Any tips for a non plumber with no pilot light

ShaunCorbs

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• Sep 1, 2024

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Does the pilot light at all with both buttons pressed eg gas valve button and ignition ?

You have gas don’t you eg pre pay meter ?

 

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• Sep 1, 2024

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I can't see a gas valve button.....gonna Google it brb

I do not have pre pay, correct

 

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• Sep 1, 2024

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ShaunCorbs said:

Does the pilot light at all with both buttons pressed eg gas valve button and ignition ?

You have gas don’t you eg pre pay meter ?

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Found the button. Held it in whilst pressing the ignition, That sorted it!!!! Thank you very very much

 

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• Sep 2, 2024

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Me again. The pilot light whilst still on, can't have been the root cause
Still no hit water after having it on for 4 hours.

Any ideas please or Is it gas engineer time?

 

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• Sep 2, 2024

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cable_guy said:

Me again. The pilot light whilst still on, can't have been the root cause
Still no hit water after having it on for 4 hours.

Any ideas please or Is it gas engineer time?

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Pump on / running ?

 

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• Sep 2, 2024

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ShaunCorbs said:

Pump on / running ?

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Will check . Thank you

 

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• Sep 2, 2024

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ShaunCorbs said:

Pump on / running ?

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Pump appears to be on, but can't tell if it's running. It's a grundfos ups3 (manual attached) and it is showing a green light for I, and orange lights for II and III. I must confess I don't know what colours these lights are normally.

 

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• Sep 2, 2024

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Update: can now tell pump is running by listening carefully. I had my wife hold down the gas valve button for ages and I turned the hot water on and it's stayed on for 5 mins so far which is the longest we've managed to keep it on for so far.

 

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• Sep 2, 2024

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Which model of classic is it

 

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• Sep 2, 2024

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Gasmk1 said:

Which model of classic is it

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Not 100% sure, does this help?

 

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• Sep 3, 2024

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No just wanted to know the model so I could see the gas valve but think you will need to call someone out, as it could be a couple of things.

 

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• Sep 3, 2024

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Gasmk1 said:

No just wanted to know the model so I could see the gas valve but think you will need to call someone out, as it could be a couple of things.

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Thanks. Got someone coming tomorrow as part of my home emergency cover. Having said that it's been lit and heating the water for the past 24 hours now! Hope the engineer can see past that and find the fault.

 

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