I have a new trainco combi oil boiler which keeps locking out.
Theres a bit of a story, so ill try and be quick.
I own a farm and have staff accommodation in two houses, one house has oil heating for years working fine with a old trainco boiler 10mm oil pipe supplied via a metal oil tank.
I decided to get a new tranico contractor 110 combi boiler fitted next door (detached) as it never had central heating. I got someone in who said they where qualified in doing so.
When he finished the boiler never run right and keep locking out after a few days. I rung him and asked him to come back and look at it, which he eventually did. He said he had a 'fiddle' and to try that and see how it went.
Didnt change the problem and couldnt get hold of him and when i did he never turned up when he said he would. (this was going on for weeks)
The second part of the story is where someone else comes in. I have a handyman who knows abit about these as he services the others i have (4 in total) This is what he found and done.
Boiler was in total lock out, wouldnt run at all. Found the photo cell completely black and the burner very sooty. Cleaned the photo cell and fired up and run, kicking out thick black smoke and black bits. Pump pressure adjusted 'down' from 200psi..!!!! to the correct 100psi which then burned cleanly.
Still locking out, trouble was it seemed like it was still locking out due to the oil feed being tee'd into the existing 10mm oil line after the filter for the other boiler. I.E it wouldnt run if the other boiler was running.
So he installed a new 10mm pipe that was teed in with the other supply directly at the tank, new fliter and a isolator tap to the boiler.
Bled, fired up both boilers, run up central heating for about an hour, all left running fine.
Nope... still locked out next morning.
Seems air is still getting in somewhere as the burner needs several resets or bleeding to run after a period of time i.e over night. All pipes have been visually checked twice and have no leaks.
The other boiler has remained unaffected all this time and has never locked out.
I am at my wits end, org installer has disapeared and dont even know if i want him back. Handyman is coming to the end of his experience and we dont know what to check or do..
Sorry for going on, i know its a lot to read but does anyone have any ideas? Maybe a one way valve or the boilers faulty?
Thanks guys..
Theres a bit of a story, so ill try and be quick.
I own a farm and have staff accommodation in two houses, one house has oil heating for years working fine with a old trainco boiler 10mm oil pipe supplied via a metal oil tank.
I decided to get a new tranico contractor 110 combi boiler fitted next door (detached) as it never had central heating. I got someone in who said they where qualified in doing so.
When he finished the boiler never run right and keep locking out after a few days. I rung him and asked him to come back and look at it, which he eventually did. He said he had a 'fiddle' and to try that and see how it went.
Didnt change the problem and couldnt get hold of him and when i did he never turned up when he said he would. (this was going on for weeks)
The second part of the story is where someone else comes in. I have a handyman who knows abit about these as he services the others i have (4 in total) This is what he found and done.
Boiler was in total lock out, wouldnt run at all. Found the photo cell completely black and the burner very sooty. Cleaned the photo cell and fired up and run, kicking out thick black smoke and black bits. Pump pressure adjusted 'down' from 200psi..!!!! to the correct 100psi which then burned cleanly.
Still locking out, trouble was it seemed like it was still locking out due to the oil feed being tee'd into the existing 10mm oil line after the filter for the other boiler. I.E it wouldnt run if the other boiler was running.
So he installed a new 10mm pipe that was teed in with the other supply directly at the tank, new fliter and a isolator tap to the boiler.
Bled, fired up both boilers, run up central heating for about an hour, all left running fine.
Nope... still locked out next morning.
Seems air is still getting in somewhere as the burner needs several resets or bleeding to run after a period of time i.e over night. All pipes have been visually checked twice and have no leaks.
The other boiler has remained unaffected all this time and has never locked out.
I am at my wits end, org installer has disapeared and dont even know if i want him back. Handyman is coming to the end of his experience and we dont know what to check or do..
Sorry for going on, i know its a lot to read but does anyone have any ideas? Maybe a one way valve or the boilers faulty?
Thanks guys..