Hello and oh dear!

[allGreek2Me]

I've joined the forum as my boiler has just quit on me. I'd forgotten how cold a cold shower actually is!

I've no knowledge of boilers but I now know enough to say that I've got the wrong one (Idea isar HE type). Apparently these are particularly poor boilers.

Symptoms:
No control panel display. All fuses ok. Power traced to input of control board.

I'm an electronics engineer so I figure I could have a poke around on the control board but everything I've read seems to point to purchasing a new control unit, getting through the winter and then buying a better boiler.

I hadn't realised how little is known about the control boards in boilers. It appears that the manufactures are very good at not releasing any details.

It seems that the control boards can be bought a lot cheaper on ebay. Has anyone had any experience of doing this?

Cheers,

allGreek2Me

 

[fuzzy]

hello and welcome

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

I've joined the forum as my boiler has just quit on me. I'd forgotten how cold a cold shower actually is!

I've no knowledge of boilers but I now know enough to say that I've got the wrong one (Idea isar HE type). Apparently these are particularly poor boilers.

Symptoms:
No control panel display. All fuses ok. Power traced to input of control board.

I'm an electronics engineer so I figure I could have a poke around on the control board but everything I've read seems to point to purchasing a new control unit, getting through the winter and then buying a better boiler.

I hadn't realised how little is known about the control boards in boilers. It appears that the manufactures are very good at not releasing any details.

It seems that the control boards can be bought a lot cheaper on ebay. Has anyone had any experience of doing this?

Cheers,

allGreek2Me

(1)your right manufacturers dont like giving info,(2)your probably right your pcb is dead,make sure the orange one arrives as a replacement,(3)your correct again your boiler is tat,buy a potterton heatmax instead,its Superior to a ideal

 

[PlumbBobBob]

welcome along

 

[allGreek2Me]

I couldn't take another cold shower so I got a man in. £255 for the new control board fitted and guaranteed.

The old board had an obvious transformer fault. It had over heated and, no doubt, shorted one of the windings. Who knows what else got fried with it.

I'll check out the 'potterton heatmax'.

Cheers.

 

[GasmanxxxR1]

£255 isnt a bad price mate, i think the part alone cost £175

 

[allGreek2Me]

The guy seemed reasonable and he was aware that I'd checked out the web for pricing. Maybe that helped.

I have a question concerning 'Fernox F4' but I guess I should start a thread outside of the 'introductions'.

Thanks for the responses everyone.