my boiler only comes on if i bang it

angela, July 2009

So talks an expert - didn't Homer Simpson use a nodding bird to type Y on his keyboard when he was too fat to go to work?

You might consider, next time it fails, taking off the outer cover and tapping around with a wooden spoon - the fault symptom you describe strongly suggests a poor electrical connection or a dry joint on the control board - if you can find it with a bit of selective vibration you might save yourself £££. Once you find the problem it may well be a simple fix.

Do not let people on here frighten you by saying you should be Gas Safe Registered to do this - The Gas Safety (Intallation & Use) Regulations 1998 sepecifically say...

(6) Nothing in these Regulations shall apply in relation to

(c) work in relation to a control device on a gas appliance if -

(i) the device is intended primarily for use by a consumer of gas; and

(ii) the work does not involve breaking into a gasway.

Good luck...

Peccavi, July 2009

could be owt, depends where you bang it :-) fit one of them nodding wooden birds along side it so that when it nods it hits the boiler. or you could get someone to look at it, more than likely a dry joint or fault on relay or something silly on circuitry.

a, July 2009