Morning All,
I have a slightly strange issue with my LPG boiler, but I'm not entirely sure what sort of 'gasman' to call out to it. I'm also a bit nervous about calling people out to a fault that is 99% likely not to be doing it when they get here, but here goes:
I have a 7 year old British Gas (Worcester) condensing boiler, that is supplied by 4 x 47kg LPG cylinders at the far end of the garden, with the pipe routed underground. It did have a lot of work done on it this summer, to try and chase down an EA-Flame Failure issue, but I do not think that is related. It has a green light on it that indicates when the flame is 'on'. I also have a gas hob, which I use and refer to below to try and give some idea of what is going on with my gas supply.
I now have problems with the boiler not firing up in the mornings and then going EA again. When I eventually get it on, it stays on, but sometimes that is not without a fight. The problems seem to fit into two categories:
1) EA Flame Failure. If I try the gas on the hob, it comes on, but seems to be a weak flame. It also smells of 'fumes' more than usual. When I try resetting the boiler, I sometimes don't even get the green light coming on before it gives up and goes back to the EA state. It seems to be an issue on cold mornings especially and, as per this morning, just will not light at all. Last time it was as bad as today, it did come back to life and was resettable by about 11am. Even though the gas seems weak at the hob, I can light up all 5 rings, and the flame doesn't seem to get any weaker the more rings that go on.
2) EA Flame Failure. If I try the gas on the hob, none comes out and when I check the bottles, the OPSO valve reset has popped out. If I reset it and go back to the hob, sometimes all is fine and sometimes the flame burns very fiercely for a couple of seconds and then goes off and the OPSO needs resetting again. Eventually I will get it back to a normal flame and the boiler can be reset.
My concern is more with scenario 1 at the moment. It almost feels like the LPG supply has frozen and I just can't get enough through the pipes to fire up my boiler. Often when it does fire up, there will be a large vibration at the boiler about twenty minutes later.
As mentioned above, I'm not wholly sure if what sort of gas engineer I need out to this. Given the likelihood that they will turn up and all will be working, I don't want to just be told that it seems a bit weird and to wait until it breaks properly.
Any ideas ? Is there anything safe and legal that I can try in order to eliminate possibilities or at least try and track down whereabouts in the system it is happening ?
I have a slightly strange issue with my LPG boiler, but I'm not entirely sure what sort of 'gasman' to call out to it. I'm also a bit nervous about calling people out to a fault that is 99% likely not to be doing it when they get here, but here goes:
I have a 7 year old British Gas (Worcester) condensing boiler, that is supplied by 4 x 47kg LPG cylinders at the far end of the garden, with the pipe routed underground. It did have a lot of work done on it this summer, to try and chase down an EA-Flame Failure issue, but I do not think that is related. It has a green light on it that indicates when the flame is 'on'. I also have a gas hob, which I use and refer to below to try and give some idea of what is going on with my gas supply.
I now have problems with the boiler not firing up in the mornings and then going EA again. When I eventually get it on, it stays on, but sometimes that is not without a fight. The problems seem to fit into two categories:
1) EA Flame Failure. If I try the gas on the hob, it comes on, but seems to be a weak flame. It also smells of 'fumes' more than usual. When I try resetting the boiler, I sometimes don't even get the green light coming on before it gives up and goes back to the EA state. It seems to be an issue on cold mornings especially and, as per this morning, just will not light at all. Last time it was as bad as today, it did come back to life and was resettable by about 11am. Even though the gas seems weak at the hob, I can light up all 5 rings, and the flame doesn't seem to get any weaker the more rings that go on.
2) EA Flame Failure. If I try the gas on the hob, none comes out and when I check the bottles, the OPSO valve reset has popped out. If I reset it and go back to the hob, sometimes all is fine and sometimes the flame burns very fiercely for a couple of seconds and then goes off and the OPSO needs resetting again. Eventually I will get it back to a normal flame and the boiler can be reset.
My concern is more with scenario 1 at the moment. It almost feels like the LPG supply has frozen and I just can't get enough through the pipes to fire up my boiler. Often when it does fire up, there will be a large vibration at the boiler about twenty minutes later.
As mentioned above, I'm not wholly sure if what sort of gas engineer I need out to this. Given the likelihood that they will turn up and all will be working, I don't want to just be told that it seems a bit weird and to wait until it breaks properly.
Any ideas ? Is there anything safe and legal that I can try in order to eliminate possibilities or at least try and track down whereabouts in the system it is happening ?
