Evening all,
The pilot light on our Glow-worm Space Saver 38 (30 year+ old) went out a while ago but now the weather's turned cold I tried to relight it a couple of weeks ago. No spark.
I've just had it serviced today and the gas man has put the problem down to the ignition switch itself. It's producing a weak spark - he did get it lit twice with the cover off but went to test it a third time and it didn't want to know. The main issue now is that the component in question is now obsolete.
Could it be anything else? What about HT lead or the electrode? Would these result in a weak spark if they are problematic? Would replacing these help at all?
And my final question - can this boiler be lit manually? Can I removed the sight glass and light it with a match? Until I can source a second hand ignition I don't want to be without hot water and heating.
Many thanks,
Paul.
The pilot light on our Glow-worm Space Saver 38 (30 year+ old) went out a while ago but now the weather's turned cold I tried to relight it a couple of weeks ago. No spark.
I've just had it serviced today and the gas man has put the problem down to the ignition switch itself. It's producing a weak spark - he did get it lit twice with the cover off but went to test it a third time and it didn't want to know. The main issue now is that the component in question is now obsolete.
Could it be anything else? What about HT lead or the electrode? Would these result in a weak spark if they are problematic? Would replacing these help at all?
And my final question - can this boiler be lit manually? Can I removed the sight glass and light it with a match? Until I can source a second hand ignition I don't want to be without hot water and heating.
Many thanks,
Paul.