why have a FGA acs assement

[GQuigley67]

i would rather be a gas engineer than a joiner anyway

 

[Rickster123]

i would rather be a gas engineer than a joiner anyway

Me too. Nothing worse than a splinter!

 

[AWheating]

I can not see you can't have one, gas safe have realised its a tool that is needed to commission today boilers on top of all the other testing requirements

It solely depends on what work you do. If you only install appliances that do not require there use in the commissioning then why would you need to buy one? remember there are hundreds of engineers that only ever fit heatings on contract work. If you had 100 installers only fitting these types of appliances then you would not want to have to buy 100 FGA to just sit in the back of the vans never getting used.

My first company analyser sat in the back of my van for 2 years and i never put the batterys in the thing, never turned it on. What a waste. Now i work for my self and do all manner of job's that may require a FGA's use so i own one.

you dont need to buy petrol if you only own a push bike.

 

[GrahamM]

Let me clear something up here.
Looking at the past few posts there are individuals that believe you can work on a zero governed boiler, wither it being commissioning or servicing without having to carry out a FGA to confirm safe operation?
Am I picking this up right?

 

[xpertbert]

So you dodge boilers that don't need it that isn't realistic.

 

[xpertbert]

I thought you had to have this by April, to install boilers, flueless fires etc because that is the it's going.

 

[GQuigley67]

as long as our gas rate and inlet pressure is ok then its fine, some boilers dont require it commisioning but they do servicing. Think it gives inaccurate readings as the burner is new

 

[AWheating]

So you dodge boilers that don't need it that isn't realistic.

i analyse every new boiler i fit and commission but i have not come across a boiler in recent memory that requires the use of an analyser on commissioning in its instructions?

please name some?

 

[CES]

Most of the boilers i install require a FGA to commission properly, plus the fact I don't trust factory set boilers, seen too many out of spec. I use mine religiously but then again, we used to use them in the commercial side for years. I wouldn't like to stand up in court and state that I didn't need one to install a boiler, you might be right but personally I wouldn't like to take the chance. Its more a piece of mind with me.

 

[CES]

Looking back, most of the boilers i install DONT require a FGA. I just do it as a matter of course. Sorry got confused between installation instructions/ servicing & benchmark.