Ideal ICOS HE24 dead

[Gazmp]

Hi people, I hope you can help.

My HE24 is dead. I have power to the Drayton programmer, but no display on the boiler control. There is power at the black 5 pin plug and it appears to be connected properly. I loosened the screws in the plug and tightened them again in case of corrosion, but nothing. The tiny fuse in the PCB is intact. I bought a new PCB and was told it works. Still nothing.

This unit is 10 years old and hasn't been serviced. If I get it working, maybe that might be worth doing.

Help please

 

[Phill Peck]

This pcb that you were "told works" where did u get it from?

Was it new sealed in the box with instructions

Have you set it up properly

Everything connected back up right

 

[Dan Robinson]

This unit is 10 years old and hasn't been serviced. If I get it working, maybe that might be worth doing.

Ya think?



The PCB being "new" means little. This is an Ideal ****box. Be grateful it hasn't fallen off the wall.

 

[Gazmp]

This pcb that you were "told works" where did u get it from?
Was it new sealed in the box with instructions
Have you set it up properly
Everything connected back up right

Thanks Gasservice, I got it from a guy on ebay who sells many. It wasn't sealed. It is the new orange one. I had instruction about the pin jumpers, which I copied from my old one which also matched the instruction.
I hope I've set it up properly, all plugs are unique in size and pin quantity.

The guy I bought it from, when I said it didn't work, said these models are known for earthing problems, but I've found no one else saying this.
My neighbour is away and I have his keys, and as tempting as it is to borrow his PCB, I'm not that sort of person, despite thinking about it.

 

[Dan Robinson]

You've been 'ad.

 

[Gazmp]

You've been 'ad.

You reckon? He's offered to test it if I send it back.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Great - and in that time you still have a dead boiler.

Assuming he sends the same board back. .

 

[Gazmp]

Maybe I should "borrow" next doors as I know that one works. My fear is if I pop that one due to another fault on the boiler then I have 3 broken PCBs.

Or, better idea, I could text the new one on his boiler.

 

[Dan Robinson]

And what if you put your neighbour's PCB into your boiler and one of the other components is the cause of the failure? Poof - another dead PCB.


All this to save on a professional visit?

 

[Gazmp]

Yes, this is all to save a professional visit because they want more money than I earn in half a day just to come through my door.
And yes, it may be false economy, but had the new board solved it I'd be laughing, but I'm still under the cost of a visit at the moment.

Do the display/switch boxes ever fail? Could I jump the switch to test this?

 

[Dan Robinson]

they want more money than I earn in half a day just to come through my door.

You're starting to see why .


It's an Ideal - anything can fail.

 

[gas112]

how much did you pay for this new ? board as they are around £175 to trade.
Bg would have done a fixed price repair for 200 even if it turned out tto be both boards or the fan gone which can take them out

 

[Gazmp]

how much did you pay for this new ? board as they are around £175 to trade.
Bg would have done a fixed price repair for 200 even if it turned out tto be both boards or the fan gone which can take them out

It was £78 with post. Does that sound ok?

 

[Dan Robinson]

 

[gas112]

it would if it worked
but it doesnt so either you havent fully diagnosed fault correctly and that on some occasion both board need to be changed as they dont match up or the board is f##ked

And for christs sake dont be using the neighbours ,if you can afford to get one boiler fixed you sure as hell cant afford to fix 2