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Woke up early this morning, and thought I had snuffed it in my sleep, I was freezing. Checked to see if I had a name tag on my toe, none there, so I must still be alive.
To cut a very long 3 hour story short, it boiled down to the circuit board in my central heating system gas boiler.
I had my new gas back boiler fitted 4 years ago, two years ago the circuit board gave up the ghost, two years further on, now that one has given up. Looks like they have a two year failure built onto the board. My old system had a mechanical control system, and that lasted for 25 years years, without a peep to anything going wrong. I only replaced it because the gas boilers had become a lot more 'efficient'. So much for modern efficiency.
So, being a Sunday, I stood no chance of getting a new board. So after searching on eblay, I found a brand new replacement, for half the normal cost (50 squid instead of 100). So now awaiting delivery, expected mid week.
I am smoking fags like they are going out of fashion, with us all huddled round the lit end, to keep us warm. Bandit the dog and Vinnie the mog are doing sterling work as makeshift hot water bottles.
You take everything for granted until it goes wrong, then panic sets in.
So I will have two duff circuit boards in my hands, unfortunately my circuit board repair man disappeared a few years ago, so anyone in the UK have a mate who does board repairs? I want backup for when it goes again.
Bogs
rleete:
I had similar failures in the controler of my furnace (natural gas). After paying the repairman for the first one, I took it upon myself to find a more cost effective place to get them. Turns out the local HW store sells them for 1/3 what the furnace service guy wants.
Long story short(er), I found that the problem was a single relay on both units that had failed. Searched on the web using the numbers stamped on the relay itself, and now I have 2 spares waiting to go in - thereby insuring the damn thing works forever.
BTW, the wife and I call the cats MHU, for mobile heating units. Very handy to have on cold winter nights.
Darren:
£100 a go, or even the bargain £50,
Sorta defeats the efficiency savings a bit......one step forward...... :smart:
Brass_Machine:
Cats and dogs are great for heating units. Next time we lose the heat... letting the 90lb dogs into bed with us!
If you lived closer, I would be willing to look at the boards John. It maybe something really simple. An example is my uncles ultra huge TV. Went out on him after a power surge. He called the repair guy... they quoted him something like $1600 to fix it. I spent a few hours surfing forums etc... and found the common problem with his TV. Seems there are 7 Caps on one of the power boards that tend to go south. 3 hours later (including the trip to Radio Shack), the TV was up and running. Total cost, 7 Caps @ $1.19 and a few hours of my time.
Make sure you feed the furry kids some good food to help with the heating process...
Eric
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--- Quote ---Woke up early this morning, and thought I had snuffed it in my sleep, I was freezing. Checked to see if I had a name tag on my toe, none there, so I must still be alive. :lol:
--- End quote ---
So I'll wait at least a week before I come visit ::) .... Sorry!
Sucks having no heating, you'll have to spend your time in the workshop huddled roung the oil filled heater!! Either that or copy this guy.... :ddb:
Good luck with the new board.... Hopefully it's something simple to fix on the other two?
Ralph.
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