Hi all, need help desperately.
The fan in this boiler has been getting noisy recently, then today, it just won't spin.
It's a recon fan that I fitted about 2 years ago now, and it's done the same as the old one - the top parts have been scoring against the metal casing.
In the last few days I've had to grease it up to get it to spin ok. But now it won't have it. This morning the top of the fan assembly was very hot - to me that suggests power's trying to get it to start, but it won't.
If you turn the boiler on, the pump runs, and the fan clicks on, but only moves slightly round then stops. There's a "buzzing" noise that sounds like power is getting to it, but it won't spin. I've removed it to clean it, but I can feel a strange, magnetic kind of resistance and it doesn't really spin freely.
Am I right in thinking that this needs another fan again? It's not going to be the PCB is it?
Please help, am desperate, and cold!
Thanks in advance.
The fan in this boiler has been getting noisy recently, then today, it just won't spin.
It's a recon fan that I fitted about 2 years ago now, and it's done the same as the old one - the top parts have been scoring against the metal casing.
In the last few days I've had to grease it up to get it to spin ok. But now it won't have it. This morning the top of the fan assembly was very hot - to me that suggests power's trying to get it to start, but it won't.
If you turn the boiler on, the pump runs, and the fan clicks on, but only moves slightly round then stops. There's a "buzzing" noise that sounds like power is getting to it, but it won't spin. I've removed it to clean it, but I can feel a strange, magnetic kind of resistance and it doesn't really spin freely.
Am I right in thinking that this needs another fan again? It's not going to be the PCB is it?
Please help, am desperate, and cold!
Thanks in advance.