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Boiler won't start pump
I've got an old Chaffoteaux et Maury boiler that has stoped working (
Challenger 50 ff). When the boiler fires up the circuit in the boiler is supposed to send 240v to the pump but it doesn't. Done some checks on the pcb and the circuit that controls the pump is not working. Can I diconnect the pump from the boiler and run it from the 3 port diverter valve and central heating progammer instead or will this damage the boiler in any way. Is it the orange wire I connect to the pump? Thanks Martin |
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In message , Set Square
writes In an earlier contribution to this discussion, wrote: I've got an old Chaffoteaux et Maury boiler that has stoped working ( Challenger 50 ff). When the boiler fires up the circuit in the boiler is supposed to send 240v to the pump but it doesn't. Done some checks on the pcb and the circuit that controls the pump is not working. Can I diconnect the pump from the boiler and run it from the 3 port diverter valve and central heating progammer instead or will this damage the boiler in any way. Is it the orange wire I connect to the pump? Thanks Martin You could connect it to the boiler's switched live feed rather than to the boiler's pump terminal. Only problem is that pump over-run won't then work. So if the boiler needs the pump to keep running a bit after the room stat has turned the burner off, it won't - and the boiler may overheat, and trip. I'm not 100% sure off the top of my head, but I don't think that the challenger has a pump overrun on it -- geoff |
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wrote: I've got an old Chaffoteaux et Maury boiler that has stoped working ( Challenger 50 ff). When the boiler fires up the circuit in the boiler is supposed to send 240v to the pump but it doesn't. Done some checks on the pcb and the circuit that controls the pump is not working. I'd suspect a faulty relay on a device this old. -- *If at first you don't succeed, try management * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes In article .com, wrote: I've got an old Chaffoteaux et Maury boiler that has stoped working ( Challenger 50 ff). When the boiler fires up the circuit in the boiler is supposed to send 240v to the pump but it doesn't. Done some checks on the pcb and the circuit that controls the pump is not working. I'd suspect a faulty relay on a device this old. Nope, it's run by a triac -- geoff |
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raden wrote: When the boiler fires up the circuit in the boiler is supposed to send 240v to the pump but it doesn't. Done some checks on the pcb and the circuit that controls the pump is not working. I'd suspect a faulty relay on a device this old. Nope, it's run by a triac Then I'd suspect the triac. ;-) -- *If at first you don't succeed, avoid skydiving.* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes In article , raden wrote: When the boiler fires up the circuit in the boiler is supposed to send 240v to the pump but it doesn't. Done some checks on the pcb and the circuit that controls the pump is not working. I'd suspect a faulty relay on a device this old. Nope, it's run by a triac Then I'd suspect the triac. ;-) As they say ... No **** Sherlock but there are usually a couple of caps which go too (just for a change) -- geoff |
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Nope it's not the triac, I've had it out and tested it and then put it
back on the pcb and re-tested it by connecting to the gate resistor. I guess it's the gate drive chip/circuit but done a google on the IC number but get nothing. Will check the caps and anything else that looks like it might be involved. The pump has a 15 second overrun. Martin |
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