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Hi,
Odd one that I was hoping I might get some advice on before I have to get out a Gas engineer.
I noticed first thing this morning that house was colder than it should be. Checked and the radiators were slightly warm but not nearly as hot as they should be at 7am.
Further investigation suggests that everything is working OK, except the burner light in the boiler (an Ideal Classic FF250) seems to be off most of the time, even though I can hear the boiler whirring away. It is on some times, at which point the radiators warm up to full heat, but then it turns off again and the radiators quickly cool down. Then, a few minutes later it turns back on again and the radiators warm up. Rinse and repeat.
As a result, the temperature of the house never gets to the temperature of the hall thermostat. The boiler is not overheating - we had this a while back and it trips a switch and everything shuts down when it does - and it certainly doesn't feel as warm as it can get in normal use.
The boiler thermostat was on 4 and I turned it up to 6 (max) but it made no difference.
Any ideas why the burner should be turning off and on like this?
Thanks.
Odd one that I was hoping I might get some advice on before I have to get out a Gas engineer.
I noticed first thing this morning that house was colder than it should be. Checked and the radiators were slightly warm but not nearly as hot as they should be at 7am.
Further investigation suggests that everything is working OK, except the burner light in the boiler (an Ideal Classic FF250) seems to be off most of the time, even though I can hear the boiler whirring away. It is on some times, at which point the radiators warm up to full heat, but then it turns off again and the radiators quickly cool down. Then, a few minutes later it turns back on again and the radiators warm up. Rinse and repeat.
As a result, the temperature of the house never gets to the temperature of the hall thermostat. The boiler is not overheating - we had this a while back and it trips a switch and everything shuts down when it does - and it certainly doesn't feel as warm as it can get in normal use.
The boiler thermostat was on 4 and I turned it up to 6 (max) but it made no difference.
Any ideas why the burner should be turning off and on like this?
Thanks.