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non starting potterton diplomat 41 48 boiler?

The pilot light is on, but when the power switch is turned on the boiler will not ignite - any ideas

Paul Cunningham, April 2005

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if you are loking for some spares for an old potterton Diplomat

try
MJT Controls Ltd Unit 10, Novers Hill Trading Estate , Novers Hill, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 5QY ( 0117 63 7142)

http://www.mjtcontrols.co.uk/ and enter your gas appliance number andseeiftheyhaveanysparesforit.

john, November 2005

are you getting power into the boiler stat? if so and you are not getting power out into the solenoid then the thesmostat is at fault, mind you this is unusual for a stat to be faulty, also check the live coming into the boiler as the cable may have broken down if its the original,is the system fully pumped or gravity hw and pumped heating

d.., May 2005

Hi D thanks for your reply, I have laryingitis and everything is a lot slower at the mo becuase of it, please stay with me.

I tested the voltage on the solenoid but nothing is getting through, I also tested the continuity through the wiring and all seems ok, and power is getting through to the pump.

Paul, May 2005

with a multimeter you can check the voltage going in and out,, the thermostat usually has 2 electrical connections,, or with the boiler stat turned up to max and all your controls on you can test for voltage at the solenoid on the gas vaalve

d.., May 2005

I will need to check if power is in and out of boiler stat - how do I do that?

Paul, May 2005

are you getting power in and out of the boiler stat?

d.., May 2005

Thanks for the reply, I was away for a week but it worked when I came back and stopped working a week later. I seem to have located a problem - there does not seem to be any power to the solenoid from the boiler control - do you have any ideas where I might get a bioler control for a 30 year old boiler.

paul, May 2005

has the pressure dropped in the boiler?

11, April 2005

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