Kevin Nibbs came around yesterday to fix the boiler.
burnt out circuit board
It was the circuit board. You do not have to be an electrician to see there is something wrong with it.
It was only five years old.
The price of the new board was £150. That’s the same price as the motherboard in this computer. But the processing power to run a household boiler is minimal.
I suppose the much smaller numbers of boards for a boiler compared to a PC explains part of the price. But I still feel ripped off
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I woke up this morning, to a cold flat.
The heating had not come on. When I looked at the boiler, the overheat light was on. The fail safe had cut-out.
Normally it resets if you turn the boiler off for a minute. Not this time.
Mick Carrol came round lunch time and took a look. There was water inside, possibly from last night’s storms. It has been raining heavily all weekend.
Mick thinks the circuit board has got wet and will most likely need replacing. I need to contact Kevin Knibbs to see what he can do. Problem is, it’s an old boiler, spare parts may be difficult to find.
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September26
By: Tim Neale
Because the plumber has been
In the end the job was thankfully straight forward. It took 45 minute and cost £30. I am pretty happy with the result.
as promised, not showing the bald patch
My big worry was that the main stop valve into the flat would have to be replaced. As this would entail shutting of the main water inlet into the block of flats, I would have to had organize it with the landlord and generally annoy the my neighbours.
But all that had happened was that the valve had become a little stiff. I live in a very hard water area. Pipes fur up with time, valves jam. However, some expert leverage via some very long pliers did the trick.
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