Jeez what a week..mother in laws boiler doesn't respond to controls all of a sudden - though the gas fire on the front-end works ok so a duff gas supply is not the problem seemingly?
To be fair it is a Baxi Bermuda of about 30-40 years old..always serviced annually but not in 2015 apparently (& not thus far in 2016). To be fair though inefficient it has never caused any problems in its lifetime (which may of course have come to an end or going that way).
All I can ascertain is that all was fine, no problems whatsover, same old same old and then one day recently nothing..no HW or CH. The 3 amp fuse in the fused spur to the controller/programmer, an ancient Switchmaster SM805, has been tested and found to be ok. No thermostats have apparently been messed with settings wise.
I am going down next week (4 hrs drive!) and just wanted to do a bit of prep and need advice..guess I should look at the 3-way valve? as likely suspect?
However, I asked and was told that when trying to get the boiler to work (CH & HW on 24/7) the pump in the airing cupboard next to the boiler itself is running (vibrations felt..no nasty noises though)..wouldn't that seem to indicate the boiler itself is at fault? Also told that the last boiler-service guy (2014) said something about some corrosion on a "side plate" of the back boiler and that if kepr rotting & perforated it would have to be condemned on next service or the one after trhat. I think that had been forgotten as the old Baxi just kept on keeping on!
I know nothing about gas boilers..do these old ones have in-built sensors that could stop a boiler firing-up if there was an issue with efficient venting of carbon monoxide up the flue?
thanks for reading
To be fair it is a Baxi Bermuda of about 30-40 years old..always serviced annually but not in 2015 apparently (& not thus far in 2016). To be fair though inefficient it has never caused any problems in its lifetime (which may of course have come to an end or going that way).
All I can ascertain is that all was fine, no problems whatsover, same old same old and then one day recently nothing..no HW or CH. The 3 amp fuse in the fused spur to the controller/programmer, an ancient Switchmaster SM805, has been tested and found to be ok. No thermostats have apparently been messed with settings wise.
I am going down next week (4 hrs drive!) and just wanted to do a bit of prep and need advice..guess I should look at the 3-way valve? as likely suspect?
However, I asked and was told that when trying to get the boiler to work (CH & HW on 24/7) the pump in the airing cupboard next to the boiler itself is running (vibrations felt..no nasty noises though)..wouldn't that seem to indicate the boiler itself is at fault? Also told that the last boiler-service guy (2014) said something about some corrosion on a "side plate" of the back boiler and that if kepr rotting & perforated it would have to be condemned on next service or the one after trhat. I think that had been forgotten as the old Baxi just kept on keeping on!
I know nothing about gas boilers..do these old ones have in-built sensors that could stop a boiler firing-up if there was an issue with efficient venting of carbon monoxide up the flue?
thanks for reading
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