Dear All,
Our good old Isar HE 24 combi boiler shows the LF error. Reset doesn't help, flame seems to not go on and it shows L/F flashing again.
We used to have this occasionally in the past, but resetting always helped (sometimes multiple attempts were needed, but worked quite quickly again). It was a little strange, it was like for 2-3 days, 1-2 times per day, but then nothing again (all working fine) for a year or so. But this time I can't get it going again.
I think the boiler is very old. When we bought the house 7 years ago (2016) the surveyor said it would need replacement soon, could be 10+ years old or so. We bought from an old lady who had lost all paperwork.
We have never had a proper servicing done because we thought it would break down soon anyway. However, it went on until today, so we saw no reason to replace it so far.
I have read about the LF error and it seems that it could be caused by a lot of different things, most/all of which are not DIY jobs. So potentially having a proper service and repair might be rather costly? This is our first property (always rented before), so I have no clue about the costs - if anyone has a ballpark figure, that would be great.
Or maybe take the opportunity and save on the couple of hundreds(?) for a service which may be unsuccessful in repairing, or the boiler may break down with another fault soon anyway, and instead go for a new one now? (*)
Any tips and opinions would be greatly appreciated!
Best wishes,
Andre
(*) PS: I have compared efficiency/gas consumption of the HE24 with current models like 2 years ago. Yes, modern boilers are more efficient, but the difference (at least on paper) is really not huge and would in my view not justify replacement in itself. So if a repair is reasonable, we'd be happy to go with that as well.
Our good old Isar HE 24 combi boiler shows the LF error. Reset doesn't help, flame seems to not go on and it shows L/F flashing again.
We used to have this occasionally in the past, but resetting always helped (sometimes multiple attempts were needed, but worked quite quickly again). It was a little strange, it was like for 2-3 days, 1-2 times per day, but then nothing again (all working fine) for a year or so. But this time I can't get it going again.
I think the boiler is very old. When we bought the house 7 years ago (2016) the surveyor said it would need replacement soon, could be 10+ years old or so. We bought from an old lady who had lost all paperwork.
We have never had a proper servicing done because we thought it would break down soon anyway. However, it went on until today, so we saw no reason to replace it so far.
I have read about the LF error and it seems that it could be caused by a lot of different things, most/all of which are not DIY jobs. So potentially having a proper service and repair might be rather costly? This is our first property (always rented before), so I have no clue about the costs - if anyone has a ballpark figure, that would be great.
Or maybe take the opportunity and save on the couple of hundreds(?) for a service which may be unsuccessful in repairing, or the boiler may break down with another fault soon anyway, and instead go for a new one now? (*)
Any tips and opinions would be greatly appreciated!
Best wishes,
Andre
(*) PS: I have compared efficiency/gas consumption of the HE24 with current models like 2 years ago. Yes, modern boilers are more efficient, but the difference (at least on paper) is really not huge and would in my view not justify replacement in itself. So if a repair is reasonable, we'd be happy to go with that as well.
