Evening all.
Can anyone help me with a bit of advice.
We “inherited“ a Potterton Prima 60F boiler (which we were told in 2013 was 3/4 years old). It turns out after checking Serial number with Potterton that it was manufactured in 2003.
Had it regularly serviced but a few weeks ago it failed to come on in the morning. I found the over temperature reset - pressed it and it restarted.
Failed several more times so the Service chap checked it over when he came and said he though that the flue was the problem.
Normally I have hot water and heating on from 7.00am to 9.00am and then hot water 4.00pm to 6.00pm with heating 4.00pm to 9.00pm.
I changed the timings and had hot water on 5.00am to 7.00am. Today, for example, hot water worked ok but no heating when we got up - had to reset again.
After service it has still continued to fail and the chap is currently looking to quote us for a replacement due to the age!
What I can’t understand is that it will work ok for a longish period then it will go off on the room stat but (now a couple of times a day) it has to be reset for it to restart.
Is there anything else anyone could suggest as to the cause of the problem? Could it be a faulty Boiler thermostat for example?
Any ideas would be welcome as sods law it’s happening on the coldest days of the year.
Kind Regards
David
Can anyone help me with a bit of advice.
We “inherited“ a Potterton Prima 60F boiler (which we were told in 2013 was 3/4 years old). It turns out after checking Serial number with Potterton that it was manufactured in 2003.
Had it regularly serviced but a few weeks ago it failed to come on in the morning. I found the over temperature reset - pressed it and it restarted.
Failed several more times so the Service chap checked it over when he came and said he though that the flue was the problem.
Normally I have hot water and heating on from 7.00am to 9.00am and then hot water 4.00pm to 6.00pm with heating 4.00pm to 9.00pm.
I changed the timings and had hot water on 5.00am to 7.00am. Today, for example, hot water worked ok but no heating when we got up - had to reset again.
After service it has still continued to fail and the chap is currently looking to quote us for a replacement due to the age!
What I can’t understand is that it will work ok for a longish period then it will go off on the room stat but (now a couple of times a day) it has to be reset for it to restart.
Is there anything else anyone could suggest as to the cause of the problem? Could it be a faulty Boiler thermostat for example?
Any ideas would be welcome as sods law it’s happening on the coldest days of the year.
Kind Regards
David
