Ideal elan prob

[peteisfishing]

Got a call from a cust today, he has ideal elan boiler which fire up on demand for hot water ok, after 45 mins or so, boiler goes out but continues to try and relight. keeps sparking but no gas........anyone come across this before? was thinking thermocouple on way out, last for a while then lets go......

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

thermocouple? what makes you think that?

 

[Puddle]

thought this has a permanent pilot,did not do an electronic one,did they?what do you mean keeps sparking ?

Is you mean you are trying to light,probable a partly blocked pilot jet

 

[peteisfishing]

Only going by what the customer has told me over the phone, not familier with this boiler. Going to look tomorrow

 

[stevetheplumber]

more likley to be going out on overheat stat which knocks the pilot out i dont remember seeing an electronic version of this boiler either

 

[peteisfishing]

Cheers all for the help, i will check it out and let you know

 

[peteisfishing]

Only had time to have a quick look at this today. Will be soting it on thurs (hopefully) It is and elan 2 piped into an Albion thermal store, when the boiler reaches temperature it cuts out but continually tries to relight itself. For instance, if the boiler stat is set on 4, reaches temp tries to relight, but if you turn stat up it relights ok until it reaches temp again. \and then it goes throught the cycle of trying to relight itself......i tried to turn down the stat on the tank but this had no effect at all, anyone come across this before????????? cheers

 

[peteisfishing]

A bit more info i didn't mention before, it is on a Albion themal store system, two pumps, one for boiler one for heating. Thing works fine when on HW&CH, but plays up when on HW only.......anyone!!!!!

 

[ecowarm]

It needs careful set up of the stats, the stat on the store needs to control the boiler to stop cycling. Normally boiler stat full on, store stat 75c (is there a TMV on the hot water outlet?)

The original problem, is the boiler pump running when boiler tries to light? or is it intermittent like boiler?

Eco

 

[peteisfishing]

The boiler pump is running, as for adjusting the Cylinder stat, it is numbered from 0 to 10 for fine adjustments only and i can't find any instructions for it......the boiler pump has recently been changed by the previous owners, i am wondering if they have done this to cure a problem then sold the house without solving it....TMV- no, unless it is under the floor boards ..cheers eco warm