charles wrote:
In article ,
Tim+ wrote:
Grumps wrote:
On 09/01/2017 14:23, Grumps wrote:
Happy New Year etc.
Brexit, Daesh, Trump etc, blah blah, but more importantly my boiler is
having issues.

No hot water this morning and it was evident that the boiler (a 30 year
old Potterton) was off.
It restarted OK and ran for a few minutes.

I changed the thermocouple but it behaves the same.
In fact, if it's just the pilot that is on, then it stays on. It's only
when the burners start that it shuts down after about 2-3 minutes.

Any ideas or is it time to call a man in?
Ta.

Update:
Gas man has visited and cleaned out the burner and pilot jet. So much
crud came out.
The pilot was cleaned as much as possible and its supply pipe tightened
and sealed to remove the leak that was there.
The pilot flame is now much stronger and still touches the thermocouple
when the main burner starts.
The old boiler has been running for an hour, so all seems well.

Thanks to all for your comments.



Glad you're up and running again. Don't neglect the servicing for so long
again though. Open vented boilers can fill your house with carbon monoxide
if not operating properly.

That's why I have a CO monitor alarm close to by boiler


Lovely. How does that help Grumps? ;-)

Tim

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