boiler help. potterton performa 24 eco HE

[kevineaton]

hi hope you are well and thanks in advance for your help.

ive got a potterton performa 24 eco HE. (a combi)

if it is left unused for some period of hours, and then you demand hot water, it fails to light the flame and fails with a flame out error. if you reset it, it works.

ive had a local engineer look at it, it had some other issues which have been fixed, and so far i have spent a lot of money, but this problem persists and the engineer says that he doesnt know what it is. so i really need some help please!

any ideas?

 

[townfanjon]

Kevin , these can be a nightmare mate , consider paying Potterton / Baxi a one off "fixed price repair " ( sorry dont know how much ) one of their guys will come put however many parts it needs and also guarantee it for a year .

I could suggest parts but I have to respect forum rules , you may start fitting them !!

 

[kevineaton]

oh, i wont start fitting them myself!! lots have already been changed. about £700 has gone into it already, although it did have other issues, had to change the heat exchanger and some of the sensors.

appreciate the advice about potterton, i will call them thanks

 

[ShaunCorbs]

TBH that sort of money I would of gone for a new boiler or fixed price repair

I know this doesn't help you

 

[townfanjon]

oh, i wont start fitting them myself!! lots have already been changed. about £700 has gone into it already, although it did have other issues, had to change the heat exchanger and some of the sensors.

appreciate the advice about potterton, i will call them thanks

Blimey thats a lot of money spent , I feel for you mate ,

 

[king of pipes]

We cannot give advice on gas appliance repairs i am afraid you will need to contact a GSRI who can repair it , or baxi potterton who can do a one off repair for you for a set fee, i would say do that as you have already paid out a bit of money to solve the faults and still not resolved the problem , they often change several parts and guarantee the repair for a year cheers kop

 

[ShaunCorbs]

We cannot give advice on gas appliance repairs i am afraid you will need to contact a GSRI who can repair it , or baxi potterton who can do a one off repair for you for a set fee, i would say do that as you have already paid out a bit of money to solve the faults and still not resolved the problem , they often change several parts and guarantee the repair for a year cheers kop

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It's round £300 isn't it ?

 

[king of pipes]

I think so shaun but beats parts swapping which alot of so called engineers do the poor guy has spent enough lets get it sorted properly winter is around the corner , kop

 

[kevineaton]

ok, no problem, i understand you dont want people blowing themselves up, thanks for the help.

300 quid ....blimey that would have done me fine.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

ok, no problem, i understand you dont want people blowing themselves up, thanks for the help.

300 quid ..blimey that would have done me fine.

TBH the engineer should have told you about this as soon as he said the heat exchanger needing changing