Potterton Technical Department told Me 20 years ago when I queried this regarding My own Boiler that the Boiler Casing can reach a Temperature of 95 Degrees - This is `Totally O.K.` as far as they were concerned - But I would imagine that this would NOT be allowed if Designed Nowadays.
I am a Heating Engineer and I have still got the Potterton Netaheat Electronoc 10 / 16 Boiler - Working Perfectly.
I realise that as a Heating Professional I SHOULD have replaced it with a High Efficiency Boiler - BUT I don`t want a Boiler that WILL Malfunction who knows how many times in its lifetime - Which will NOT be anything like 20 Years plus !
CHRIS
October 2011