Hello All,
My Glow Worm Ultracom HXI (re-badged as British Gas 330) stopped working during the night. I woke up to find it had tripped out the mains.
If I turn it on, when heat is being requested, it only manages to stay on for maybe 5 seconds before it shuts off and takes the mains out with it.
I thought it might be the timer switch doing it because that was the 'trigger' that seemed to cause the boiler to shut down, so I replaced that, but the boiler still won't stay alive for more than a few seconds.
So I'm guessing it must be something that starts up early in the process, perhaps the fan.? Electrode.? The fault code is F1 (ignition), but that could be misleading since the boiler doesn't really have a chance to get started, it barely has enough time to get to the ignition stage before it keels over and F1 could be a number of things anyway.
My engineer (who can't come out at the moment) suggested disconnecting the pump to see if it's that. The main circulation pump in the airing cupboard has been quite noisy for some time (it vibrates quite loudly), so that could have died I suppose.?
Does anyone have any advice about what I should suspect first please?
Thanks
My Glow Worm Ultracom HXI (re-badged as British Gas 330) stopped working during the night. I woke up to find it had tripped out the mains.
If I turn it on, when heat is being requested, it only manages to stay on for maybe 5 seconds before it shuts off and takes the mains out with it.
I thought it might be the timer switch doing it because that was the 'trigger' that seemed to cause the boiler to shut down, so I replaced that, but the boiler still won't stay alive for more than a few seconds.
So I'm guessing it must be something that starts up early in the process, perhaps the fan.? Electrode.? The fault code is F1 (ignition), but that could be misleading since the boiler doesn't really have a chance to get started, it barely has enough time to get to the ignition stage before it keels over and F1 could be a number of things anyway.
My engineer (who can't come out at the moment) suggested disconnecting the pump to see if it's that. The main circulation pump in the airing cupboard has been quite noisy for some time (it vibrates quite loudly), so that could have died I suppose.?
Does anyone have any advice about what I should suspect first please?
Thanks