Firebird Enviromax C26

[ALLAN ASHFORD]

Hello,

We recently bought a property with an oil fired Firebird Enviromax C26 combi boiler.

We seem to be going through a lot of oil. I have set the timer but it seems to be coming often out side these times.

Is there a way to switch it over so it will come on when we need it?

Not much money coming in at the moment so funds are quite tight, like most people I imagine.

Thanks in advance

Allan

 

[muggles]

It's probably firing up to keep the store of hot water up to temperature. Does it have any kind of timer behind the front panel? Can you post a photo?

 

[ALLAN ASHFORD]

Hi Muggles,

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

We have it on timed at the moment.

But I am not sure what happens if we put it on OFF or CONSTANT.

It may be obvious - OFF is OFF and CONSTANT is CONSTANT....lol

But how does it effect the boiler and the demand for water?

Not my strong point you may gather

 

[oilhead]

As a combi, it will maintain the heatstore temperature for hot water. What programmer do you have?

 

[ALLAN ASHFORD]

Hi Oilhead

It is a Danfoss timer

The question is if I turn off the timer will it switch off the boiler

If I put it on constant is the boiler on ALL the time?

 

[Terrywookfit]

That timer was normally used for solid fuel boilers with gravity H/W
Turn the timer to off and see if it cures the intermittent firing.
Hot water is probably on continuous.

 

[BoilerBob]

With firebirds I’ve found they run very well with a smaller nozzle in than the manual recommends eg if book says 0.75 you can get away with a 0.65 and that will save you some oil. Bob

 

[oilhead]

A randall 102; if it controls the boiler, then on timed it will not be maintaining the heatstore. A lot dependson how you need hot water, and how the heating is controlled. Do you have a room stat at all?

 

[muggles]

Hi Oilhead

It is a Danfoss timer

The question is if I turn off the timer will it switch off the boiler

If I put it on constant is the boiler on ALL the time?

That's only a single channel programmer, so it's just controlling your heating. Your hot water will almost certainly be hard-wired to be constant. You need to change to a two-channel programmer if you want control of the hot water as well.

As a side note, heating oil is really really cheap at the moment, so get your tank filled up!