What law is it that causes things to fail when you can't go out and get spares? Friday night at 6pm I noticed that it seemed a bit cold, bl**dy freezing in fact. Boiler not firing, not even attempting to. Quick check that no trips had gone and that there was gas in the tank and then out with the DVM and wiring diagrams. After a false start with a wire loose in a choc block it turned out to be an O/C motor on a valve. No movement and hence no operation of the microswitch. By a great deal of luck I had a spare motorised valve in the garage left over from an automatic watering system that had been there for ages in the " it will come in handy one day " drawer. It did, phew! I'm going to use this incident for years to come to explain to my wife why I have a garage full of junk, useful items.............................
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15 years ago