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Start-up Bangs & shut-down pops AFTER service.
Potterton Boiler C50/15 (circa 1972?)
Our Potterton stopped firing and we had a GasSafe bloke diagnose a new Honeywell V4400 valve & thermocouple. Fitted these and now it fires-up, silently.
I can hear the boiler stat click. Yet, every 10-15th ignition, (so not consistently) you’ll hear a real ‘Wompf!”.
On shut-down, as much as 5-6 secs later you’ll hear a little “Pop”. But I think it always did “Pop’ at shutdown, but I’m not sure.
I got the impression our GasSafe bloke had never seen a Potterton before, I don’t think he had experience. But I watched him strip it down, There’s not much else in there.
It’s a valve. Do we:
1) Call him back to sort this, he clearly has no clue?
2) Call in another bloke?
I’m worried about option 1) I want a bloke that knows more about this thing than me. I feel i shoudl cut my loses and go with 2) but how do I find the right bloke?
Potterton Boiler C50/15 (circa 1972?)
Our Potterton stopped firing and we had a GasSafe bloke diagnose a new Honeywell V4400 valve & thermocouple. Fitted these and now it fires-up, silently.
I can hear the boiler stat click. Yet, every 10-15th ignition, (so not consistently) you’ll hear a real ‘Wompf!”.
On shut-down, as much as 5-6 secs later you’ll hear a little “Pop”. But I think it always did “Pop’ at shutdown, but I’m not sure.
I got the impression our GasSafe bloke had never seen a Potterton before, I don’t think he had experience. But I watched him strip it down, There’s not much else in there.
It’s a valve. Do we:
1) Call him back to sort this, he clearly has no clue?
2) Call in another bloke?
I’m worried about option 1) I want a bloke that knows more about this thing than me. I feel i shoudl cut my loses and go with 2) but how do I find the right bloke?
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