Glow-Worm Micron 60FF fault
Danny Monaghan
house 6 months I've got nothing to give me a chance of diagnosing the
problem. It didn't help that I had to come to work, so I've not had time
to investigate further but I can't find a copy of the manual online.
The two green LED's on the panel are flashing, and the boiler is humming
like the fan is trying to start, but other than that nothing is
happening. I've tried powering off/on, but the fault stays.
Does anyone have a manual for this boiler they could let me have a copy
of by any chance, or some advice on this problem?
Any help would be most appreciated.
John Rumm
> Does anyone have a manual for this boiler they could let me have a copy
> of by any chance, or some advice on this problem?
See your email.
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Danny Monaghan
> Danny Monaghan wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a manual for this boiler they could let me have a
>> copy of by any chance, or some advice on this problem?
>
> See your email.
>
Thanks John.
I now know that the flashing LED's mean it has a 'Software Sequence Error'.
Now does that mean I've got a buggered PCB, or is it likely to be
something else?
Danny Monaghan
news:ffnkdn$ruk$1...@north.jnrs.ja.net:
>
> I now know that the flashing LED's mean it has a 'Software Sequence
> Error'.
>
> Now does that mean I've got a buggered PCB, or is it likely to be
> something else?
>
>
Ignore that - the fault is a 'Lighting Squence - Fan/APS' fault. I got my
flashing LED's wrong :)
What on earth does that error mean?
John Rumm
Sounds like the fan is not spinning up, or the air pressure switch is
not detecting it (obviously the control board can't tell the difference
between a knackered fan and the sensor).
Ed Sirett
These are not particulalry difficult boilers to fault find being about the
same level as a Pott. Profile.
...the boiler is humming like the fan is trying to start ...
Have you measured the supply to the fan?
Have you traced through the wiring diagram?
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geoff
<d.mon...@REMOVEshef.ac.uk> writes
>Our boiler has packed up this morning, and as we've only been in the
>house 6 months I've got nothing to give me a chance of diagnosing the
>problem. It didn't help that I had to come to work, so I've not had
>time to investigate further but I can't find a copy of the manual online.
>
>The two green LED's on the panel are flashing, and the boiler is
>humming like the fan is trying to start, but other than that nothing is
>happening. I've tried powering off/on, but the fault stays.
Sounds like your fan is ...
how should I say it ?
... shagged
prolly the bearing collapsed and the shaft rattling against the
laminations
Is the noise actually coming from the fan ?
it's the second one I've come across today
you might need my website
>
>Does anyone have a manual for this boiler they could let me have a copy
>of by any chance, or some advice on this problem?
>
>Any help would be most appreciated.
--
geoff
geoff
<d.mon...@REMOVEshef.ac.uk> writes
err ...
The fan is making a noise, the fault is coming up as a fan / APS fault
prolly a gas valve fault then (smiley would follow if I did them)
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geoff
geoff
<see.my.s...@nowhere.null> writes
>Danny Monaghan wrote:
>> Danny Monaghan <d.mon...@REMOVEshef.ac.uk> wrote in
>> news:ffnkdn$ruk$1...@north.jnrs.ja.net:
>>> I now know that the flashing LED's mean it has a 'Software Sequence
>>> Error'.
>>> Now does that mean I've got a buggered PCB, or is it likely to be
>>>something else?
>>>
>>>
>> Ignore that - the fault is a 'Lighting Squence - Fan/APS' fault. I
>>got my flashing LED's wrong :)
>> What on earth does that error mean?
>
>Sounds like the fan is not spinning up, or the air pressure switch is
>not detecting it (obviously the control board can't tell the difference
>between a knackered fan and the sensor).
>
It powers the fan and waits a finite time for the APS to register that
the fan is working, if it doesn't then it flags up an error state
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geoff
John Rumm
>> Sounds like the fan is not spinning up, or the air pressure switch is
>> not detecting it (obviously the control board can't tell the
>> difference between a knackered fan and the sensor).
>>
> Well, no - how can it ?
It can't.... which is what I said.
> It powers the fan and waits a finite time for the APS to register that
> the fan is working, if it doesn't then it flags up an error state
Indeed. We seem to agree ;-)
Danny Monaghan
>> Ignore that - the fault is a 'Lighting Squence - Fan/APS' fault. I got
>> my flashing LED's wrong :)
>>
>> What on earth does that error mean?
>
> Sounds like the fan is not spinning up, or the air pressure switch is
> not detecting it (obviously the control board can't tell the difference
> between a knackered fan and the sensor).
>
>
Ah Yes - obvious really, if only my brain had thought a bit, I'd have
worked out what APS meant!
Homer moment.
Danny Monaghan
> Sounds like your fan is ...
>
> how should I say it ?
>
> ... shagged
>
I tend to agree.
> prolly the bearing collapsed and the shaft rattling against the laminations
>
More an electrical hum from a fan refusing to spin really.
I've had a quick look and the fan isn't spinning - based on the fact the
vanes on the top of the fan are stationary, but I've not metered the
feed to the fan because my test meter picked exactly that moment to die
on me.
Someone is trying to tell me something here I think.
>
> it's the second one I've come across today
>
> you might need my website
You don't appear to have a Micron fan listed on your website.
geoff
<d.mon...@REMOVEshef.ac.uk> writes
>geoff wrote:
>
>> Sounds like your fan is ...
>> how should I say it ?
>> ... shagged
>>
>
>I tend to agree.
>
>> prolly the bearing collapsed and the shaft rattling against the laminations
>>
>
>More an electrical hum from a fan refusing to spin really.
... because its rattling against the laminations
>
>I've had a quick look and the fan isn't spinning - based on the fact
>the vanes on the top of the fan are stationary, but I've not metered
>the feed to the fan because my test meter picked exactly that moment to
>die on me.
>
>Someone is trying to tell me something here I think.
>
>> it's the second one I've come across today
>> you might need my website
>
>You don't appear to have a Micron fan listed on your website.
got some on the shelf though
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geoff