Heating engineers are classed as key workers and are providing quotes as long as no one in your household has Coronavirus symptoms and social distancing guidelines are followed. So, you can set it to switch off at, say, 11 p.m. every night and come on at 7 a.m. every weekday (and 8 a.m. at weekends). (I suppose that is normal!!! If the heating on the boiler is set to 'ON', then if the thermostat is turned down to 15C, for example, the heating will still come on if the room temperature falls below 15C. Reply Prev of 2. If you have a remote stat' that this needs resetting or if signal being interfered with, turn off internet hub/router for now. Alternatively, contact a Gas Safe registered engineer. Had to turn the power to the boiler off to stop it running. You can set the on and off times for every day of the week. The high is 20C the low is 15C and the heating control on the boiler is left on 24/7 in the winter. It is 828E Turbomax Plus. It came back with a status code of S.31 and that is it. Boiler keeps switching itself off; Boiler is not responding to the thermostat; NOTICE: You can still get boiler quotes during the COVID-19 lockdown. I have noticed in the last week that, when i put temp up to switch radiators on, or switch the hot water on, the rads or water get hot (mabye 20-30 mins? It’s best to have an engineer come and take a … The system is controlled by a "Lifestyle 711" timeswitch (standard two timer on /offs per day program))and I have a single thermastat in the hall. Original Poster. Even it is the heating floor calling for heat, the boiler will burn gas for about 5 seconds before it gives up. 4. 30 seconds. Show More. Unstable flame is always a threat for boiler furnace explosion, which can lead to a large outage of boiler and loss. 2 Next Reply Author. 85 months. Restarts after about 10 minutes for about 1 minute then shuts off again. Im sure my thermostat is OK since I tried with 2 different ones. It just keeps trying to cycle, sometimes igniting for approx. A wiring issue could also be the cause for your boiler not turning off. The above are things you can check yourself, any of the above would stop your boiler from staying on. I read that 180 degrees was like the upper limit, so I was thinking maybe the boiler turns off to let the water cool down. ponymath. But before that you need to know about combi boilers and how they work. Hence it has become a practice of all boiler designers to interlock purging the boiler with boiler start-up. ... the boiler turns off, the water cools down to say 60 and the boiler starts again to repeats the cycle without any useful heat ever having been taken out. The radiators are heating up fine and there is hot water, so there is heat going through the system. We've had the boiler running for three showers and general washing and haven't had a problem with that. Actually, I'm not sure if it actually turns all the way off. I did this with the boiler on and off, same result. My central heating comprises a Baxi Duo-Tec Combi HE with a Honeywell Evohome Controller (latest Wifi version), wireless relay box (BDR91) and 6 Radiator Controllers (HR92). Turn off the cold supply into the boiler there is an on/off valve on the cold in at the top of the boiler. Well if you have a combi boiler that keeps firing up randomly, then you need to think about it. I have had a very good friend who is a registered boiler engineer but thought id get some other opinions before shelling out more money. Hi there, First time posting so hope can be of assistance. None of the pipes leaving the boiler are getting hot when it does this. Radiators cold downstairs and room stat 20C set 21.5C. Mend - boiler, keeps, turning, off: Answers will appear here when the question above is answered. I have replaced the timer but it still keeps happening. We had a short power cut in our street on Fri … As long as it keeps on working properly and we have a constant supply of hot water and heat as required, there is little to be done in the way of maintenance, apart from the annual check. This will just prove if there is a possibility of a leak somewhere that you cant see, if it stops you have a leak somewhere if not will go to the next stage. We had to turn off every radiator and then turn each one on in turn in order to force the air through into the radiators so we could bleed the system successfully. While this may not seem like a big issue during these warmer months, it is best to fix a boiler that keeps switching itself off before winter arrives so that you can guarantee it stays working when you really need it. I switched the boiler off and then on again and pressed i. So like the title said, my boiler keeps turning on and off. Boiler keeps shutting off I have a 140 000 BTU Olsen boiler, it ran fine for the first hour last night then started acting up. Should have 1 rad without a auto thermostat valve so boiler can cool itself by firing up and pumping water through radiator. I set the temp at 76 F on the wall thermastat and 180 degrees for the boiler (heard that was the optium temp for efficency). Check your system’s pressure gauge and repressurise the boiler if it is set below 1. Make sure all the rad valves are open. All modern boilers come with a timer on them, usually on a separate panel that’s wired up to the boiler itself. Flicked the power isolation off, held the tester on the pump cables, switched the power back on and the lights lit up on the tester for a split second, then off again. Other things it might be and will need a Gas safe engineer to … Burnham gas fired boiler starts up, only to shut off after several minutes, flame and circulator. Discussion. ), then the boiler cuts off and keeps re-starting. It’s an unpleasant, shocking sound, but rest assured that it’s not going to happen: kettling cannot make your boiler explode! Our boiler was doing that when we got an air-lock somewhere in the pipe system so the water was only doing a very short circuit. on on on off on on on off.. pressure seems fine, 1.5 to 1.8 bar is ok With that boiler, the main heat exchanger surrounds the combustion chamber, so can't be easily removed to flush it. Hi, I hope that some kind soul out there might help me with a Problem with a Worcester 24cdi combi boiler. There are many causes that can contribute to boiler flame failure. ). And when water comes into contact with the super hot heat exchanger, steam bubbles are created, which then erupt noisily. But a while later it turned the boiler off when turned down from 4 -3. Maintaining a good flame in a boiler is the key to a good boiler performance. Boiler firing intermittently - Any Ideas? Boiler breakdown In more serious cases, big air bubbles start to pop and create such loud banging noises that it can feel like the boiler is going to fall off the wall. Crazy boiler - off on off on ALL THE TIME! Any ideas? It fires up, stays on for a few mins, goes off for a few mins + then does it again. Repeats process but never gets water to temperature. As is the case with most appliances, tampering with wires can be dangerous. My boiler keeps firing up even though the timer for hot water and central heating is switched to Off. ravenheatcsi85 boiler heating keeps firing up and then turning off but hot water is ok david goodwin April 2009: There is more help available. Issues with your boiler’s wiring. Sep 7, 2007 #1 Over the last few days our central heating boiler has been acting very strangely indeed. If your boiler is failing to fire up and just going into lock-out, it could be a problem with the PCB (printed circuit board), but you can check this by testing with a vault meter to see if electricity is reaching the PCB whilst still remaining unresponsive. Friday 8th November 2013. If the boiler’s thermostat is faulty, it will allow the burners to stay on longer than it should, causing the heat exchanger to overheat. For the vast majority of the time, our boiler is something that we take for granted. boiler keeps turning off and on? There is an eco setting for something, but this isn't on. So the pump is not being powered up for some reason. I have a combi boiler + it keeps firing up when the heating + water are off. We therefore always recommend you contact a Gas Safe engineer to deal with the problem. If your boiler is turning on but keeps going off, the pressure could be low or there could be a blockage that is inhibiting the system. Combination boiler or combi boilers come being one of the most common types of … Thread starter stevegreen; Start date Sep 7, 2007; stevegreen Well-known Member. 7 posts. Book a repair Get a quote for a new boiler 10. I know that the cylinder in the airing cupboard is very warm when the boiler is firing and cools down when I turn the boiler off. We have a two level thermostat and that is how ours is designed to work. The thermeter on it says that the water is hitting around 180 degrees. Hi. Checked the programmer and both heating and hot water were off, the boiler was still running. I have a problem with a Baxi Bermuda 57/4E back boiler which is about 10 years old. is the light mainly off, then flashes briefly? Hello. According to the manual the light blinks green if warmstart is on if hot water is being requested. What are combi boilers? Fault 4: Boiler not firing/Going into lock-out. If the boiler system pressure is lower than 1 bar your system should be re-pressurized, it can be done by following the steps below: 1.Find connections of the filling valve under the boiler 2. Water temperature on boiler is set too high. After turning it on, the boiler start to run under the same pattern: on and off every 30 seconds or so. off off off on off off off on.. or is the light mainly on, then goes out briefly? After a few minutes of being on continually, it keeps firing up and then off again every couple of minutes until the room thermostat stops calling for heat. There are many reasons that a boiler switches itself off, but here are just some of the common causes. The boiler thermostat didnt stop the boiler when it was reduced until is was all the way to minimum. The needle on the gauge optimally should be located between 1 - 1.5 bar when the boiler is in an off position and has cooled down to room temperature. Baxi boiler keeps firing up and going off every 3 seconds? 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