oil heating just stopped working.

Billy Bunting

shane0007 wrote: »

When you depress the red button, does the burner motor start?

lots of confusion and contradiction from op, need to read in a bit of engineers impression.

you can pick it up on the way to Longford. no thanks required, xmas box will do.

jimf

im starting to think the plumbers twin brother the electrician must have wired the boiler

Richard88

This is the pic with the pump power lead connected to the original socket.
The heating dosnt work when it's like this.






This pic is where the power cable is connected to an extension lead and into a different socket in the house. The heating does work when it's like this.


The pix are sideways

shane0007

Billy Bunting wrote: »

lots of confusion and contradiction from op, need to read in a bit of engineers impression.

you can pick it up on the way to Longford. no thanks required, xmas box will do.

I'm lost! I thought boiler is going to lock out after 3 minutes.

Hitchens

who is giving the finger in the 2nd photo? :eek:

and why did the plumber leave his lunch box behind?

Richard88

Billy Bunting wrote: »

lots of confusion and contradiction from op, need to read in a bit of engineers impression.

you can pick it up on the way to Longford. no thanks required, xmas box will do.

Ya lads. Sorry about that. It's just I was trying to get pictures sorted and was been given further information on it as the minutes passed.

I don't really have a clue myself, never mind me trying to explain it to others.

At the moment we're convinced it's a problem with the wiring / the lead between the timer switch and the boiler or the socket under the timer switch.

agusta

It would be interesting to wire you old pump to a socket and see if it works..,my bet your old pump is perfect!,could you post a picture of your time clock and socket.is the fuse gone in the original plug as i had said in my first post

Wearb

Richard88 wrote: »

This is the pic with the pump power lead connected to the original socket.
The heating dosnt work when it's like this.






This pic is where the power cable is connected to an extension lead and into a different socket in the house. The heating does work when it's like this.


The pix are sideways

Whatever sort of setup that you have it seems that when you are calling for heat, the power is not going to the pump. It is a simple problem to solve if somebody was there to see how it is wired. Makes me think that the pump may not have been broken in the beginning.

Bruthal

Richard88 wrote: »

This pic is where the power cable is connected to an extension lead and into a different socket in the house. The heating does work when it's like this.


The pix are sideways

Are you using a different plug for plugging into original socket? Fuse checked?

It would seem a very simple problem to trace for anyone competent in such matters anyway.

Richard88

agusta wrote: »

It would be interesting to wire you old pump to a socket and see if it works..,my bet your old pump is perfect!,could you post a picture of your time clock and socket.is the fuse gone in the original plug as i had said in my first post

It really would be interesting to see that alright.
ya we checked the fuse in the plug and it's fine.

Pic of switch

Richard88

Yup, my conclusion:

There's is some problem with the lead / plug going from the socket to the pump.

As an above poster stated, it would be interesting to see if the old pump works when this is sorted.

I may just leave it alone tho

Hitchens

Richard88 wrote: »

Hi.


He explained he couldn't do the electric part of the procedure.

is this a result of the Pat Rabbitte brainstorm?

Bruthal

Swap plugs around there in the pic, see does pump work then. Socket internal contacts might be faulty or bad.

Bruthal

Hitchens wrote: »

is this a result of the Pat Rabbitte brainstorm?

Well that wouldnt include connecting a new pump to a plug.

agusta

Ok,it seems like the plug on the right is for your pump,could you plug your extension lead into this one and see if the boiler works,this will tell you if it is the socket or the cable..

Richard88

Right so. I'll try switching the plugs amd later ill try plugging the extension lead into that socket.

Final question : when I plug it out and it switches off, should it take a while for the boiler to fire back up when I plug it back in?

Because it does. I'm guessing this is supposed to happen as it's fairly warm

Hitchens

Bruthal wrote: »

Well that wouldnt include connecting a new pump to a plug.

it might suit a dodgy 'plumber' to use it as an excuse though

Bruthal

Hitchens wrote: »

it might suit a dodgy 'plumber' to use it as an excuse though

O yea there is that alright.

After all, our great leaders are putting out ads saying any electrical work requires a registered contractor, which is untrue.

agusta

Richard88 wrote: »

Right so. I'll try switching the plugs amd later ill try plugging the extension lead into that socket.

Final question : when I plug it out and it switches off, should it take a while for the boiler to fire back up when I plug it back in?

Because it does. I'm guessing this is supposed to happen as it's fairly warm

Plug in the extension lead into the plug where the pump lead was and then turn up thermostat on boiler for a few seconds and it will fire straight away if the socket is working,

Billy Bunting

Richard88 wrote: »

Ya lads. Sorry about that. It's just I was trying to get pictures sorted and was been given further information on it as the minutes passed.

I don't really have a clue myself, never mind me trying to explain it to others.

At the moment we're convinced it's a problem with the wiring / the lead between the timer switch and the boiler or the socket under the timer switch.

not having a pop at you, your the customer you shouldn't have a clue, your doing ok.

Wearb

Richard88 wrote: »

Right so. I'll try switching the plugs amd later ill try plugging the extension lead into that socket.

Final question : when I plug it out and it switches off, should it take a while for the boiler to fire back up when I plug it back in?

Because it does. I'm guessing this is supposed to happen as it's fairly warm

Yes that's normal.

Wearb

Billy Bunting wrote: »

not having a pop at you, your the customer you shouldn't have a clue, your doing ok.

Yes. Stick with it. You are nearly there now.

Richard88

Unfortunately it's gone a bit late to keep playing with it.

We've had enough heat for the night now. The extension lead is plugged out and put away

Cheers for the replies. I'll give an update tomorrow