Post by ian on Feb 22, 2015 8:41:56 GMT -5
Hi,
I hope someone might be able to help with this problem. I have a Powermax 140 Range boiler, its coming up on 13 years old and has been trouble free until recently. Last month it went into Lockout and would not re-set or re-light. I called in an engineer who, after 10 minutes on the phone to the Potterton tech help line, said it needed a new igniter, which he would have to order and come back to fit.
This he did at horrendous cost and it appeared to solve the problem. A few days later the boiler started to struggle to light. I could hear the pump/fan start up, then the igniter clicking. Most times it would light ok, but occasionally the lights and led's on the controller would flicker on and off and then the whole thing would go dark. A few minutes later the controller would light up again and the boiler would start.
This has been getting steadily worse and I am reluctant to call the engineer back, even thought the new igniter is under warranty. Its hard to have confidence in someone who spent a total of just 30 minutes on the boiler over the 2 days, and spent 10 minutes of that on the phone.
I hope someone might be able to help with this problem. I have a Powermax 140 Range boiler, its coming up on 13 years old and has been trouble free until recently. Last month it went into Lockout and would not re-set or re-light. I called in an engineer who, after 10 minutes on the phone to the Potterton tech help line, said it needed a new igniter, which he would have to order and come back to fit.
This he did at horrendous cost and it appeared to solve the problem. A few days later the boiler started to struggle to light. I could hear the pump/fan start up, then the igniter clicking. Most times it would light ok, but occasionally the lights and led's on the controller would flicker on and off and then the whole thing would go dark. A few minutes later the controller would light up again and the boiler would start.
This has been getting steadily worse and I am reluctant to call the engineer back, even thought the new igniter is under warranty. Its hard to have confidence in someone who spent a total of just 30 minutes on the boiler over the 2 days, and spent 10 minutes of that on the phone.