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Hi
I see some of you knowledgeable people know about solid fuel boilers and hope you might be able to help me.
I hada TRG80 installed in 2014...all going well. I had to turn it off for some building work in May/June 2015.
However I am now trying to restart it and it goes out after 1-2 days. I have had the installer look at it...chimney swept etc. They think it might be the coal. I think I had grains last time and now have beans. Both from the same supplier....no problems in the past with their coal (I also have a solid fuel Aga with no issues).
There are 4 holes on the fuel regulator...I had it on the top one last year for grains and now the one below for beans. I think I might need to put it on the 3rd hole (ie make the supply to the fire bigger). My reasoning for this is that the first time I tried to light the fire the fuel got stuck. However, this doesn't seem to be a problem this time.
I am unsure if the ambient temperature is affecting the boiler? I have warmed the flue chimney on both occasions.
As an aside, when the fire was going from Wednesday to Friday the boiler got very hot (it was warm in general on those 2 days too)...but did cool down and the fire maintained with a bit of help from me by putting the fan higher at times to keep the fire going while the boiler cooled down...I normally keep it on the 2nd setting as the house benefits from good insulation and is hot. I only want it for hot water at present until winter kicks in then will up it a bit to get the heating benefit too.
My question is should I try the 3rd hole or is there something else I can do?
Thanks
I see some of you knowledgeable people know about solid fuel boilers and hope you might be able to help me.
I hada TRG80 installed in 2014...all going well. I had to turn it off for some building work in May/June 2015.
However I am now trying to restart it and it goes out after 1-2 days. I have had the installer look at it...chimney swept etc. They think it might be the coal. I think I had grains last time and now have beans. Both from the same supplier....no problems in the past with their coal (I also have a solid fuel Aga with no issues).
There are 4 holes on the fuel regulator...I had it on the top one last year for grains and now the one below for beans. I think I might need to put it on the 3rd hole (ie make the supply to the fire bigger). My reasoning for this is that the first time I tried to light the fire the fuel got stuck. However, this doesn't seem to be a problem this time.
I am unsure if the ambient temperature is affecting the boiler? I have warmed the flue chimney on both occasions.
As an aside, when the fire was going from Wednesday to Friday the boiler got very hot (it was warm in general on those 2 days too)...but did cool down and the fire maintained with a bit of help from me by putting the fan higher at times to keep the fire going while the boiler cooled down...I normally keep it on the 2nd setting as the house benefits from good insulation and is hot. I only want it for hot water at present until winter kicks in then will up it a bit to get the heating benefit too.
My question is should I try the 3rd hole or is there something else I can do?
Thanks