On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:23:42 +0000, raden wrote:

In message . com,
adder1969 writes


On Jan 23, 9:37 pm, raden wrote:
There are several documented cases (which I'm sure you can find on the
internet) of them exploding

Some of them suffered from "pre-ignition", which is a polite word for
explosion in the gas industry

As a boiler it should be treated with respect if you don't know what you
are doing


Actually no, I can't find any cases but I don't doubt it considering
the "wooof" they make when they fire up.

Someone did post some links once upon time

One of my employees who's ex BG also confirmed it

I think it was the older model with the White-Rogers GV, which leaked.

Apart form posting my usual views on people who defeat boiler controls I'd
point out that defeating the controls on an Netaheat-electronic would take
some doing.




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