slowpoke

right, our boiler keeps lighting for say about a min and a half every 25 mins or so even though we have the central heating and hot water turned off all the time ????

should it be lighting up all the time like this ?

how do we stop the fooker ?

matt

Moonstone Steve.

iTrader: (2)

When you say the hot water is off, the boiler will fire up everytime you open the hot tap.

Steve.

slowpoke

tis weird because we have a emertion tank also, whenever you turn the hot water on for shower etc theres hot water from this tank but the boiler doesnt come on lol

Matt

Moonstone Steve.

iTrader: (2)

does the tank supply hot water to other parts of the house or is that sorted by the boiler.

slowpoke

dunno lol

we think that tank also does the central heating too

gas bill is going to be huge with it firing up all the time

Jon(M600BHP)

What make and model is the boiler m8?

Moonstone Steve.

iTrader: (2)

check with next door maybe they are getting free hot water lol.

Steve.

escossie560

Would say you have a system boiler linked to a thermal store by the descripion you give not a combi, if this is the case the boiler is firing to maintain to store temp.
But with no demand water/heating it sould not fire so often,maybe the control stat is starting to fail and is cycling in out

slowpoke

its all only just over a year old

boiler is a fernox classic se15 ff

underneath that on the wall is a siemens rwb29 control unit but everythings set to off on that

matt

escossie560

ok not a system boiler would say you have a control valve stuck open probabily on the hot water or you time clock is holding it on

slowpoke

i bet our gas bill is going to be fecking huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge

Jon(M600BHP)

Sounds like you have a wiring problem

Do you mean Ideal classic?

slowpoke

jon, yes it does say ideal on the casing but i would say far from that lol

so there is deffo something wrong somewhere ?

whats the little knob on the boiler control panel for numbered 1 to 6 ? it was on number 6 for the first month but ive just turned it down to 1 thi afternoon from number 3

matt

Jon(M600BHP)

Hi Matt thats a Boiler thermostat 1 lowest to 6 highest

If you turn HW+CH to off but turn the Boiler stat to 6, and see if the boiler comes on more frequent?

slowpoke

jon, on number 6 it was deffo coming on a lot more often ?

Jon(M600BHP)

The boiler aint in a garage is it?

slowpoke

no its in the kitchen in a cupboard

rapidcossie

an ideal classic is NOT a combi boiler.

There wil be an end switch stuck on a zone valve...

Cut the power to the boiler to sort in meantime and get a gas eng out to fix it.

Jon(M600BHP)

I would deffo say you have a timeclock/wiring problem, if it hasnt always done it(since you had the boiler fitted) it could be that the timeclock has gone to open circuit

slowpoke

its always done it since we moved in nearly 4 months ago

slowpoke

BTW whats a end switch and a zone valve ?

also all radiators that can be turned off are turned off, there is a temp control downstairs in the hall aswell ?

that set to about 15 degrees if i remember

matt

Jon(M600BHP)

Hi Matt it dont matter about any other controls(they all take feeds from Timeclock) if your timeclock hw+ch is set to off, nothing should come on

slowpoke

so something is fooked then

hopefully because we are renting we should get it sorted F.O.C then ?

matt

rapidcossie

As jon says nothing should come on if there is no "call" for heat.

This is an easy job for someone who knows what they are doing so shouldnt cost the earth.

Jon(M600BHP)

Deffo m8

rapidcossie

defo F>O>C mate as all reted propertys should have some kind of maintenance agrrement with a local gas company/brittish gas.