Ideal Classic SE15FF

[Baxworld1]

Hello,
I have the above stated boiler. It's just over two years old, having been installed in my new build property.
I have had a couple of issues with it turning itself off for no reason, however today it's done it again, but this time it's not willing to come back on and stay on.
I've tried the restart procedure countless times. It fires up but then stays on for less than a minute.
I've went through all the problem solving stuff in the manual, however it's not helping.
Any ideas what to do or what the problem may be????

 

[picasso]

How old is it ? its comes up as discontinued on ideals web site, have you got the model number right ?

 

[45yearsagasman]

When it fires up does the main burner light and the sparking stop?
Are the rest of the system components running ok? EG pump etc.
It's very difficult with so little information from you.
The SE15 is the old RS Classic with modified pcb and ignition system, doing away with the perm pilot.
Usually very reliable.

 

[Baxworld1]

The boiler is a little over two years old having been installed when my house was built.
It is the SE15FF model, not an upgraded model.
The amber led lights up on the control panel next to the thermostat control dial.
The burner lights and the sparking stops as normal when started. The burner then goes out after about 40 secs.
As far as I can tell the rest of the components are working, but it's hard to tell when the burner goes out so quickly.

 

[picasso]

Is your boiler a condensing boiler ?

 

[Dan Robinson]

Its older than that bud

 

[picasso]

The op reckons his boiler is 2 years old but the model number is coming up as much older, so either the op has the wrong model number or he has just woken up from a coma.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Its band D for a start

 

[gason]

call a gas engineer out is the answer

 

[Dan Robinson]

Tell him to pack his time machine

 

[Baxworld1]

The boiler was installed just over two years ago. It may well be more than two years old. The builder could easily have used a cheap option boiler when completing the job.

Just my luck.

Thanks for looking at my post anyhow.

 

[gason]

total rubbish I expect ,it has to be a condensing boiler even if it was fitted 5 years ago and if it was a new build it could still be under warranty. Regarding the builder installing the wrong boiler this would have been picked up on your survey I suspect

 

[45yearsagasman]

Go on to Ideals website and search older appliances and you will find this boiler is almost identical to the old RS boilers with perm pilots, except for the addition of electronic ignition. It is not condensing.

 

[picasso]

Hello,
I have the above stated boiler. It's just over two years old,

The reason I asked if it was condensing was the statement above, I thought it reasonable the op had got the model number wrong rather than be 10 years out on the age of his boiler.