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I have an old very simple gas glow worm boiler. This year it has started to give a problem when the pilot flame has gone out. First thought was the thermovoltic unit that shuts down pilot flame may have been faulty so it was changed.
Fault still happens. But then I realised it also happens while the burner is on not as first thought when it was in stand by mode.
I can re-light the pilot and it will fail a few times in a row. It may take 1/2 hour to get the pilot re-lit and to stay lit. Then run another 2 months without a fault.
This summer I want to get it fixed for next year but I can't see how anyone will be able to locate such an intermittent fault.
Has anyone any suggestions as to how to find what is going wrong?
Fault still happens. But then I realised it also happens while the burner is on not as first thought when it was in stand by mode.
I can re-light the pilot and it will fail a few times in a row. It may take 1/2 hour to get the pilot re-lit and to stay lit. Then run another 2 months without a fault.
This summer I want to get it fixed for next year but I can't see how anyone will be able to locate such an intermittent fault.
Has anyone any suggestions as to how to find what is going wrong?