Vulcan Continental Boiler Not Firing
John Huckerby
The pilot light is on but will not fire. The Randall 4033 timer is old and
has been slowing down/stopping.
So, I had resorted to manually advancing it to an ON position which has been
fine for about a month.
I have just replaced the timer with a new one and the boiler still fails to
fire.
So, I guess that it was nothing to do with the timer.
The whole system is approx 23 years old.
What else could it be?
John Huckerby
But still no hot water.
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raden
<john_h...@nospam.hotmail.com> writes
being alight, I'm not familiar with it.
Is the thermocouple on the pilot flame?
If so, replace the thermocouple - a few quid
If this doesn't work, then, it's probably the gas valve either stuck or
knackered (is the solenoid open circuit, are you getting volts to the
solenoid?)
--
geoff
raden
<john_h...@nospam.hotmail.com> writes
>Managed to get the boiler to fire for CH. Room thermostat was turned down!
Nice trick
>
>But still no hot water.
Diverter valve knacked?
>
>"John Huckerby" <john_h...@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Last night my Vulcan Continental floor standing boiler stopped working.
>>
>> The pilot light is on but will not fire. The Randall 4033 timer is old
>and
>> has been slowing down/stopping.
>>
>> So, I had resorted to manually advancing it to an ON position which has
>been
>> fine for about a month.
>>
>> I have just replaced the timer with a new one and the boiler still fails
>to
>> fire.
>>
>> So, I guess that it was nothing to do with the timer.
>>
>> The whole system is approx 23 years old.
>>
>> What else could it be?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
--
geoff
John Huckerby
But now the thermocouple appears to have gone as the pilot light won't stay
lit.
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