Odd label on Boiler

[Mark Carver]

A friend is puzzled by a symbol on his new boiler's control panel.

It shows a Top Hat and Ladder ? !

See picture:-

and what does it all mean ?

[Andy Burns]

[fred]

In article , Mark Carver writes

What does the manual say the buttons are for?

Chimney sweeps used to wear top hats I think and carry ladders so maybe there's some tenuous link to boiler servicing.

[Davey]

You could try here:

it's only for well-dressed climbers?

[YAPH]

...

Oddly some Worcester-Bosch boilers have both a spanner symbol on one control and the top hat and ladder on another (both test/maintenance mode controls). I was baffled by the top hat ones - I wondered if I was seeing it wrong. Nice to have some sort of explanation, though you'd have hoped organisations with a large UK presence might have clued up to the obscurity of the German chimney-sweep logo.

[Thomas Prufer]

Yup. Generally the switch has the boiler run at full output, and dump the heat in the heating system, summer or not. The chimney sweep here usually doesn't bother, but just turns up the hot water while he does the required CO/CO2/Oxygen/temperature thing on the flue gasses, and comes up with an efficiency. Used to have an hourglass thingy with liquid innit and a squeeze ball and tables and all, now just has a boxy thing in a case with LCD display. Used to have a cash register strip printout, now goes straight to Excel or whatever.

And he does wear a black outfit like the one in the article, but no top hat. He does come with a little ladder to get him up the last bit on the chimney with his brushes and ropes and all.

Thomas Prufer

[Roger Mills]

been seen for several years.

Anyone know what happened to him?

[Andy Burns]

I know, I remembered something being posted about the chimney sweep icon and sought it out ...

Last here ~3 years ago? He seems to have gone to the dark side ...

younger than I imagined he would]

[ARWadsworth]

You never saw the photos of the group meet?

Does anyone know whereabouts in cyberspace they are?

[Andrew Gabriel]

They're here (but taken bu Geoff, not me)...

[Andy Burns]

[Andrew Gabriel]

Years ago when I worked for GPT, they produced a piece of equipment which had green light to indicate all was OK, a thumbs-up sign shape. Anyway, it turns out that in some European country, thumbs-up means f**k-you.

[ARWadsworth]

I have never heard that one! I am used to the Europeans not knowing the V sign.

[geoff]

He's still around

he ordered a pcb from me a couple of months ago

[geoff]

The poor quality ones I rook with my camcorder?

I think that andrew gabriel has hosted them somewhere

[ARWadsworth]

Thanks Andrew.

A shame that the meets are too far away for me. Although I have had the pleasure to call in and meet some regular posters around the country when work takes me near to where they live.

[Andy Champ]

Apparently thumbing a lift in Greece can be hazardous. Though from what I hear of their driving it may not be the sign that's the problem

And that one supposedly comes from the French treatment for English archers - cut off two of their fingers and they can't shoot any more.

Andy

[Jules Richardson]

You press + and - simultaneously to put the boiler's control computer into 'game mode'. Choose from Monopoly or Donkey Kong.

[florenceandamelia]

What the absolute HELL is this top hat and ladder? WOW, I mean, its bad eno ugh we don't have any heating, whats worse is we can't understand a thing t hats going on because were not in the monopoly game. Why? I can't understan d, I am not a monopoly sized human, nor thimble, nor boot, nor battle ship. Please send help, SOS.

[Andy Burns]

Maybe it's a German boiler and it refers to sending a chimney sweep up onto the roof? maybe you press those two buttons together to disable the boiler during flue cleaning?