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Strange boiler behaviour

  • 26-01-2016 10:41pm
    #1
    lunacyfoundme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭


    My heating system is acting strangely today. My upstairs radiators are on a separate loop and we're turned off today. However I noticed one radiator was piping hot. None of the others were even warm.

    I checked the control panel and all the heating loops (upstairs, downstairs, water) were off. However I heard a hum from the nearby pump and it seemed to be on.

    I went out and check the boiler itself. The water pump was humming and really hot. After some time the boiler kicked on all by itself.

    I turned the whole thing off until I can get someone to look at it I don't want it to burn through all the oil or damage itself.


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  • #2
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,974 ✭✭✭jimf


    sounds like you may have a faulty frost stat

    just reading your post again if it was a faulty frost stat you would have a permanent live so turning it off should not be possible


  • #3
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    lunacyfoundme wrote: »
    My heating system is acting strangely today. My upstairs radiators are on a separate loop and we're turned off today. However I noticed one radiator was piping hot. None of the others were even warm.

    I checked the control panel and all the heating loops (upstairs, downstairs, water) were off. However I heard a hum from the nearby pump and it seemed to be on.

    I went out and check the boiler itself. The water pump was humming and really hot. After some time the boiler kicked on all by itself.

    I turned the whole thing off until I can get someone to look at it I don't want it to burn through all the oil or damage itself.

    Sounds like a dodgy frost stat or motorised valve on maybe the hot water circuit


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