Hi all. Can anyone give me a bit of advice?
Glow-worm Flexicom cx range combi boiler, 18 months old, serviced a week ago and apparently clean and tidy.
CH stopped after a couple of hours of working nicely. Hot water working fine.
I have the idiot's guide, and that gives a total of two reasons for CH cutting out.
1. condensate drain blockage
I had a punt at it being the overheat reset (it had, after all, been running nicely til then) and pressed the reset button. Happily, it started up, and all has been well since then. I haven't had the courage to climb a ladder and inspect the condensate drain.
Assuming that it IS the overheat reset (and I can only guess what an overheat lockout is), my question is this:
If I go away for a few days and it happens again, will I come home to frozen pipes and flooding, or will it have the brains to reset itself and re-start the CH? The above quote is all I have about re-starting.
Huge thanks for reading this far!
Andy
Glow-worm Flexicom cx range combi boiler, 18 months old, serviced a week ago and apparently clean and tidy.
CH stopped after a couple of hours of working nicely. Hot water working fine.
I have the idiot's guide, and that gives a total of two reasons for CH cutting out.
1. condensate drain blockage
2. overheat resetAs a safety feature the boiler will stop working if the condensate drain becomes blocked. During freezing conditions this may be due to the forming of ice in the condense drain external to the house. Release an ice blockage by the use of warm cloths on the pipe. The boiler should then restart.
The boiler software is designed to recognise the potential for an overheat lockout and will shutdown before this happens. To restart the boiler, press the reset button
I had a punt at it being the overheat reset (it had, after all, been running nicely til then) and pressed the reset button. Happily, it started up, and all has been well since then. I haven't had the courage to climb a ladder and inspect the condensate drain.
Assuming that it IS the overheat reset (and I can only guess what an overheat lockout is), my question is this:
If I go away for a few days and it happens again, will I come home to frozen pipes and flooding, or will it have the brains to reset itself and re-start the CH? The above quote is all I have about re-starting.
Huge thanks for reading this far!
Andy