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Fair one mateThe Op
Just thinking the company procedure might be to do the minimum safety checks, touch nothing else and he has to do lots in a day. Or he might not know what should be covered.
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Fair one mateThe Op
Just thinking the company procedure might be to do the minimum safety checks, touch nothing else and he has to do lots in a day. Or he might not know what should be covered.
Snowhead, thanks very much for your response. There's great differences between gas safe checks and servicing. I'm doing gas safe checks and now understand what I'm up to. Thanks...If the customer is asking for a Boiler service then that's what they'll expect, regardless of any FGA readings, strip down as per M.I's
If your employed by someone offering annual checks as part of a comprehensive maintenance contract and their instruction to you is not to strip if the FGA results are within a particular limit, then that's what you'd do.
But if that was me I wouldn't be putting anything down about the boiler being serviced, only that it was within acceptable limits.
If you're employed by someone who wants a high, fixed number of services done per day, get another job.
I'm glad I only ever did commercial and didn't fall into this got to do a fixed number of Domestic boilers lark.
Snowhead, thanks very much for your response. There's great differences between gas safe checks and servicing. I'm doing gas safe checks and now understand what I'm up to. Thanks...
I refer to my previous post. If you have been installing boilers, you should be more than familiar with these figures and how to use a FGA. You have to use an FGA as part of the commissioning process on any new install.Have you not doing an FGA on your installs mate?
Yes i do bro. Maybe my temporary fga failed me cos I only used it 3x and it gave me some funny readings....hence my confusion about the ratio thing .I have had to go back with a better one to complete the jobs. ThanksHave you not doing an FGA on your installs mate?
Yes, I would strip a boiler down even though the FGA readings are superb. I would always clean the boiler, replace the parts and seals and would do all my ****.Thank you Sam. Reading and passing it and practically doing it as a profession are 2 different things.You have gathered your experiences over the years.You didn't know everything about boilers the day you qualify?..You have failed in some aspects and asked questions no matter how stupid they may sound. So that is the courage people get to join a group like this. When you are taken on by a company to do 8 services/safety check a day.. it's a different ball game. Time and pressure. Little things you know before begin to disappear. You dont want to let yourself down.
Many of us who's been qualified over 10 years will still fail the exams when they take it again.
I have installed different boilers over 3.5 years but now im going around doing servicing and looking for faults. I do open boilers to check all the content involved in the exercise...but would you strip a boiler that's working fine and after all the said checks when nothing is wrong with it?
I'm just looking for clarity. In the case of ratios i have done my honework now...I'm good. Thanks
I read some of the posts with interest and this is one of them. What do you do when asked to service an older boiler where new combustion panels are no longer available. The boiler should be stripped and cleaned to do the job properly but opening it may also open a can of worms! I've done what I can and tested the gasses and if these are ok then left it at that. Interested to know what you doYes, I would strip a boiler down even though the FGA readings are superb. I would always clean the boiler, replace the parts and seals and would do all my ****.
I would strongly suggest you do more training and a lot more reading before you get out there as a service engineer.Hi all I have been installing boilers and now I'm out servicing different type of boilers. Please a co..co2 reading of 0.0004 to 0.0008 is seen as standard.
What about 0.0001 and above 0.0008.?
I got the Anton table guide ...does it mean that a boiler flue reading of 0.00013 or up 0.00015 is good?
Secondly 0.0013 is a much higher number ? These numbers are doing me some headaches please could someone throw some knowledge on this for me to know when a boiler need to be opened.
Thanks
Yeah Scott ..I look forwArd to doing just that thanks.You can go on manufacturer training days. Usually it’s free (you may not earn any money that day)
Go on as many as you can
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