Boiler and electrics.

adam88

Hi lads. I bought a house that wasn't lived in in over a year. Turned on the heating. (Oil heating) boiler fired up but rads didn't get warm. Got in a plumber friend who went at the pump and cleaned a few filters etc and meverything was working fine. Said it leave it on for a few hours. Came back and the power to the boiler and pump was gone. Fuse is okay but no power going to boiler and pump. I've traced it back to a junction box half buried inside a wall.

Any idea what could be up wit it or is it just a coincidence that the power feed failed after getting it fixed. Any help be greatly appreciated.

Sir Arthur Daley

Is there any mcb down in mcb board?

adam88

WikiHow wrote: »

Is there any mcb down in mcb board?

No the fuse board seems okay. A friend gave a quick look at it and that seems fine. Basically I've a fuse for the boiler house. It'd then divided in two inside the boiler house. ( I think). One for the light and a twin socket and one is going to the boiler and pump. He had a machine and put it up to the light and socket feed. That machine showed power going there. The other feed which supplies the boiler and pump showed no power travelling aling those wires. He said there is prob a break someplace.

Could it be that the timer is broken. It's just that I've read on another help page that could cause it.

adam88

Could it be that the timer is broken. It's just that I've read on another help page that could cause it.[/quote]

Does the timer act like a switch in that the power travels through that and then to the boiler through this wire that we can see going to the boiler and pump

I wonder if I got my friends voltage machine thing should it start beeping when I put it up to the timer.

(This machine my friend has looks like a wand and beeps when it's near a power feed. Such as along a wire )

Hope I'm making some sense

Sir Arthur Daley

Can you provide more details of your installation, what timer is it, have you room stats, tank stat?

adam88

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Can you provide more details of your installation, what timer is it, have you room stats, tank stat?

Oh. Very basic timer. Rocking switch for off timed and constant. And a clock with slides for different times. All on one zone.

Sir Arthur Daley

adam88 wrote: »

Oh. Very basic timer. Rocking switch for off timed and constant. And a clock with slides for different times. All on one zone.

Have you a room stat though?

adam88

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Have you a room stat though?

Hey. I haven't seen one. There's one on the boiler and trv on the rads but I haven't seen a room stat

DGOBS

a pictures here would tell a thousand words if you can...

adam88

I'm just gifted I am.

Loose connection on the timer box. Well at least that's what I think it was anyway. I gave it a slap and bang The boiler worked.

Thanks lads

cerastes

adam88 wrote: »

Could it be that the timer is broken. It's just that I've read on another help page that could cause it.

Does the timer act like a switch in that the power travels through that and then to the boiler through this wire that we can see going to the boiler and pump

I wonder if I got my friends voltage machine thing should it start beeping when I put it up to the timer.

(This machine my friend has looks like a wand and beeps when it's near a power feed. Such as along a wire )

Hope I'm making some sense[/QUOTE]

adam88 wrote: »

I'm just gifted I am.

Loose connection on the timer box. Well at least that's what I think it was anyway. I gave it a slap and bang The boiler worked.

Thanks lads

Im sure this all can only be for a laugh, right, you're looking for a bite, thats it.

adam88

No deadly serious. Was going ripping up half the electrics trying to find the loose wire