serviced this a few days ago and the thermocouple fell apart when i brushed it so fitted new what a pig in unaccessible place - just got called back to it the overheat stat has failed i must have knocked the wires when fitting the thermocouple - they were brittle and when removing the cover...
fitted a few of these as the landlord gets them cheap dont know if anyone else has come accross this phoned glowworm and they dont know.
if the boiler rises to 2.5 bar it iluminates the flame lockout light and the boiler goes into pump over run untill the pressure drops eg if boiler cools...
hey guys,
moved into new property couple weeks back and woohay the boiler has packed in!:willy_nilly:
seems to be the fan and got a quote to replace for £230 including fitting.
Does this seem a reasonable price??
boiler is a glowworm ultimate (quite old).
cheers!
Hi new to this but have looked for similar everywhere and no joy! I have a glowworm betacom 30 5 years old. All hot water taps are ok apart from shower mixer, no hot water but when I run the hot tap a bit as well, the shower goes hot. I have replaced the mixer so won't be that and have checked...
Has anyone any experience of these. It's an OF boiler, I was after the manual if anyone has a copy? Long shot I know. I rang glowworm earlier for one and their reply was "oh gosh"!
More to the point I've AR'd the boiler due to the flue, the current set up is, it comes off the boiler in rigid...
Hi Guys,
I was wondering if you could give me some help/suggestions to solve the following problem i have:
I have a conventional boiler as per title, i have a been having problems with hot water to my taps or lack of it!! My boiler works fine and heats radiators but there is only a small...
hi have a glowworm ultimate 50 ff just changed fan and air pressure switch ran like a sweetie for 3 days then died suddenly 2 lights showing on pcb power not at fan any help would be a blessing dont think its pcb but been trying to get through to technical all day yesterday more chance getting a...
I have been called out to look at a job where the customer has insufficent hot water from there bath tap, they can increse the heat in the bath tap (built in the wall mixer) by opening the cold on there basin while running a bath. After checking the other hot outlets I belive the hot is not...
Just returnedfrom a breakdown on a GW CXI 30. At first, all looked in working order - pump,fan, gas valve and ignition but no 'burner on' (f1 fault - goes withoutsaying). Checked working pressure at inlet, was getting a noticeable drop whengas valve energises, fan seems fine (getting forced air...
fitted new diverter repair kit to a cxi today slightly fiidly getting the lh side in due to space but what is the left hand part - looks like some form of fitting tool
Does anyone know if you can upgrade the standard pump for a more powerful one? The system has 21 rads on it some are too hot to touch whilst others are only just getting aired? Any advice would be much appreciated
thanks, Liam
Hopefully someone can give me a clue on this as its driving me nuts lol!
We have a salus RT500RF controlling our glowworm 30 boiler, it works fine for hot water but heating the radiators is a problem.
It works on the heating for a day and then almost every night it stops, I then have to turn...
My Glowworm Hideaway 80B FF boiler cuts out frequently -several times a day. The green reset light comes on and further operation requires the reset procedure - turning the control knob OFF then ON.
Manual reset does re-ignite the boiler but sometimes ignition seems difficult - firing occurs on...
went to look at one of these today,what a total heap does anyone fit them looks a nightmare to work on,turns out it was out of water,f9 flagged up whats the crack with a digi WP gauge? do i need gaskets or a big hammer to service it?
Hi got a Glowworm combi there hot water luke warm untill you turn the tap right down them it gets hot, thermostats workin as when i turn it up it gets hot then when i turn it down it gets colder but you cannot get hot water when the tap is on full, cold pressure to the boiler is 3 bar, anyone...
Why, when following the fault finding guide in the M/I's of a Micron 40FF does it suggest checking 6 LED's when the board appears to only have 2 LED's? I think the lights illuminate in conjunction with the ignition sequence.