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Pilot light out and vibrations on a Potterton Puma 80 combi
Hi folks. I`m not too hot on combi boilers!
My problem has been esculating. When the hot water tap is turned on you get a bit of hot water then usually when you turn it off you can hear a huge pipe vibration. The pilot light then has to be re-ignited. The radiators also appear very hot but that maybe a red herring. I have had a bit of experience on a normal boiler and changed a thermocouple (?) before. Docombi boilers use thermo couplers? Is that the fault? How easy are they changed on this model (Potterton Puma 80)? An embarresing fact is that I can`t work out how to remove the boiler cover. Please help. Thanks in advance. Tc |
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Just done a quick test. If the upstairs tap is turned on for 20
seconds, ten seconds later the boiler (downstairs) makes a huge vibrating noise and all flames go out (including the pilot). Help! Tc |
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wrote in message oups.com... Just done a quick test. If the upstairs tap is turned on for 20 seconds, ten seconds later the boiler (downstairs) makes a huge vibrating noise and all flames go out (including the pilot). Help! Tc Get someone in to look at for you Tc. It could be a multitude of things that will take forever to explain and test if you have to keep coming back and forth to the group for more info' on it. Get a man in, is your quickest and safest method on this one mate. :-( sorry :-( |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:59:05 -0800, tc7 wrote:
Just done a quick test. If the upstairs tap is turned on for 20 seconds, ten seconds later the boiler (downstairs) makes a huge vibrating noise and all flames go out (including the pilot). The boiler is over heating. There could be a number of reasons for this but the vibration sounds like localized boiler due to lack of flow. The O/H stat kills the thermocouple. So: Does the pump stop? May the O/H stat is at fault (but that won't explain the vibrations). Controller problems? -- Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter. The FAQ for uk.diy is at www.diyfaq.org.uk Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html |
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