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no hot water through my potterton performa 42 boiler..any hints?

having continual hassle with getting hot water through my potterton performa 25.
very irratic..some times it's fine but now theres no hot water all ..heating fine..pressure seems fine too.
kieran gorman, December 2009
same as baxi 2 posts below, get a manual from partsarena.com/baxi and locate hot water flowswitch area then remove front panel and observe what happens.

working- open hot tap, pin will pop out of brass housing and press microswitch firing boiler and giving hot water.

broken switch - pin will come out and hit switch but boiler will not recognise it

diaphragm split - pin will stay hidden away and do sod all. with hot tap open press switch with something long and plastic, boiler fires? replace diaphragm.

ste, December 2009
link Click here to see other fixes for Potterton Performa 42/25.