Main Eco Elite Manufacturer Date

[JackK]

Hello lovely peopl

I visited my brothers flat who was asking about boilers - He has a main eco elite combi boiler

If i search the industry database it says it was last manufactured in 2015 yet the label on the boiler suggests it was manufactured in 45 week of 2016! And therefore probably not installed until 2017

He wants my advice on whether to install a replacement boiler as he has had to have his magnetic filter swapped over

How is it possible for a boiler to be manufactured two years after the cut off date?

 

[Deleted member 267285]

How old is my Baxi (Main same group) - it would seem to be manufactured in 2016. What has swapping a magnetic filter got to do with needing a new boiler?

 

[flameport]

Why would anyone consider replacing a boiler that's under 10 years old?

 

[JackK]

The boiler is 7 years old - He does not want to be in a position where come winter he has a broken boiler and difficulty calling out a gas engineer.

A new boiler can be bought for £700 baxi main eco compact and a gas qulified fitter can swap one out for 500 quid.

So £1200 for a new boiler fitted sounds reasonable

Cost of plumber to swap out a mag filter was 300 inlcluding the part

Also means that any problems with boiler in first five years and baxi will come out for free - Thats cheaper then a homeserve policy in fact!

 

[flameport]

He does not want to be in a position where come winter he has a broken boiler and difficulty calling out a gas engineer.

That can happen with any boiler, new or old.

Spending £1200 to replace a working boiler because of some fear of it breaking is nonsense.
Boilers do not self destruct after 5 years, they can and should last for 15- 20 years provided they are serviced regularly.

However there is an entire industry led by the likes of British Gas, Boxt and similar who spread fear and doubt, convincing people that they must buy a new boiler because the old one doesn't have the manufacturer warranty any more. Or that a new one will magically use £1000s less gas and pay for itself. It's all lies.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Cost of plumber to swap out a mag filter was 300 inlcluding the part

...and why the need to 'swap out' the mag filter?
These filters are a fairly recent addition to boiler systems; boilers used to run fine without them - they are also usually designed to be easily serviceable.

 

[JackK]

My question was more like this

the boiler database is here https://www.ncm-pcdb.org.uk/sap/pcdbsearch.jsp?pid=26

If I search for my model it shows last manufactured in 2015 - However this oiler suggests manufactured end of 2016 - Which one is correct?

 

[RandomGrinch]

My question was more like this

Yes, but that's not the real question we're interested in!

the boiler database is here https://www.ncm-pcdb.org.uk/sap/pcdbsearch.jsp?pid=26

If I search for my model it shows last manufactured in 2015 - However this oiler suggests manufactured end of 2016 - Which one is correct?

The boiler manufacturer will have a far better idea of when they actually made a boiler, rather than an online database!

Anyway, did you choose the correct model:
Combi Eco Elite
Eco Elite 30 Combi ErP (still currently manufactured).

Both may be exactly the same model (very probable, as they both have the same first year of manufacture date - 2012), but entered into the database with a variation of the name; this is not uncommon.

 

[denso13]

If I search for my model it shows last manufactured in 2015

As above, I get that is still being manufactured.

 

[JackK]

Thank you - This forum is brilliant !!

The boiler works fine - Was going to change it but now will just add a nest and fix the leaking mag filter!!! Thank you all

 

[gas112]

Hello lovely peopl

I visited my brothers flat who was asking about boilers - He has a main eco elite combi boiler

If i search the industry database it says it was last manufactured in 2015 yet the label on the boiler suggests it was manufactured in 45 week of 2016! And therefore probably not installed until 2017

He wants my advice on whether to install a replacement boiler as he has had to have his magnetic filter swapped over

How is it possible for a boiler to be manufactured two years after the cut off date?

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eco elite erp went out of production at the end of 2019

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