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Post by Plumbo on Sept 27, 2017 20:21:31 GMT
Evening all..
call out to this earlier, custard bought a hive and gave up - hence the shout!
Arrived to find about a metre of wire going into the programmer/stat (st10 I think) with choc block on the other end with a loop in??
removed this wire and put a link wire only back in to check operation. Switched boiler on and found that the pump runs permenantly in standby! After 30 seconds or so a blue light flashes.
Called technical and they say board fault but I'm swaying to a fan.
Thoughts gentleman?
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Post by tomplum on Sept 27, 2017 20:54:53 GMT
I'm not familiar with this boiler but i do know they are complex wiring, you need good multimeter skills and a good multimeter to determine the fault, because the fan might be running but not going to stage 2, But the question is, is it not going to stage 2 because the fans fucked, or because the board is not giving out the signal,
The BG gas man will change the more expensive part first, if that doest work, he'll change the other,
Me, I'd go with what the worcester techco says, if he's wrong, you can blame him, whichever way you won't get your money back from the spares, they are the real winners,
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Post by Plumbo on Sept 27, 2017 21:49:36 GMT
Thanks Tom. Not my bag either this boiler - over engineered in my opinion!! The fan as you say is a 2 stage but doesn't run at all, however the pump is permanently running with no heating or hw demand  to be honest the techy at WB was about as useful as a waterproof tea bag. I've got a board coming in tomorrow on his say so. I'll report back here tomorrow! Worst thing they did was give boilers brains  Thanks again Tom. |
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Post by tomplum on Sept 27, 2017 22:04:51 GMT
in that case,if the fans not running and it has 240v at the live, it defo is the fan, if there's no volts at the fan it MIGHT be the board or something else between, as I'm not best informed on that boiler I can't say what controls/sensors and links interupt the curcuit, if the juice is at the fan and its not going, thats the problem,
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Post by Plumbo on Sept 28, 2017 6:15:33 GMT
That's what makes me think fan. But the expert techco said board fault rthdr,ffot anyways it'll all become clear later I guess. Thanks Tom
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Post by Plumbo on Sept 28, 2017 18:10:19 GMT
That's what makes me think fan. But the expert techco said board fault rthdr,ffot anyways it'll all become clear later I guess. Thanks Tom Well, it's up and running!! Changed board and fault persisted but there was juice at the fan plug this time! Called WB and they said they advise changing fan if changing pcb... what a con! Anyway rather expensive day for the custard today unfortunately. |
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Post by tomplum on Sept 28, 2017 18:12:58 GMT
shower of twats, smiley-face-shaking-fist
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Post by tomplum on Sept 28, 2017 18:15:44 GMT
one of their stocking trade answers is,
" the PCB board flew because the fan was faulty, so changing the fan will ensure the board will have a 12 month warrantee",,,, qwerty
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Post by Plumbo on Sept 28, 2017 18:18:37 GMT
The lad actually said "the fan is 2 stage and the new board has probably sent a surge to the fan and maybe compromised the fan" perfectly script read qwerty
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Post by Plumberboy on Sept 28, 2017 18:20:20 GMT
Daylight robbery !!! They just rob from people but legally, wankers. smiley-face-shaking-fist
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Post by Plumbo on Sept 28, 2017 18:25:40 GMT
Daylight robbery !!! They just rob from people but legally, wankers. smiley-face-shaking-fist They know people need heating and hw! Shower of shite!! Then us plumbers get the crap when we give the bill for the job |
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Post by Plumberboy on Sept 28, 2017 18:29:31 GMT
Daylight robbery !!! They just rob from people but legally, wankers. smiley-face-shaking-fist They know people need heating and hw! Shower of shite!! Then us plumbers get the crap when we give the bill for the job That's right Brian Potter.  |
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Post by Plumbo on Sept 28, 2017 18:32:35 GMT
They know people need heating and hw! Shower of shite!! Then us plumbers get the crap when we give the bill for the job That's right Brian Potter. Welcome to the Phoenix Club laughing-dog-smiley-emoticon |
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Post by Plumberboy on Sept 28, 2017 18:47:41 GMT
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to be honest the techy at WB was about as useful as a waterproof tea bag. I've got a board coming in tomorrow on his say so. I'll report back here tomorrow! Worst thing they did was give boilers brains 
