Hi all,
I have not long moved into a house with a Potterton Kingfisher CF50 CAT 1N boiler, which has been given an 'at-a-glance' age of between 20-25 years by a British Gas rep and a council energy conservation officer.
The unit has been performing fine - until that is I bled one of the radiators. At that point the boiler would only ignite for a few minutes before shutting itself off.
I have no idea whether these two incidents are connected at all but the timing is too close to ignore!
With the boiler control panel set to the off position but with the Danfoss 102 timer unit set to on, there is a distinct regular thrumming noise, especially evident near to the hot water tank.
Strangely, when bleeding the radiator, although a lot of air came hissing out, it never got to the stage (despite a fair wait) whereby water came out.
With my very, very limited understanding of these things, I guess I may have unbalanced my radiator system, or air trapped elsewhere in the system has now shifted and caused a blockage with the part-bleeding of the one radiator I have tackled.
Can anyone help to troubleshoot where the problem might lie?
Cheers all!
I have not long moved into a house with a Potterton Kingfisher CF50 CAT 1N boiler, which has been given an 'at-a-glance' age of between 20-25 years by a British Gas rep and a council energy conservation officer.
The unit has been performing fine - until that is I bled one of the radiators. At that point the boiler would only ignite for a few minutes before shutting itself off.
I have no idea whether these two incidents are connected at all but the timing is too close to ignore!
With the boiler control panel set to the off position but with the Danfoss 102 timer unit set to on, there is a distinct regular thrumming noise, especially evident near to the hot water tank.
Strangely, when bleeding the radiator, although a lot of air came hissing out, it never got to the stage (despite a fair wait) whereby water came out.
With my very, very limited understanding of these things, I guess I may have unbalanced my radiator system, or air trapped elsewhere in the system has now shifted and caused a blockage with the part-bleeding of the one radiator I have tackled.
Can anyone help to troubleshoot where the problem might lie?
Cheers all!
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