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Janla October 18th 12 10:06 AM

power flu gas fire fault
 
My power flu gas fire works fine for ages and then just will not work for weeks. The switch to turn on the fan will not go on, so the gas will not release. Plumber cannot find the fault. It will all of a sudden work again. confused ! advice please please i cannot aford a new one

hr(bob) [email protected] October 18th 12 09:35 PM

power flu gas fire fault
 
On Oct 18, 4:06*am, Janla wrote:
My power flu gas fire works fine for ages and then just will not work
for weeks. The switch to turn on the fan will not go on, so the gas will
not release. Plumber cannot find the fault. It will all of a sudden work
again. confused ! advice please please i cannot aford a new one

--
Janla


Intermittent switch first thoughts, more info on make and model would
lead to intelligent comments.

N_Cook October 19th 12 08:33 AM

power flu gas fire fault
 
Janla wrote in message
...

My power flu gas fire works fine for ages and then just will not work
for weeks. The switch to turn on the fan will not go on, so the gas will
not release. Plumber cannot find the fault. It will all of a sudden work
again. confused ! advice please please i cannot aford a new one




--
Janla



boiler controllers are about the worst place for PbF solder



[email protected] October 21st 12 09:27 PM

power flu gas fire fault
 
Get back here so we know we are not wasting time.

When the thermostat kicks on, that demand will immediately turn on the induction fan in a forced draft system. The fan will run for X time and a pressure sensor will tell if there is a pressure buildup in the flue.

However you are not even getting that far. If the induction fan never turns on, it could be the thermostat itself. You could just short the wires when it doesn't work, if it does then, it is the thermostat. If it doesn't, it may be the control board. Though the induction fan is the first thing to turn on when the demand is called, it is not directly connected as it would be in a normallt aspirated flue system. It goes to the PC board. This is because it remains runniing for a short time after the demand it met. There is a timer involved.

When it doesn't work, short the wires to the thermostat out and see if it does.

J


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