I have an ideal icos boiler displaying an intermittent 'LF' fault code. It will restart on pressing reset, sometimes it will run for a few days, other times will go off mid cycle, other times run to the end of the cycle and then not reset. A parade of engineers has been out it has been cleaned, had new electrodes, new ionisation thingy, new pcb. All the engineers leave with the boiler working nicely, then it goes off again. Thankfully I have home cover, so costs have been limited. However significant amounts of holiday and flexi have been used with a whole host of engineers trying to fix the problem. I was sure the PCB would sort it, but apparently not. Can anyone please please help???!!!
ideal icos 'lf' fault - tried everything. Help!!!
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thanks. apparently it is 'clean' i assume this means they've checked the condensate trap. nobody has mentioned the gas valve so i'll ask the next poor sap who comes along to try to fix it. any more suggestions?
yes, get a decent person in, i know more than your fitters.
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Get the engineer to check the meter governor,if its an old one they can play up & cause pressure drop,transco will change it.
IF your cooker works, don't worry about this.
check you have a D.C. supply to the gas valve, if so, replace the gas valve, but it needs to be done by the right person,as it needs to be calibrated.
Agreed, but what's the chance.?
Lou Lou is not gas qualified but still likes to give advice on gas related matters. Not very contentious luckily in this case.
After the electrodes I usually go for the meter regulator but try to measure the performance.
If the boiler is mostly failing then running a gas cooker will eliminate the regulator as the cause.
There are so many possibilities with this boiler that its just a matter of working through them.
Tony
After the electrodes I usually go for the meter regulator but try to measure the performance.
If the boiler is mostly failing then running a gas cooker will eliminate the regulator as the cause.
There are so many possibilities with this boiler that its just a matter of working through them.
Tony
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