Fuse repeatedly blowing on potterton Boiler Clock/Programmer

Jan 05, 2005 4 Replies
J

Hello All,


I'm a bit of a diy n00b, but I can at least change a fuse. So I felt bit foolish paying a central heating engineer £65 to get my heatin re-started when the problem turned out to by a dead 3amp fuse in th mains socket that the boiler programmer (Potterton EP2001) wa connected too.



However since he first visited in late December I have since woken u on three separate mornings to find the house cold, and fuse blow again.



Can anyone advise as to what is likely to be the cause of the fuse blowing?


-- jumblemo


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S

You have an intermittent short circuit somewhere in your heating equipment or wiring. I would start by looking at the pump - 'cos that's where water and electrics come closest to each other.

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B

An intermittent fault somewhere in the electrical system. How long does the fuse normally last after you replace it?

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J

I would think that the fan and the heating pump are the only high load items. Mine just cost me for a fan although the fuse never blew. The unit just would not fire-up at all.

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R

In message , jumblemo writes

Well, it's unlikely to be the programmer

Possibly the pump, maybe the fan

Of course, if you'd mentioned the model of boiler, further advice might have been possible

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