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Potterton profile 60e not firing-up?

my potterton profile 60e has been struggling to fire-up from cold. fan ran for short time and stopped. Eventually, the fan continued long enough for the boiler to fire-up ( ater about 7 attempts ). However, now there is only a humming sound & no fan running.
Does this indicate a fautly Air pressure switch or fan problem.
Also, is the fan motor itself a replacement component or do you have to replace the whole fan assembly. Boiler was new in 1994.
Any thoughts or experience welcome.

Trev
July 2010

Potterton Potterton Profile 60e Heating, Home Heating Systems Boiler Faulty Potterton

Try a squirt of WD40 on the fan bearings - "humming" may mean a stalled fan- motor windings OK but bearings gummed up.

As far as I know it is not possible to replace just the fan motor.

If the fan is not running then the air pressure switch does not operate - you can therefore discount any air pressure switch problems until the fan is working correctly.

I am not qualified or experienced with respect to boilers - my advice is next to worthless - Gas Safe Engineers sneer at me and call me an unqualified muppet - take my advice with caution.

Peccavi
July 2010