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Over the past couple ofweeks, my Energysaver 40e boiler has been making loud "booming" noises after it's been on for about 10-15 mins.
After having removed some of the covers and stood in front of the boiler and watched the events, this what is happening:
When the boiler switches on everything is OK until about 10-15 mins and then suddenly the blue flames (looking through the peep hole) are extinguised. This is accompanied by a loud booming noise, which, if I have the metal cover in place, caused the cover to bow outwards. This is obviously due to an increase in pressure inside the boiler case behind the cover.
Now to the left of the boiler there is what I assume to be the gas inlet pipe (which isn't actually connected to the boiler - there is a 1" gap between a rigid black pipe ending in a nossle of some sort and the boiler itself) but I'm assuming this is where the gas is forced into the boiler.
With the front cover removed thus exposing the gas and water pipes in the case, I noticed this morning that when the boiler flames go out, the area in this 1" free space ignites briefly in a blue / orange flame. This I suspect is the cause of the pressure build-up with the front cover in place.
A couple of seconds after these events, the gas supply switches on again, the spark clicks and the flame in the boiler ignites normally.
The black pipe goes into a device under the boiler, which is also connected to the gas copper pipe.
I'm going to call BG to look at this later today, but so as I get the technical terms correct, can someone please offer a suggestion as to what might be going wrong and what I should get BG to look at?
I used to have the BG 3* Central Heating cover until last Dec, but BG declined to renew it due to many problems they have been called out to with similar boiler installations on my housing estate.
Any idea what kind of cost I'm looking at?
TIA
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Over the past couple ofweeks, my Energysaver 40e boiler has been making loud "booming" noises after it's been on for about 10-15 mins.
After having removed some of the covers and stood in front of the boiler and watched the events, this what is happening:
When the boiler switches on everything is OK until about 10-15 mins and then suddenly the blue flames (looking through the peep hole) are extinguised. This is accompanied by a loud booming noise, which, if I have the metal cover in place, caused the cover to bow outwards. This is obviously due to an increase in pressure inside the boiler case behind the cover.
Now to the left of the boiler there is what I assume to be the gas inlet pipe (which isn't actually connected to the boiler - there is a 1" gap between a rigid black pipe ending in a nossle of some sort and the boiler itself) but I'm assuming this is where the gas is forced into the boiler.
With the front cover removed thus exposing the gas and water pipes in the case, I noticed this morning that when the boiler flames go out, the area in this 1" free space ignites briefly in a blue / orange flame. This I suspect is the cause of the pressure build-up with the front cover in place.
A couple of seconds after these events, the gas supply switches on again, the spark clicks and the flame in the boiler ignites normally.
The black pipe goes into a device under the boiler, which is also connected to the gas copper pipe.
I'm going to call BG to look at this later today, but so as I get the technical terms correct, can someone please offer a suggestion as to what might be going wrong and what I should get BG to look at?
I used to have the BG 3* Central Heating cover until last Dec, but BG declined to renew it due to many problems they have been called out to with similar boiler installations on my housing estate.
Any idea what kind of cost I'm looking at?
TIA
___________________________
lynda, moderator
may i also ask you read forum rule 9
