Hi, can anyone tell me how I can turn on my IDEAL E-Type RS - 35N boiler on manually as the SM350 doesnt seem to be switching it on?
Ideal Boiler Problem
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whats an SM350?
SwitchMaster 350 timer switch
i see!
you can bypass the clock by linking the supply in (usually marked L) and the H/W or C/H on. usually HW on is 3. CH on is 4.
if the boiler then fires up just replace the clock with a new one
you can bypass the clock by linking the supply in (usually marked L) and the H/W or C/H on. usually HW on is 3. CH on is 4.
if the boiler then fires up just replace the clock with a new one
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Ive attached a picture of the backplate.
Is it just a case of touching the wire in L into one of the other terminals?
If it fires up how do i switc
h it off?
Is it just a case of touching the wire in L into one of the other terminals?
If it fires up how do i switc
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HI 
I'm a forum newbie!
Just want to vent my anger over Ideal combi boilers. We had ours installed by a company who were asking people if they were sick and tired of cowboys and clowns not doing the job properly - they should take their own god-damned advice!
After 4 and a half years of trouble free operation the bloody thing is starting to collapse. It started to run as if giving hot water (D) with no burner light and it was under fault condition where the blow off operated.....with watery results! They had not installed the blow off line properly (just stuck a bit of pipe into the old overflow pipe) and bodged it!
Can I just say here that Homeserve have been brilliant!! Thank You guys!
In the last few weeks umpteen engineers, parts (and an Ideal engineer) could not fix our combi and things are going downhill so rapid now we are having a baxi combi installed soon as this IDEAL is dying!
If we switch it off overnight.....it leaks like hell by morning talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Now just this morning the display has died....yet the thing is still giving hot (or should I now say scalding) water along with the central heating.
Would I recommend IDEAL boilers? LIKE HELL I WOULD! I Can't wait to get this bit of crap out of my house.
IDEAL BOILERS - AVOID! AVOID! AVOID! AT ALL COSTS!
I'm a forum newbie!
Just want to vent my anger over Ideal combi boilers. We had ours installed by a company who were asking people if they were sick and tired of cowboys and clowns not doing the job properly - they should take their own god-damned advice!
After 4 and a half years of trouble free operation the bloody thing is starting to collapse. It started to run as if giving hot water (D) with no burner light and it was under fault condition where the blow off operated.....with watery results! They had not installed the blow off line properly (just stuck a bit of pipe into the old overflow pipe) and bodged it!
Can I just say here that Homeserve have been brilliant!! Thank You guys!
In the last few weeks umpteen engineers, parts (and an Ideal engineer) could not fix our combi and things are going downhill so rapid now we are having a baxi combi installed soon as this IDEAL is dying!
If we switch it off overnight.....it leaks like hell by morning talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Now just this morning the display has died....yet the thing is still giving hot (or should I now say scalding) water along with the central heating.
Would I recommend IDEAL boilers? LIKE HELL I WOULD! I Can't wait to get this bit of crap out of my house.
IDEAL BOILERS - AVOID! AVOID! AVOID! AT ALL COSTS!
that rant really helps the op
with a short piece of wire any size between 0.75 & 1.5 make a link wire
link L and 3 together - it should now give you hot water
then remove link
link L & 4 together - it should now give you c/h
if both of these set ups get each circuit running then remove the link and get a new timeclock a drayton 522 or horstmann H27 would be suitable if the switchmaster isn't available
they will be the same backplate
link L and 3 together - it should now give you hot water
then remove link
link L & 4 together - it should now give you c/h
if both of these set ups get each circuit running then remove the link and get a new timeclock a drayton 522 or horstmann H27 would be suitable if the switchmaster isn't available
they will be the same backplate
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HI
THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES!
The boiler has been serviced every year since 2005. Like I said, 4 and a half years of great operation.....then it all starts coming down like a house of cards.
The sooner we get the new boiler in the better - just waiting of Homeserve coming out to this piece of junk to keep it running til' we get the new one.
Looks like the regulation of the hot water and heating has gone completely screwball! Yes, it IS ideal's fault for making the bloody thing to start with!
When this is taken out of my home, I'm going to borrow a mell hammer and beat the living daylights out of it......AND I CAN'T WAIT!
THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES!
The boiler has been serviced every year since 2005. Like I said, 4 and a half years of great operation.....then it all starts coming down like a house of cards.
The sooner we get the new boiler in the better - just waiting of Homeserve coming out to this piece of junk to keep it running til' we get the new one.
Looks like the regulation of the hot water and heating has gone completely screwball! Yes, it IS ideal's fault for making the bloody thing to start with!
When this is taken out of my home, I'm going to borrow a mell hammer and beat the living daylights out of it......AND I CAN'T WAIT!
take loads of pictures please!!
kalifornia how are you getting on ? have you tried the links yet?
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HI KEVINDGAS
When the time comes around, I'll see what I can do regarding a few pictures!
When the time comes around, I'll see what I can do regarding a few pictures!
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HI ALL
Just a little update for you! Now the boiler is leaking again and I'm going to get a phone call from Ideal tomorrow to arrange an appointment.
THEY ARE GONNA GET IT WITH BOTH BARRELS!
We are just waiting to hear back from the heating engineer to get a date set for the new installation......BRING IT ON!
Just a little update for you! Now the boiler is leaking again and I'm going to get a phone call from Ideal tomorrow to arrange an appointment.
THEY ARE GONNA GET IT WITH BOTH BARRELS!
We are just waiting to hear back from the heating engineer to get a date set for the new installation......BRING IT ON!
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are you one of these ****s* who starts whining the minute an engineer starts walking up your drive as if its somehow his fault your system was installed incorrectly? carp boiler or not theres no need to be having a go at the guy sent to sort someone elses ****.
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