Heating Engineer Required

[Pelly Greeny]

Boilers been switching itself off and needing resetting daily for about three weeks. It's an Ideal and it is showing a fault code of FH - flame detection electrode (I think) was replaced a couple of months ago.

Had someone round who ordered a part and never came back - hasn't replied to texts or answerphone messages either - wasn't too bothered until today as it won't reset at all now.

Got a 6 year old who's missed her bath tonight and there's no heating.

Thought I'd offer it out on here before I ring a local engineer in the morning.

I'm in Kearsley near Bolton.

 

[Barcon]

I'm no heating specialist but, I have taken the flame sensor out of my gas furnace and water heater a couple of times and rubbed it lightly with some emery cloth.
This was what the bloke that came out to fix it did and told me to do whenever it happens. It gets a thin coat, like a glazing on it and it has to be cleaned off. Eventually you may need to replace it.
See if you can look up a schematic and check if it's in an easy location.

 

[Pelly Greeny]

I'm no heating specialist but, I have taken the flame sensor out of my gas furnace and water heater a couple of times and rubbed it lightly with some emery cloth.
This was what the bloke that came out to fix it did and told me to do whenever it happens. It gets a thin coat, like a glazing on it and it has to be cleaned off. Eventually you may need to replace it.
See if you can look up a schematic and check if it's in an easy location.

It was only replaced a couple of months ago - will have a look though tomorrow. ;-)

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Tell us the boiler make bud, thinking of a new one so need to know which to avoid.

 

[-nibz-]

I'm no heating specialist but, I have taken the flame sensor out of my gas furnace and water heater a couple of times and rubbed it lightly with some emery cloth.
This was what the bloke that came out to fix it did and told me to do whenever it happens. It gets a thin coat, like a glazing on it and it has to be cleaned off. Eventually you may need to replace it.
See if you can look up a schematic and check if it's in an easy location.

Yeah the same thing happened to us. We had three people out, the first two just cleaned it, but it would go again after a few weeks. The third changed it wondering why it wasn't changed to begin with. Not had any trouble since. I think it cut's the gas out if it think's there's no flame or sommat?

 

[-nibz-]

Tell us the boiler make bud, thinking of a new one so need to know which to avoid.

I highly recomend a Worcester.

 

[Pelly Greeny]

Yeah the same thing happened to us. We had three people out, the first two just cleaned it, but it would go again after a few weeks. The third changed it wondering why it wasn't changed to begin with. Not had any trouble since. I think it cut's the gas out it if it think's there's no flame or sommat?

It was changed a few months ago but started tripping out again recently.

Tell us the boiler make bud, thinking of a new one so need to know which to avoid.

It's Ideal, about 7 years old. Been trouble since the wankers that are Iguana installed it.

 

[stonerblue]

A boiler thread in summer ?? WTF....

 

[bgblue]

It'll be the lead from the probe to the PCB, they sit against the main heat exchanger and short to earth because the sheathing cracks. Hope that helps Dave. Any probs send me a pm, I've a small idea what I'm doing :-)

 

[Pelly Greeny]

A boiler thread in summer ?? WTF....

So you don't have baths, showers or wash up in your house?