Help needed - drop icon blinks red on boiler

PrzemoF

Boiler type Mynuete 14e, water drop symbol blinks red, pressure gauge shows 0. Boiler doesn't start - help!!!Is there a "top-up" valve somewhere? It's a typical 3-bed house, boiler in the kitchen. Any ideas are welcome as temperature is falling quickly.


P.S. I might have to sleep by the fireplace tonight :eek:

DGOBS

Water drop symbol? (you sure its not the flame with a line diagonally across it?)

If this is flashing red, it a component fault in the boiler most likely a thermistor or sometimes the PCB.
You will need an RGI out to repair for you I'm afraid.

With that boiler, you don't get a warning light for low water pressure, all the will happen is when you switch it on, after about 5-10 seconds you will hear a click in the boiler, then nothing.

PrzemoF

You're right - it's a flame (a bad icon design perfect example). I power cycled it, tapped the valves that are under the boiler and it works now. Can the valves affect the boiler start? The pressure went up to almost 3 bars :eek: and dropped to 2 some time later. Also now I know where is the drain pipe as there is some dripping water under one of the kitchen shelves

One of the valves was warm (the plastic box) - I guess it's on it's last legs.

DGOBS

not really, the thermistor can be temperamental.
The pressure needs looking at (the drip is the safety valve at over 3 bar, so you may need your pressure vessel looking at as either burst or just down on charge, either way you need an RGI