FAULT:
NO HOT WATER, STRANGE WATER GURGLING NOISE FROM THE BOILER AND LOUD BANGING NOISE COUPLED WITH THE SLOW FLASHING BLUE LIGHT ( OFF LONGER THAN ON ) AND A FLASHING RESET LIGHT.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
THE PLUMBER TOLD ME THE BOILER CONDENSER PIPE WAS BLOCKED , PROBABLY WITH ICE ( RECENT WEATHER SNOW AND -5 DEGREES ). THE CONDENSER PIPE IS THE WHITE PLASTIC PIPE WHICH LEAVES THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE BOILER EXITS THROUGH YOUR EXTERIOR WALL HAS A 90 DEGREE BEND ON IT OUTSIDE , THE PIPE THEN FALLS INTO A DRAINPIPE/DRAIN.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
BOIL A KETTLE OF HOT WATER, GO OUTSIDE AND FIND WHERE THE CONDENSER PIPE ( SMALL DIAMETER APPROX 20MM) PIPE EXITS THE WALL. POUR THE HOT WATER OVER THE PIPE. IF ICE IS BLOCKING THE PIPE THIS SHOULD MELT IT. ( YOU MAY NEED TO REPEAT WITH TWO OR MORE KETTLES OF HOT WATER.)
PRESS THE RESET BUTTON ON THE BOILER AND AWAIT THE START UP SEQUENCE. THE BOILER WILL LIGHT UP THE GREEN FLAME LIGHT WILL LIGHT UP AND THE BLUE LIGHT ON THE CONTROL PANEL WILL STAY LIT. YOU WILL HEAR THE BOILER LIGHT UP AND START. THE RED RESET LIGHT WILL NOW BE OFF.
IF THIS DOES NOT FIX THE FAULT YOU WILL MOST LIKELY NEED TO CALL OUT YOUR PLUMBER.
GOOD LUCK!
PS
IF THIS DOES NOT WORK , I WOULDN'T ADVISE TINKERING WITH THE BOILER, CONTACT A PLUMBER.
NIGEL
January 2010
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