Boiler fault finding

[bassmonster]

Hello all,
I'm finding this site rather informative :

Top Tips and Tricks for the Professional Boiler and Heating Engineer

Is it worth paying £10 for an annual subscription for all the other bits and pieces?

Does anyone have any other links/literature on diagnostics?
I'm particularly interested in knowing about what resistance certain components should be and how to measure them.

 

[jtsplumbing]

You get all this information from boiler manufacture for free. get on some free boiler courses.

 

[bassmonster]

thanks JTS...

 

[ed209]

From what I've read I would say it's worth a tenner if your not very experienced in fault finding, I find most boiler manufactures training days never live up to my expectations, best one I have ever been on was a mobile WB one outside PTS approx six years ago, told us about fan pressures and the need not to strip down greenstars unnecessary and how to adjust co2 etc on the various models, backed up by handouts of the fan & co2 settings of the model range

 

[Rabbitman]

The Vaillant level 1 ecotec is very basic, I had to sit in on one recently and all they got to do is play with the D codes.............

 

[arran197]

Baxi Duo Tec course is good. I've been every year for the last 3 years. The company just sends me there, so I get paid to sit and go back over the same old stuff.

 

[stevetheplumber]

electric gas and water are my first three checks its amazing how just making sure all three are present can save time and dont belive anything a customer tells you times ive been trying to sort out why a boiler wont light and the tennant tells you yes theres gas i topped up yesterday when you go to meter it turns out they are in arrears and yesterdays tenner has all gone

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

electric gas and water are my first three checks its amazing how just making sure all three are present can save time and dont belive anything a customer tells you times ive been trying to sort out why a boiler wont light and the tennant tells you yes theres gas i topped up yesterday when you go to meter it turns out they are in arrears and yesterdays tenner has all gone

No gas at metre was the main fault with HA properties!!

 

[ed209]

Second best one I went on was Glowworm via City plumbing, not very informative but good food and credited £100 City plumbing account