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jps14
Hi guys
Sorry to be asking a question without posting before but I can see you guys know your stuff so just wanted to pick your brains if you don't mind. I've tried searching but haven't managed to find out what the problem could be yet.
I have a Saunier Duval F24e combi boiler which is about 10 years old in my house. It warms up and works ok but then once it has cooled for the evening, it is not able to fire up again the following day. The bar level indicator is flashing with the minimum amount showing and the red fault indicator light flashes. If I turn the boiler off and on again it will try to fire up but then the light flashes again and nothing happens and does the same thing again straight away.
However, if I open the little blue valve at the bottom of the boiler for about 10 seconds, a tiny bit of water comes out and you can hear it is letting air out (or taking air in?) of the system and the pressure bar quickly fills back up again. Like I said this only takes about 10 seconds. Once I have done this and turned the boiler off and on again, it starts up absolutely fine and provides heating around the house. But once it has cooled down, I have to repeat this process the following day as the pressure bar drops to 0.5 and flashes. It has been like this for a couple of weeks now. It will work fine throughout the day when it is in use (I have a Nest learning thermostat) but once it hasn't been used overnight, this happens.
What do you think it could be that is causing this? It sounds like a fairly common problem with these but I am yet to find a solution before calling someone out
Thanks in advance
Josh
Sorry to be asking a question without posting before but I can see you guys know your stuff so just wanted to pick your brains if you don't mind. I've tried searching but haven't managed to find out what the problem could be yet.
I have a Saunier Duval F24e combi boiler which is about 10 years old in my house. It warms up and works ok but then once it has cooled for the evening, it is not able to fire up again the following day. The bar level indicator is flashing with the minimum amount showing and the red fault indicator light flashes. If I turn the boiler off and on again it will try to fire up but then the light flashes again and nothing happens and does the same thing again straight away.
However, if I open the little blue valve at the bottom of the boiler for about 10 seconds, a tiny bit of water comes out and you can hear it is letting air out (or taking air in?) of the system and the pressure bar quickly fills back up again. Like I said this only takes about 10 seconds. Once I have done this and turned the boiler off and on again, it starts up absolutely fine and provides heating around the house. But once it has cooled down, I have to repeat this process the following day as the pressure bar drops to 0.5 and flashes. It has been like this for a couple of weeks now. It will work fine throughout the day when it is in use (I have a Nest learning thermostat) but once it hasn't been used overnight, this happens.
What do you think it could be that is causing this? It sounds like a fairly common problem with these but I am yet to find a solution before calling someone out
Thanks in advance
Josh