I went away for a few days and turned off the central heating and hot water on the controller. I came back and turned it on again - I didn't bother to wait to hear the boiler re-ignite. The next morning there was no hot water. Upon investigation I found the PCB fuse was blown. After a 16 mile roundtrip to get a couple of new fuses I changed it and turned on the boiler and the fuse blew straight away.
I phoned up the CORGI plumber who services the boiler and he said 'no mate can't touch it, its electronics', so I tried to get an electrician to come round. When he saw that it was the fuse on the PCB not in the main switch he turned around and said 'no mate can't touch it, its on the boiler itself' and went away (luckily he didn't charge me!). I've just spent 2 hours on the phone calling CORGI registered boiler service and repair companies and most are not interested as they don't do electronics. Others say they can change the whole PCB, some have gone as far as saying "new boiler mate".
Now I know the boiler is old but it has been running for years and has been regularly serviced and can't be that difficult to check and repair an electrical fault. So I phoned up the place where I bought the fuse and asked if they knew anyone who could look at it. He didn't but told me that he had never ever sold a PCB for the Netaheat however had sold lots of the plug in relays - so suggested this could be the fault. Does anyone know how to check where the fault lies so I don't have to fork out money for a new relay (£33+VAT) only to find that is not at fault then fork out for a PCB (£85+VAT)?
Cheers
Milind
I phoned up the CORGI plumber who services the boiler and he said 'no mate can't touch it, its electronics', so I tried to get an electrician to come round. When he saw that it was the fuse on the PCB not in the main switch he turned around and said 'no mate can't touch it, its on the boiler itself' and went away (luckily he didn't charge me!). I've just spent 2 hours on the phone calling CORGI registered boiler service and repair companies and most are not interested as they don't do electronics. Others say they can change the whole PCB, some have gone as far as saying "new boiler mate".
Now I know the boiler is old but it has been running for years and has been regularly serviced and can't be that difficult to check and repair an electrical fault. So I phoned up the place where I bought the fuse and asked if they knew anyone who could look at it. He didn't but told me that he had never ever sold a PCB for the Netaheat however had sold lots of the plug in relays - so suggested this could be the fault. Does anyone know how to check where the fault lies so I don't have to fork out money for a new relay (£33+VAT) only to find that is not at fault then fork out for a PCB (£85+VAT)?
Cheers
Milind
