Worcester junior 28i

[king of pipes]

My pet hate boilers in lofts 😡 I agreed to service my neighbours not been touched for 8 years not a wise move on a Saturday pita to work on especially up there Heat ex is showing signs of leakage snapped the over heat stat off ffs another trip out, got it sorted time to chill out .

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Least you got the baffles out in regards to the hex might be water has got in via the air and it finds it way down into there tell tell is white marks / dust on the fan elbow swivel thing

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Out of interest, what did you use to clean the Hex? I went on a training course years ago with Worcester, they advised a sports cap bottle and use it as a spray.

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Least you got the baffles out in regards to the hex might be water has got in via the air and it finds it way down into there tell tell is white marks / dust on the fan elbow swivel thing

What do the baffles do in this instance? Is it for heat retention? 🤔

 

[ShaunCorbs]

What do the baffles do in this instance? Is it for heat retention? 🤔

Yes the top would just get hot with the baffles it adds resistance and keeps the hot air around instead of just loosing it out the flue also gives it more time to condense / chance of

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Out of interest, what did you use to clean the Hex? I went on a training course years ago with Worcester, they advised a sports cap bottle and use it as a spray.

Worcester white bog brush and clean water after to wash it down

 

[king of pipes]

Out of interest, what did you use to clean the Hex? I went on a training course years ago with Worcester, they advised a sports cap bottle and use it as a spray.

I use a plant spray bud gets right in there wash and flush it out with the wand end and more controllable . Kop

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

You're lucky the fan didn't go on you with the power being off 🙄😂

 

[king of pipes]

Got away with that one bud heat ex is of more of a worry as a top up is needed every few months and nothing visible except around the seam of the heat cell doesn't help being in the loft either .

You're lucky the fan didn't go on you with the power being off

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Got away with that one bud heat ex is of more of a worry as a top up is needed every few months and nothing visible except around the seam of the heat cell doesn't help being in the loft either .

I've got a customers who's is very similar, but there's has done it from being about 2 years old. I service it every year, yet it never really seems to get any worse. It's crusted around the top like yours, however they don't have any pressure problems and it never really seems to get any worse. It's about 6/7 years old now.

 

[king of pipes]

I've got a customers who's is very similar, but there's has done it from being about 2 years old. I service it every year, yet it never really seems to get any worse. It's crusted around the top like yours, however they don't have any pressure problems and it never really seems to get any worse. It's about 6/7 years old now.

This one's 8 years old gave it a good service stripped it all down throughly cleaned a new gasket, electrode's and replaced the limit stat which fell apart . Hopefully it will be ok ☺️

 

[Scott_D]

I have one in my house.
I don’t strip them down as something always breaks