Obsolete Gas valve replacement

[jallan04]

Does anyone know where I can get a gas valve for a Potterton Flamingo 50 balanced flue boiler.
My existing gas valve has a leak and I am just about to sell the house so don't want to replace the whole boiler.
I think the boiler is circa 1978!

 

[baxpoti]

Most parts are still available.

Have you got the exact model or GC number?

 

[lagunaglen]

You need the gas council number ( gc ****** ) to obtain a part from a spares shop and a corgi engineer to fit it.

 

[corgigazza]

this is a standard honeywell grey push button gas valve v4600 available from http://www.partscenter.co.uk/parts/index.html

497926 H/WELL V4600C 1029 GAS VALVE 240V

corgi job only gas valve needs setting up aslo replace thermocouple

 

[baxpoti]

this is a standard honeywell grey push button gas valve v4600 available from http://www.partscenter.co.uk/parts/index.html

497926 H/WELL V4600C 1029 GAS VALVE 240V

corgi job only gas valve needs setting up aslo replace thermocouple

I think Flamingos had SIT valves

 

[namsag]

Corgigazza right grey push button cost about 60 quid

 

[ollski]

this is a standard honeywell grey push button gas valve v4600 available from http://www.partscenter.co.uk/parts/index.html

497926 H/WELL V4600C 1029 GAS VALVE 240V

corgi job only gas valve needs setting up aslo replace thermocouple

I think Flamingos had SIT valves

Mine hasn't

 

[chrishutt]

Early Flamingo takes a SIT composite gas valve (part no 402923) but later Flamingo 2 takes Honeywell V4600 (part no 402803).

 

[namsag]

My Flamingo mk 1 also had the honeywell valve never seen a flamingo with a sit valve and we had thousands on contract

 

[chrishutt]

On second thoughts the flamingo 2 may be older than the Flamingo 20/35 or 35/50 which had the SIT valve. That's from the MIs so I'm not making it up this time.

 

[baxpoti]

402923 1 Gas control valve, SIT Composit RS20/50 381749
402939 1 Gas control valve, SIT Nova CF20/50 381627

So definately a mixture!

 

[namsag]

Chris your right the flamingo 20/35 had a sit valve but this was a different design of boiler all together from the Rs 50 which only used honeywells .The 20/35 looked like it had been made from a netaheat.

Some of the really early ones had red and white button honeywells but these where the flamingo rs13

 

[corgiman]

can you still get the old red and white button valve?

 

[namsag]

V4400. Yep still avialable around 90 quid i think. Think still used on some commercial overhead heaters etc

 

[corgiman]

V4400. Yep still avialable around 90 quid i think. Think still used on some commercial overhead heaters etc

blimey charlie, I aint changed one of the for years!

that sit valve is that the huge lump of a valve?