Saunier Duval

[clf-gas]

Went to one of these today on a breakdown. walked in seen boiler and the look on my face must of been enough , lady says, "Oh no, please dont say you wont touch these". Well erm , "Please I`ve been without heating and hot water since Friday, had three others walk in see the boiler and turn round and leave".

So I went for it, it turned out to be the TC. Tried a universal with no joy.
Nipped to part supplier and to my shock/horror the TC comes in a Kit . containing TC, FFD interupter leads.

Do any of you chaps Know why it comes in a kit and not just the TC

 

[ChrisR]

Like the old chaffs.
Frog, innit. !

 

[chrishutt]

Do any of you chaps Know why it comes in a kit and not just the TC

It's a pretext for charging a whole lot of money for what would normally be a reasonably inexpensive part. Spare parts pricing is just a racket.

 

[bobbo85]

I think the saunier's over the last 2 yr have been good, the thema ive fitted 11 since start of november and for £525. I can tell the customers its a sedbuk (a) combi,and apart from the built in f/loop being slow on a couple,there great . I know there not great for the price on spares but still a good option to give customers

 

[bengasman]

Do any of you chaps Know why it comes in a kit and not just the TC

My guess is that if you sell the boiler cheap, you make the parts expensive and poor quality so you still make heaps of money. I do work on them if need be, but warn the client repeatedly that the parts are extortionate, and likely to break, crack or split when you take them out. Fortunately not a lot of these in my area

 

[clf-gas]

Chris/Ben see what you mean about the parts racket, dont understand why an interrupter and ffd are included in the kit.

They could just charge £35 for the TC , lets face it ffds rarely fail unless exposed to eccesive heat, and likewise the interupter leads.

Still I changed the lot, just wondered if it was some admittance on faulty parts, but then parts for that model will be off the shelf soon.



Bob if I was to offer a customer a cheaper alternative it would be a Biasi or Ravenheat

 

[Agile]

Bob if I was to offer a customer a cheaper alternative it would be a Biasi or Ravenheat

They might be cheaper but the important thing is that they would be BETTER!!!

Tony

 

[bobbo85]

biasi better ? i disagree and ravenheat upto now i cant go against s/duval thema's its virtually a g/worm or valient when you compare them