. Raden - thats a fair point, thanks ChrisR. If he'd have said I'm not sure what it is, but I'll try the pump first, I'd have told him not to do it. However, as I mentioned in previous post...

Wow - what a positive image you paint of the plumbing trade. What I expect is to pay someone to resolve a problem, without them guessing at what it could be and expecting me to pay if they're wrong. Naivety & ingorance I think is a bit strong. He said to my wife ' if its not the CH pump...

Ok - plumber came on Monday and replaced CH pump. Tried CH today and boiler tripped out again (flashing red light). Already paid him £176 to replace the pump and the cheque has gone through. How should I play this? Was thinking I should ask him to replace the PCB for free seeing as I have...

Thanks guys for the replys. I'm gonna let the plumber come on Monday and take it from there. Bones - which model board you got for £100?

So what you're saying is if it is the pump, Potterton team will end up replacing pump AND PCB for £220?

Chris Its a Potterton 50, complete system with new house 5 years ago. Don't know about motorised valves etc :? :? Just to clarify, it only locks out when we need CH, fine with just HW.

I've got the all too familar lockout problem (flashing red light, reset required). However, this only happens when the CH is called for. We have had no problems for the past week or so with just the hot water on. Called a plumber and suggested to him this may be the PCB (after reading this...

Thats what it was, connecting to the power circuit needs a fused connection unit. You read my mind, I was thinking I could use the FCU and replace it with a switch. So, I will have the FCU in place of the socket with the T&E in the source side, from the load side I can have 3 x T&E (socket...

Spark, I used a fused connection unit because someone told me if I was connecting the flex from an appliance, in this case the light ( I'd already bought the flex as I was going to put a plug on the end), to a 'switch' it had to be through a fused connection unit. Is this not right? Could I...

The 2 new cables are 2.5mm twin & earth. I have just finished wiring the fused spur to the ceiling rose and everything works :D Its only taken 3 days and 4 visits to the DIY shop/Focus :oops: Any thoughts spark on what I've done and how the garage socket is wired?

I'll have a look tomorrow and post back. Too cold to go outside now! Re consumer unit - is this the 'fuse box'? There are 6 x 230 (cooker, up sockets, down sockets, down lights x2, up lights). Is this what you meant? :?

I'm guessing that the 2 'new cables' are lights and sockets. There is no fused spur plate on the wall, just a 2 gang switch (light and fan). It is a new house, so is it likely that the socket in a garage is not on the ring? Is this referred to as 'radial'? If so, does this mean you can run...

How can I tell by looking at the wiring at the socket whether it is in the ring and whether I can run a spur from it? If the socket only had 1 cable connected to it originally, would this indicate it is not in the ring? It now has 3 cables, does this mean there are 2 spurs, one for the lights...

I'm not sure about the socket. There are 2 cables running from it that I think the electrician from Conservatory firm has wired in. There are 3 double sockets in the conservatory. TV, video, light, wall heater etc. so I think I'm on thin ice with that :!: Think I'll go for the ceiling rose...

Thanks Spark, thats the last time I take note of the guy from the local DIY shop :!: :x If thats the case then, I take it I will run a twin & earth cable from the ceiling rose. I can't get to it from above the ceiling as it is an integral garage so I'll have to run the cable along the...

Please can someone put me out of my misery? Been trying all weekend to suss this out. I want to take a fused spur from the garage 2 way light switch. This is wired as follows; red from 3 core & earth to 'common', red & blue together and black & yellow together. Firstly, I presume I can 'tap...