The gch of my flat is a wall mounted "Apollo" Thorn EMI boiler, "Towerchron" -clocktype timer with adjacent fused socket. The pump is less than 2yrs old and the rest is the original which came with the flat.
In the last month the fused(5amp fuse) socket of the timer has blown twice. If I remove the clock face of the timer and treat any moving parts with WD40 is this likely to help the problem or is it just a 2time coincidence?
Thank you.

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 15:42:06 UTC, mikehh
wrote:


The gch of my flat is a wall mounted "Apollo" Thorn EMI boiler,
"Towerchron" -clocktype timer with adjacent fused socket. The pump is
less than 2yrs old and the rest is the original which came with the
flat.
In the last month the fused(5amp fuse) socket of the timer has blown
twice. If I remove the clock face of the timer and treat any moving
parts with WD40 is this likely to help the problem or is it just a
2time coincidence?

I think you'll find that the fuse actually protects all of the electrics
in the system. So it probably isn't the 'clock' at fault. Could be a
failing pump (if there is one), or the boiler, and may be due to some
kind of insulation breakdown or earth fault.

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The gch of my flat is a wall mounted "Apollo" Thorn EMI boiler,
"Towerchron" -clocktype timer with adjacent fused socket. The pump is
less than 2yrs old and the rest is the original which came with the
flat.
In the last month the fused(5amp fuse) socket of the timer has blown
twice. If I remove the clock face of the timer and treat any moving
parts with WD40 is this likely to help the problem or is it just a
2time coincidence?
Thank you.

Bound sure to work

never known to fail

especially for diybanter posters

tit

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On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:42:06 +0000, mikehh wrote:

The gch of my flat is a wall mounted "Apollo" Thorn EMI boiler,
"Towerchron" -clocktype timer with adjacent fused socket. The pump is
less than 2yrs old and the rest is the original which came with the
flat.
In the last month the fused(5amp fuse) socket of the timer has blown
twice. If I remove the clock face of the timer and treat any moving
parts with WD40 is this likely to help the problem or is it just a 2time
coincidence?
Thank you.

You have an intermittent electrical fault. The prime suspect for these is
the pump. Pumps last random amounts of time 2 years is unlucky.

It could be other things, the clock is less likely to be faulty than
almost anything else. Spraying it with WD40 et al will do no good, you
will attract dust and dirt into the mechanism.


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