Vokera Excell 80E locks out in the morning

[aluncarter]

I have a Vokera Excell 80E boiler and early last week it wasn't coming on in the mornings. The power light which is usually green flashes red and the boiler at lockout red light comes on. When the boiler tried to start up there was a crackling sound. I could reset it and then relight the boiler by switching it to the little flame indicator for 10 seconds and it would work for the rest of the day until the next morning.

So I called in the professionals and after 3 visits and a very cold weekend they fixed it this Tuesday saying there had been a loose electrical connection. It worked fine yesterday but now its back in the same situation. I've called the same company in to come and fix it again but I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas as to what might be wrong and what's more should I just give up and get a new boiler?

 

[Agile]

The crackling sounds as if you have an electronic ignition model and the ignition lead may be arcing to earth.

Simple type of fault for a boiler engineer!

Tony

 

[aluncarter]

Thanks for the reply.

So if this is a simple fault do you think the boiler engineers I'm using aren't all that good and I should try and get someone else in?

 

[bengasman]

Maybe on an intermittent fault 3 visits could be justified, not when a boiler does not work.