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Last bloke replaced the pump and it didn’t change a thing

Yeah it’s definitely not immediate - boiler has power now and is fine. It’s only when there is demand for heat/hot water. heating engineer who came out in Jan checked all the wiring and didn’t see any leaks. what about getting British Gas out on a fixed price repair?

Sorry I meant a y plan (3 port)

It’s y-plan I think (single 2 port valve), and it trips whenever the boiler fires up (about 2 minutes after ignition but it’s not always the same exact time). Regardless if it’s water or heat. heat engineer has looked at boiler and electrician has looked at electrics around boiler (but not inside)

Giving this a pilot bump. Should I a heating engineer be able to isolate the electric faults, or do I need to find a better electrician?

Hi. Quick update - obviously the electrician we had used wasn’t that interested in fixing the issue, and simply refused to look at the boiler saying it was a thing for a heating engineer, even if it was electricity related. So with COVID rampant and two small children in the house all the time...

pump was replaced and it is still tripping. engineer said his last guess was replacing the pcb in the boiler, despite it all looking ok on the surface. electrician coming tomorrow to double check the RCD, and potentially isolate the fault...

Guy today tested the zone valve (3 way), boiler, and pump. valve is ok. No sign of water leaking anywhere. Boiler looks ok. Still unable to isolate the fault from the boiler, pump or electrics. turned off the pump and got the boiler on, fires up runs for a minute then bangs. Didn’t trip...

Sorry yes all appliances were unplugged or isolated. Got a heat engineer coming this afternoon - quick phone diagnosis and he suggested zone valve or pump which seems to tally up with you guys

Ok this morning both the heating and hot water has tripped the RCD, within a minute or two. So should I start with a heating engineer?

Just tried again. Every circuit on RCD turned off except for kitchen sockets, all appliances off apart from boiler. turned on heating and RCD trips after 5 mins. does that point towards boiler/heating being culprit? with hot water when I put that on override, the immersion tank comes on - but...

Thanks for the replies. The electrician measured leakage on all of the downstairs sockets, but didn’t to my knowledge do it for the kitchen appliances. he found leakage between two downstairs sockets, disconnected them and then ran a new cable. We then discovered that all the upstairs sockets...

NYE the RCD on the consumer unit trips, and after resetting keeps tripping. Electrician visited on New Year’s Day (RCD had stopped tripping) and identified a number of issues, and one likely fault in the ring main. He came back on Monday, fixed the fault and replaced the consumer unit so we...