Hello all! Looking for some advice re a problem with my central heating.
My boiler is a Worcester Bosch 28Si II, it's a combi boiler. It is controlled by it's own control panel and a room thermostat.
The problem is that the central heating doesn't seem to fire up. The hot water however works fine. The water pressure is ok (1.5-2 whilst cold). I've also bled the system as a precaution and there appears to be no air trapped. I've also ruled out the room thermostat as a problem, as the boiler seems to be responding as usual the thermostat being changed. I have a feeling that the problem may be the pump?
Upon switching the central heating on the boiler will fire up in to life, the ignition indicator shows that it has ignited. After a few seconds I can hear a sort of bubbling sound coming from the boiler, this continues for 2-3 seconds then the ignition indicator goes off and the sound of the burner stops. From then on the only sound I can hear is a quiet buzzing which I believe may be the pump.
The boiler does have a fault warning indicator however initially nothing shows up. However if I hold the fault indicator down (it doubles as a reset button) for a few seconds, it starts to flash red roughly once a second. According to the manual this indicates an 'Ignition Lockout' caused by a problem with a burner failing to operate. I'm unsure whether this is the case though, because the hot water system works fine and whilst the hot tap is running, the boiler continues to burn. Holding the fault indicator down for a further few seconds resets the boiler and once it again it tries to fire up for the central heating, and fails..
If anybody can offer me any advice/ideas on this I would be most appreciative. This is clearly the worst time of the year to be without heating! Thankfully we have a gas fire in the lounger which can be used to heat the house but it's not ideal and can't be running over night, of course. With two young kids I'd rather not be too cold. Then again I didn't live in a centrally heated home until I was 12 years old!
My boiler is a Worcester Bosch 28Si II, it's a combi boiler. It is controlled by it's own control panel and a room thermostat.
The problem is that the central heating doesn't seem to fire up. The hot water however works fine. The water pressure is ok (1.5-2 whilst cold). I've also bled the system as a precaution and there appears to be no air trapped. I've also ruled out the room thermostat as a problem, as the boiler seems to be responding as usual the thermostat being changed. I have a feeling that the problem may be the pump?
Upon switching the central heating on the boiler will fire up in to life, the ignition indicator shows that it has ignited. After a few seconds I can hear a sort of bubbling sound coming from the boiler, this continues for 2-3 seconds then the ignition indicator goes off and the sound of the burner stops. From then on the only sound I can hear is a quiet buzzing which I believe may be the pump.
The boiler does have a fault warning indicator however initially nothing shows up. However if I hold the fault indicator down (it doubles as a reset button) for a few seconds, it starts to flash red roughly once a second. According to the manual this indicates an 'Ignition Lockout' caused by a problem with a burner failing to operate. I'm unsure whether this is the case though, because the hot water system works fine and whilst the hot tap is running, the boiler continues to burn. Holding the fault indicator down for a further few seconds resets the boiler and once it again it tries to fire up for the central heating, and fails..
If anybody can offer me any advice/ideas on this I would be most appreciative. This is clearly the worst time of the year to be without heating! Thankfully we have a gas fire in the lounger which can be used to heat the house but it's not ideal and can't be running over night, of course. With two young kids I'd rather not be too cold. Then again I didn't live in a centrally heated home until I was 12 years old!
