Worst boiler to work on competition

[neily01]

always thought the worc cdi hw hex was a stuipid design. how ever well you drain the boiler when you pop off the hex (which is easy enough) you'll get a nice splash all over the pcb! dont worry the rubbish plastic cover will save us! stupid worc's.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

is that the realy early condenser that had the ally hex?

no it was baxis stab at its first combi after dabbling with the genesis it was a SE boiler and a disaster from the word go the SIT control version would melt the boiler if it ran out of water it was so bad baxi had to buy ocean and its 240/280 combi and turn it into the 105

 

[diamondgas]

Remember the short lived Ideal minimiser? Boy they were shocking!!!

 

[neily01]

Remember the short lived Ideal minimiser? Boy they were shocking!!!

is that the one where you would attach a hose to the bottom and blow against the aps, always thought that cant be a great idea!

 

[villa_tom]

Remember the short lived Ideal minimiser? Boy they were shocking!!!

I think I serviced one of those yesterday. Is that the boiler with the silly little copper tube connected to the fan and you have to remove it along with the fan to clean the condense?

 

[stevetheplumber]

there were some realy rough combis made by english companies in the late eighties nineties the reason was the established english companies didnt forsee how fast the combis took over the market
in there rush to compete they made some awfull boilers then once the parts to make a combi became standised we had a spell where a new company would pop up each week it seemed, gems, euro combis, savios etc most fell by the wayside i think savio became biasi

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

there were some realy rough combis made by english companies in the late eighties nineties the reason was the established english companies didnt forsee how fast the combis took over the market
in there rush to compete they made some awfull boilers then once the parts to make a combi became standised we had a spell where a new company would pop up each week it seemed, gems, euro combis, savios etc most fell by the wayside i think savio became biasi

i went on a baxi course years ago with the old man,bermudas were the daddy,combis were a weird new fangled idea,i was just a kid and fancied the bird at reception,LOL we were told they would never take off:24::smilielol5:but as we know combis did baxi was losing market share,the genesis basically a chaff in disguise came first ,then they rushed out the Bahama disaster

 

[CJ87]

Changed a Worcester cdi BF diverter over yesterday!! I've done a few but yesterday's was a nightmare! Remember the first one I ever done I isolated flow and return valves turned them back on and they leaked everywhere learnt that the hard way.

Yesterday changed all the o rings over reassembled and the pig still decided to leak from the cold water inlet! Had to strip the whole thing back out again, soul destroying! eventually got it done, bit of fernox lsx gives you peace of mind

I'm only in my early twenties so won't have come across much of the older stuff as the experienced guys!
During my apprenticeship when on the servicing the lads used to hate hitting a black ash or an opus fire/bbu, always remember they were a big lump that hogged the dog hair haha.

 

[Gary71]

My first is the Alpha Ocean Style FF, if you went at one O-ring you would have to replace all the O-rings, changing the O-rings could take 30 minutes or 4+ hours depending how lucky you were, it would get so that your tears matched the drips from the O-rings, my second would be the servowarm boiler with the rad on the front because swinging the rad out always felt wrong.

 

[diamondgas]

I think I serviced one of those yesterday. Is that the boiler with the silly little copper tube connected to the fan and you have to remove it along with the fan to clean the condense?

Can't believe there's one still running

Yep it had a tube attached to the fan and the burners kept rotting, fan seal kept leaking, condensate was a mess and the ignitors too ... they slung the burner under the base of the hex... !!