Hello All,

I'm a bit of a diy n00b, but I can at least change a fuse. So I felt a bit foolish paying a central heating engineer £65 to get my heating re-started when the problem turned out to by a dead 3amp fuse in the mains socket that the boiler programmer (Potterton EP2001) was connected too.

However since he first visited in late December I have since woken up on three separate mornings to find the house cold, and fuse blown again.

Can anyone advise as to what is likely to be the cause of the fuses blowing?

J

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jumblemo wrote:

Hello All,

I'm a bit of a diy n00b, but I can at least change a fuse. So I felt a
bit foolish paying a central heating engineer £65 to get my heating
re-started when the problem turned out to by a dead 3amp fuse in the
mains socket that the boiler programmer (Potterton EP2001) was
connected too.

However since he first visited in late December I have since woken up
on three separate mornings to find the house cold, and fuse blown
again.

Can anyone advise as to what is likely to be the cause of the fuses
blowing?

J

You have an intermittent short circuit somewhere in your heating equipment
or wiring. I would start by looking at the pump - 'cos that's where water
and electrics come closest to each other.
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Hello All,

I'm a bit of a diy n00b, but I can at least change a fuse. So I felt a
bit foolish paying a central heating engineer £65 to get my heating
re-started when the problem turned out to by a dead 3amp fuse in the
mains socket that the boiler programmer (Potterton EP2001) was
connected too.

However since he first visited in late December I have since woken up
on three separate mornings to find the house cold, and fuse blown
again.

Can anyone advise as to what is likely to be the cause of the fuses
blowing?

J


An intermittent fault somewhere in the electrical system. How long does the
fuse normally last after you replace it?

I would think that the fan and the heating pump are the only high load
items. Mine just cost me for a fan although the fuse never blew. The unit
just would not fire-up at all.

In message , jumblemo
writes

Hello All,

I'm a bit of a diy n00b, but I can at least change a fuse. So I felt a
bit foolish paying a central heating engineer £65 to get my heating
re-started when the problem turned out to by a dead 3amp fuse in the
mains socket that the boiler programmer (Potterton EP2001) was
connected too.

However since he first visited in late December I have since woken up
on three separate mornings to find the house cold, and fuse blown
again.

Well, it's unlikely to be the programmer

Possibly the pump, maybe the fan

Of course, if you'd mentioned the model of boiler, further advice might
have been possible

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