Hi all,
I am rather perplexed with a micro switch issue I currently have and was hoping you could kindly provide an explanation as I am baffled...
My current alpha boiler started playing up recently by only providing hot water when the CH was on then it started only providing hot was now and then.
After a visit form a local engineer he informed me the microswitch was stuck, he did free it and we had HW for a few days until the problem rerurned.
Today I bought a replacement switch from euroboilers, however the strange thing is once I replaced it the new switch is working the wrong way... that is to say, the boiler runs with no demand for HW or CH and when the hot water tap is opened the boiler switches off??
Common sense would tell me it is the wrong way round, however the electrical jack plug is two different shapes so it can only be connected one way??
I found this really strange, so I reconnected the old switch was was still working intermittently and found the boiler runs as normal and when I press the micro switch the boiler stops.
However the new one does the opposite i.e the boiler does not run unless I press the switch ??
I guess this is really a very stupid mistake I have somehow made or a faulty new switch which has been wired wrong...
And advice would be most welcome on this issue for my own sanity
I am rather perplexed with a micro switch issue I currently have and was hoping you could kindly provide an explanation as I am baffled...
My current alpha boiler started playing up recently by only providing hot water when the CH was on then it started only providing hot was now and then.
After a visit form a local engineer he informed me the microswitch was stuck, he did free it and we had HW for a few days until the problem rerurned.
Today I bought a replacement switch from euroboilers, however the strange thing is once I replaced it the new switch is working the wrong way... that is to say, the boiler runs with no demand for HW or CH and when the hot water tap is opened the boiler switches off??
Common sense would tell me it is the wrong way round, however the electrical jack plug is two different shapes so it can only be connected one way??
I found this really strange, so I reconnected the old switch was was still working intermittently and found the boiler runs as normal and when I press the micro switch the boiler stops.
However the new one does the opposite i.e the boiler does not run unless I press the switch ??
I guess this is really a very stupid mistake I have somehow made or a faulty new switch which has been wired wrong...
And advice would be most welcome on this issue for my own sanity