Bob Minchin wrote:
Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
A friend has a Baxi 45/4M gas boiler, one with the gas fire in front of it.
Seems the pilot light has a habit of being blown out when it is windy.
He could not ignite the pilot light yesterday, but today the pressing of the
buttons worked.
Press for gas/ hold / press for spark. I'm sure you know what I mean.
Seems the pilot light is behind a glass shied, difficult to get to using a
match.
I suspect that this is going to happen again
Any suggestions?



My old boiler went this way and I found that a black deposit was
partially blocking the pilot jet. They are fiddly to clean and great
care is needed to make sure you dont chip the ceramic jet as it then
lets too much gas through and burns yellow and you have to buy a new jet.


Id check the flame sensor was clean and in the flame. One of our old
boilers was prone to this, the sensor was a brass like tube which sat in
the flame. It got soot on it and needed to be right in the flame for
optimal working.

Of course, there are other types of sensor, so this may not apply.