First winter in house
CH boiler is a (dont laugh) Wickes 40
the pilot light keeps being blown out
or at least, there appears to be a correleation between high winds
and no heating in the house
Any ideas to cure the problem
Boiler to be replaced next year when funds allow
thanks
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Vass

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:48:43 -0000, "Vass"
wrote:

| First winter in house
| CH boiler is a (dont laugh) Wickes 40
| the pilot light keeps being blown out
| or at least, there appears to be a correleation between high winds
| and no heating in the house
| Any ideas to cure the problem
| Boiler to be replaced next year when funds allow
| thanks

In the case of pilot light problems, first replace the thermocouple.
These are cheap readily available and easy to replace.
Everything else costs more and is more difficult.

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Fawthrop writes
On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:48:43 -0000, "Vass"
wrote:

| First winter in house
| CH boiler is a (dont laugh) Wickes 40
| the pilot light keeps being blown out
| or at least, there appears to be a correleation between high winds
| and no heating in the house
| Any ideas to cure the problem
| Boiler to be replaced next year when funds allow
| thanks

In the case of pilot light problems, first replace the thermocouple.
These are cheap readily available and easy to replace.
Everything else costs more and is more difficult.

Agreed, and clean the crap from around the pilot jet.

What is the flue type? Conventional, room sealed (balanced). Flue
location, exposed, between 2 buildings?
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fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

"fred" wrote in message ...
What is the flue type? Conventional, room sealed (balanced). Flue
location, exposed, between 2 buildings?

the boiler is in the airing cupboard at the top of the stairs (1st floor)
the flue goes horizontally straight out the wall behind the boiler
on the gable end of the house, no other buildings within 60 feet
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Vass

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Vass wrote:
First winter in house
CH boiler is a (dont laugh) Wickes 40
the pilot light keeps being blown out
or at least, there appears to be a correleation between high winds
and no heating in the house
Any ideas to cure the problem
Boiler to be replaced next year when funds allow

Could be it's rather weedier than it should be through crud in the jet.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:36:53 -0000, "Vass"
wrote:

|
| "fred" wrote in message ...
| What is the flue type? Conventional, room sealed (balanced). Flue
| location, exposed, between 2 buildings?
|
| the boiler is in the airing cupboard at the top of the stairs (1st floor)
| the flue goes horizontally straight out the wall behind the boiler
| on the gable end of the house, no other buildings within 60 feet.

If it is wind, the problem should only occur with certain wind directions.
Turbulence means that the wind direction at the flue may be massively
different from general wind direction, so the *local* wind may blow
directly into the flue when the general wind is from the other side of the
house :-(
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SMS marketing, Direct marketing phone calls, Silent phone calls?
Register with http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
IME they work :-)

In article , Vass write2mark
writes

"fred" wrote in message ...
What is the flue type? Conventional, room sealed (balanced). Flue
location, exposed, between 2 buildings?

the boiler is in the airing cupboard at the top of the stairs (1st floor)
the flue goes horizontally straight out the wall behind the boiler
on the gable end of the house, no other buildings within 60 feet

Ok, balanced flue so this shouldn't happen (wind pressure on the exhaust
should be balanced by wind pressure on the inlet), pilot must be pretty
****ty for it to be susceptible, give it a a clean & make sure the
thermocouple is positioned correctly at the tip of the flame.
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fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , Vass write2mark
writes

"fred" wrote in message ...
What is the flue type? Conventional, room sealed (balanced). Flue
location, exposed, between 2 buildings?

the boiler is in the airing cupboard at the top of the stairs (1st floor)
the flue goes horizontally straight out the wall behind the boiler
on the gable end of the house, no other buildings within 60 feet

Ok, balanced flue so this shouldn't happen (wind pressure on the exhaust
should be balanced by wind pressure on the inlet), pilot must be pretty
****ty for it to be susceptible, give it a a clean & make sure the
thermocouple is positioned correctly at the tip of the flame.

Thanks Fred, will do this first
Have found a supplier of the Thermocouple in Newcastle in case i need one
Thanks to all on this one.
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Vass