Ideal logic + fga test point

[leelister6]

What is this all about?! None of the probes fit in this ridiculous little orifice! Just fitted one of these boilers for a builder and luckily I could get me probe in the flue (ooer missus!) from outside but what's a boy to do if the terminal is out of reach? (Got Kane 455 cpa1 kit by the way)

 

[sparky]

Fitted a site of 10 of these and had to test from ouitside. While ago now, was the probe too long or inaccessible i cant remember now.

 

[bob the plumber]

haha theres no test point, well i couldnt find it last week when i put one in. had to get on the ladders and test from the termination point 🙂 bit of a bugger.

 

[leelister6]

Too small for any of the probes. It's located on top of the boiler, not on the flue elbow and looks a bit like a car tyre valve

 

[bob the plumber]

haha theres no test point, well i couldnt find it last week when i put one in. had to get on the ladders and test from the termination point 🙂 bit of a bugger.

wrong boiler excuse my comment 🙂

 

[sparky]

I used a testo and there was a reason why i couldnt test from inside.

 

[diamondgas]

I use a bit of gauge tube over the pipe and cover the whole of the end of the probe beyond the side slots ... It analyses the flue gasses no problemo 😀

 

[mikeygas]

Same as DiamondGas, stick your gauge tube over the test point on top of the boiler and then sleeve the end of the FGA probe to cover the slots.

 

[metaldust9]

yep had the same thing on the isar had to use gauge pipe as above

 

[leelister6]

Well that's just stupid innit!? I wonder if anyone at Ideal has seen an analyser! Cheers for the tips lads. Mite just knock meself an adaptor up next week cos I can see me comin across a lot of these with their poncy 5 year guarantee!!

 

[bikerbas]

As above use a rubber tube test point on top next to flue just unscrew cap,If you get stuck again use the rubber pipe off your manometer fits perfect

 

[diamondgas]

Well that's just stupid innit!? I wonder if anyone at Ideal has seen an analyser! Cheers for the tips lads. Mite just knock meself an adaptor up next week cos I can see me comin across a lot of these with their poncy 5 year guarantee!!

There are quite a few boilers now that use this method for obtaining fga! Worcester amongst them! Personaly I think the logic is a good design 1st impressions. Hopefully this will turn out to be one of Ideal's better models 🙂

 

[Ryster]

As above, point is found on the top of the boiler, front left. Thin rubber tube inside the casing takes the gasses to the point.Rothenberger do a very small bore orange hosing, costs a few quid and slips over my FGA probe and nicely over the boiler test point.Also be careful when tightening the cap back on, the metal is very soft, as I found out a few months back. Had to turn boiler off for the day until I got the replacement kit from plumb centre.

 

[leelister6]

But wouldn't you have thought they'd make the test point to accomodate the standard friggin probes?! Or are we gonna have to spunk out more cash for a new set?

 

[GrahamM]

But wouldn't you have thought they'd make the test point to accomodate the standard friggin probes?! Or are we gonna have to spunk out more cash for a new set?

The standard tube of my works TPI fits perfectly on these test points. Surely that is not the crappy TPI getting one up on the other brands?:hurray: