Ideal icos - zilch

[dhollm]

Hello all,

Hoping someone can give some advise with a non-functioning Ideal Icos boiler...

We switched the boiler on to provide heating for the first time in a while today; it has been off since April since we only use it for heating and rarely if ever run it for hot water.

The problem is, the boiler does absolutely nothing when switched on. No lights on the display, no noises... nothing. Switching the boiler off/on via its own switch or the wall switch do not change this. Nor does the "reset" button.

The manual says that if switched on but a '0' does not appear on the boiler, then it is not a boiler fault - but I'm not sure what that means it could be.

More details: the separate control box switches on normally and its "heating" light comes on. The thermostat light is on. The fused switch which the boiler & controller seems fine (its light comes on) do I don't think its the fuse there.

Any suggestions what to check? Could there be another fuse somewhere (perhaps inside the unit or hidden where I don't see it?)

At least its only September

Thanks,
David

 

[kevplumb]

there is an internal fuse on the pcb

 

[gas4you]

99% of the time it is the famous and reliable Ideal pcb that has blown

I can never work out why Ideal has never been taken to task by the likes of watchdog like Potterton were over the Suprima pcb's

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

I remember the Potterton story on Watchdog. Now, forgive me for being cynical, but aren't Ideal based in Hull, and who was the former M.P for that constituency? Maybe just a coincidence though....

 

[nickso]

I can never work out why Ideal has never been taken to task by the likes of watchdog like Potterton were over the Suprima pcb's

cos watchdog is **** and panders to the lower classes in a fantastically cynical way?

 

[dhollm]

Thanks all, for your replies.

I assume that since this is an internal part of the boiler, even it it were only the fuse, that this work would need to be done by someone correctly registered?

Thanks

 

[kevplumb]

you don't need to be reg to change a fuse