Morning,

 

An elderly neighbour has just knocked my door for help. Her boiler is a Potterton Kingfisher 2 boiler which has gone out. Can get the pilot light to light but it will not stay on, just goes out once you turn the control knob back to the normal running position. She has it services in September and the guy says he can't come and look at it till next week :( Any ideas?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

I dont know much about boilers, but at the moment my mate is unindated with call outs to frozen outlets on condensate boilers! the outlet freezes and bolier just goes out, so.... if its a condensate boiler then check the outlet for her, should be a 15mm,22mm pipe just poking outside, unfreeze with hot water, hair dryer hth

Just to add, next time mr boiler man calls out to her, he should change the outlet to a 32mm pipe to stop it happeneing again, if that is the problem.

Morning,

 

An elderly neighbour has just knocked my door for help. Her boiler is a Potterton Kingfisher 2 boiler which has gone out. Can get the pilot light to light but it will not stay on, just goes out once you turn the control knob back to the normal running position. She has it services in September and the guy says he can't come and look at it till next week :( Any ideas?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

 

Hi Vijay,

 

Sound like the thermocouple has failed, see here for full explaination

 

http://www.akgas.co.uk/Potterton-Thermocouple/Potterton-Flamingo/Kingfisher-Thermocouple-402905.html

 

Not a big job and not too dear for the part, however its a fine line on the Gas Safe issue, technically you will not be opening any gas connections so should ok but better a gas safe engineer does it, the service should have included a new one really??? the part is easy to fit if just a little fiddly, if it was my boiler I know what I would do :wink:

 

Note:if the overheat stat triggered it sometimes is fitted with a thermocouple interuptor, the overheat stat may need resetting.

 

JeffTT

Cheers guys. It's an older boiler so no condenser on it ;)

 

From reading that link, that's the issue she has. I have no issue changing it for her as she's a lovely old lady and would be horrible for her to have no heating over Christmas

any idea if a universal one would work?

normally they do fit mate, they come with a bunch of different adapters, but they don't always include the one you need, but in the past i have used a bit off the old one, as long as the tip is in the flame of the pilot light and it is secured, then should be fine pal...

you'll also find a flat bit on the thin copper pipe of the thermocouple, and a bunch of different brass nuts with a slot in, find the right nut to go to the solenoid (the opposite to the flame end) pop the nut on using the slot and the flat on the pipe, slide it down and should screw into the solenoid... HTH.

I have no issue changing it for her as she's a lovely old lady and would be horrible for her to have no heating over Christmas

 

:bow:

Thanks guys. Jeff mate, you're an angel!! Got a universal one and she has heating & hot water. It's slightly too long and doesn't have the right fitting so will order the right one and fit it next week. All in all, £20 for the 2 thermocouples and she'll be sorted.

 

This place is brillaint, you've made a nice old lady's Christmas :)

 

Thank you.

That's your good christmas deed sorted out, I hope Santa was watching! ;) Glad ya sorted it pal....

Was telling her about this place and how people help each other, I'm proud to be a member here - great place & great people :)

Was telling her about this place and how people help each other, I'm proud to be a member here - great place & great people :)

 

tell her to join mate....we can get her behind the barby at next years JAE and give Kim a rest:rofl:

top work mate, really nice of you

 

and top work from the members for helping

 

happy christmas everyone

Nice to help people out, especially an older person who is still nice and friendly. She got broken into a few months back so I went and changed the panel of glass for her and painted up the frame. It makes a difference when someone helps and money's not the reason. Can't stand the thought of the elderly being ripped off so hopefully karma will help me out in my older days ;)

A true good dead you done there mate and agreed its the better way to help people out with no reward in sight!

 

 

tell her to join mate....we can get her behind the barby at next years JAE and give Kim a rest:rofl:

 

Love it!! :lol: