All of a sudden boiler stopped working - no hot water or central heating. Boiler in question is a IKON 60-80-CI Fanned Flue Boiler.
As the saying goes - I phoned a friend whose in the trade who stopped on route to an important appointment. He got it working but said I needed a new thermocouple - working I think by taking off control box/thermastat.
After he'd gone two things...........
1) Boiler thermastat was in the OFF positiion but boiler running (?). Move to wards MAX s l o w l y but get only past MIN and everything goes off !?!
2) Leave in position to provide heating and hot water but then manually switched everyting off within no more than half an hour because all downlstairs radiators scorching hot; to hot to touch plus smell of paint! Thermastatats on radiators set to 3 (less than half available). Upstairs radiators OK heat wise except bathroom and shower room which aren't fitted with thermastats.
Room thermastat set to normal 20 degrees C
Don''t think getting a thermocouple is total answer but appreciate expert thoughts
As the saying goes - I phoned a friend whose in the trade who stopped on route to an important appointment. He got it working but said I needed a new thermocouple - working I think by taking off control box/thermastat.
After he'd gone two things...........
1) Boiler thermastat was in the OFF positiion but boiler running (?). Move to wards MAX s l o w l y but get only past MIN and everything goes off !?!
2) Leave in position to provide heating and hot water but then manually switched everyting off within no more than half an hour because all downlstairs radiators scorching hot; to hot to touch plus smell of paint! Thermastatats on radiators set to 3 (less than half available). Upstairs radiators OK heat wise except bathroom and shower room which aren't fitted with thermastats.
Room thermastat set to normal 20 degrees C
Don''t think getting a thermocouple is total answer but appreciate expert thoughts
