Hi all i have just put some money in the gas meter (card type thingy) as it had ran out, and when i came to relight the boiler it wont light i can see i spark, and the gas fire works (so i know the gas is on). Does anybody know of what could be the problem i have a plumber (corgi reged) on hand but iam relucent to call him in if it is something simple. any help appreciated
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:06:34 +0000 (UTC), "Jason" scrawled:
That would be a CORGI reg'd gas installer then as plumbers don't require CORGI registration. ;)
Sorry, had to be done.
Is it lighting but then immediately going out again, or not lighting at all?
I assume you have a permanent pilot light on your boiler and its not an electronic ignition! You are trying to relight the pilot and you can see the spark from the manually operated spark generator through the sight glass, Yes (I assume) The pilot wont light. You have obviously ran out of gas before due to the quantum meter and managed to light the pilot yourself, ok. You need to get it looked at, better still get it serviced, and after its serviced get the engineer to show you him lighting the pilot from cold, to ensure you can relight it yourself when your credit runs out again.
When your gas ran out the pilot will still have been lit and would have continued to burn all the gas available. if you keep trying to light eventually the gas should purge back through. (hopefully)
HTH
Lee
Pedantic @ SJW Electrical
Sorry, had to be done.
ETV
Could be a knackered thermocouple, under a fiver for the part but =A340/hour to fit it!
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:23:59 +0100, "Eric The Viking" scrawled:
You rang?
Did you switch the boiler off at the plug and back on again? I had a boiler that after a gas cut something in the electronics had to be reset.
Ok thanks for all your help will get the plumber around tommorow (sorry gas installer) tried again to relight but no joy oh well. thanks again.
No i have not tried that yet, never had to do it in the past but worth ago. Have spoke to the gas installer again and he thinks it just needs purging (or something like that). many thanks
| Jason wrote: | > Hi all i have just put some money in the gas meter (card type thingy) as it | > had ran out, and when i came to relight the boiler it wont light i can see i | > spark, and the gas fire works (so i know the gas is on). | > Does anybody know of what could be the problem i have a plumber (corgi | > reged) on hand but iam relucent to call him in if it is something simple. | > any help appreciated | | Did you switch the boiler off at the plug and back on again? I had a | boiler that after a gas cut something in the electronics had to be reset.
Good advice! Almost everything now contains a computer, and all computers crash at times. Switch it off, wait 2 mins, switch it on again, reboots the computer, and cures *many* problems. :-)
Old Glowworms have a similar problem. Caused by condensed gungyness from the gas in the micro porous filter just below the pilot jet. It would light only with a match when cold, but was OK with the spark when warmed up.
One poster reckoned he fixed his by taking the pilot jet/filter out and heating it up with a blowlamp to clean the filter.
Just a possiblity.
rusty
Now then, lets see... what was that guy saying on the newsgroup just disconnect this and heat this up with a blowlamp..........BOOM!!!
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