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Protherm 80e boiler won't ignite. The LCD displays F1. I have had three specialist out to look at it but none of them have even heard of Protherm and without the manual none of them were able to help.

Does anybody out there know anything about Protherm boilers or let me know where I can pick up a new manual.

neil marshall, October 2006

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I have had the same problem with my protherm E bolier,the engineer on his visit found no faults at all.However it still shows F1 occasionally,i believe fault this is related to the display pcb and the preset hot water temp inputted .My boiler/display pcb only started acting up after i increased the water setting from 55deg to 60deg.The display pcb does not give a steady reading when operating[ hot water running] and cuts out at 52 deg on the display.Also the nearest hot water tap needs to be opened up fully,so the water is moved away from the heat xchanger swiftly to avoid anyhigh heat vback up.

mike, December 2014

Pressing the little red switch worked for me - Thank you so much to those who posted that answer..it's been driving me mad !

David, January 2014

hi i have the protherm 80e the fault is no power getting to it .no display or nothing. is there a fuse that can cause this anybody know. thankyou

ERIC, February 2011

Just moved into new house & I have the same Boiler, the gas & water has been turned off a while & the fault code says FO Pressure shows .3 bar ?
Does any body know where I can get a manual ?

Pete, January 2011

does anyone know why i have to open the hot water tap FULLY in order to get the hot water to start ?

DIYROB, September 2010

just tried method of removing cover and pressing reset button(small red button on left hand side) boiler now working fine! thanks a lot

gibbo, April 2010

Hi, I have a protherm, just found a manual, in the fault finding it say's, F1 check flame sense electrode and connecting cable, check ignition electrode, check ignition unit on gas valve, check fan operation,

john Shelly., January 2010

protherm 80e,prolem,won't start,f1 display.
contacted gloworm,went through proceedure of checking pcb conn xt3 bottom black lead with multimeter(red prong to black lead,black prong to earth,setting on AC for 240 volts) in hot water mode.this did not work because when resetting the boiler it went to -4 then f1 immediatly, so i was told by the tech adviser that it was the ignition block,because everything goe's through this from the pcb,complecated.by the way the fan was'nt running either,no power to fan which comes from ignition block.

dave from oldham, September 2009

f1 is the code for "safety lockout"

chris lec, August 2009

Hi there The main heat exchanger has two re-setable overheat thermostats. if you take of the casing to lleft you will see one on the rear left of the het exhanger press the reset on and your faut will clear.

pete@ thegasteam .co.uk

Pete, March 2009

hiay buddy, i don't know if you got it sorted yet but i got the same boiler.... f1 stands for Fault one.... it's not getting sufficient gas through to run correctly, check you have gas getting to it but apart from that it could be any one of a number of places that could have a fault that is preventing gas getting to the burner.... hope that helped, i don't suppose you know of anywhere i can get spares? my fan has seized up!!

Dan Waterworth dw014s5260@blueyonder.co.uk, December 2008

I had the same problem there allways seems to be something new i spent ovre two hours fiddling with it proding and probing it i got fed up with it then i thouht i would run the hot tap breifly and amasingly it worked got to say worst boiler going that i know of poxy pile of rubbish its amazing there alowed to install it prothem more like problem

Sharkman3d, December 2008

had the same problem, remove the front, behind this you will see the burner box housing, it has 4 spring clips and 2 screws , remove these and take of the cover, to the left of the burner box you will see a pipe
with 2 sensors on it , the top sensor has 2 connectors
to it in between these connectors there it a small button ,press this and it should click in. re-assemble
the casing and reset the boiler (switch with flame).
the boiler should now ignite..
the small switch was the overheat trip..

Carl

carl, November 2008

hi the F1 fault is the overheat thermostats are blocked.
I have the same boiler and are haveing the same problem.
iff you are still haveing this probem, or you have had it fixed and can let me know where you got the parts from please let me know as i have got a manuel.

john nicol(john711@hotmail.co.uk), November 2007

i was called out to look at his boiler only yesterday.F1 >once u have this the boiler ignition wouldn't start.open up the cover .if u looked left hand side on the pipe there is a senser and abobe it over heat stat(red in the middle) press that red bit to reset boiler o/h stat.after that the ignition will start.You should really find out why its going on overheat first though,possibly pump or blockage.i hope this helps.
Just remember Do not interfere with any gas connections or electrics unless u r competent!!!

pk, October 2007

i think kev might be right but you also should be corgi registered to replace it as you should be carring out safety checks

alecra ltd, May 2007

I know its late ie feb but i have just got hold of the manual for the protherm 80 e let me know if you need it and i will email it to you. I think the problem is your overheat thermostat it will cost about £12:99 to replace and the manual shows you how.

kev, February 2007

F1 = no flame detected, check flame sense electrode, ignition electrode, check fan, reset overheat stat.

simon, November 2006

contact Protherm
nottingham road
belper Derbyshire
DE 56 1jt

ann o reilly, November 2006