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Boiler issues
Former Community Member
We have a Potterton Combi boiler, it was losing pressure. Engineer replaced the diverter valve and said it was corroded. It worked fine for a few days before making a loud banging noise for s few minutes which stopped when the sink taps were on. It was ok for a couple of days and then went off completely. The engineer says the circuit board needs replacing but I'm wondering what caused the issue with the circuit board & whether it will just blow again. I think the boiler is about 8 years old. Any advice welcome.
How on earth did folk manage so well with gas taps for the gas poker, and cooker with a 'gas wand' for lighting the grill - by today's standard we'd expect folk to be stepping over dead bodies every morning in the 19970s, and more not that much earlier when the gas had been about 50% carbon monoxide and a lot of hydrogen, and while folk did die, it was quite rarely by accident.
I remember being rather amused that when someone I knew moved into her university accommodation in the 1980s, the provided kettle was on a portable gas ring ending in a orange red rubber hose, to be connected to the gas tap in the fire place as required. She did not smoke, so some chivalrous young fella would step up to lend a light. Mind you the wiring in those halls would not have withstood an electric kettle..
Mike
PS for those wondering what a cooker with a gas wand is, when you turn and pull the handle out of the holster it turns on the gas though that flexible white tube, so you then wave it near the central pilot light, and you have have a hand held flame on metal stick for lighting the rings, the grill, the oven or with a bit of cunning, also for those home chemistry experiments.. (sorry about that hole in the lino mum.. )
But as almost everyone had one, not that dangerous, as we knew what to do with it.
How on earth did folk manage so well with gas taps for the gas poker, and cooker with a 'gas wand' for lighting the grill - by today's standard we'd expect folk to be stepping over dead bodies every morning in the 19970s, and more not that much earlier when the gas had been about 50% carbon monoxide and a lot of hydrogen, and while folk did die, it was quite rarely by accident.
I remember being rather amused that when someone I knew moved into her university accommodation in the 1980s, the provided kettle was on a portable gas ring ending in a orange red rubber hose, to be connected to the gas tap in the fire place as required. She did not smoke, so some chivalrous young fella would step up to lend a light. Mind you the wiring in those halls would not have withstood an electric kettle..
Mike
PS for those wondering what a cooker with a gas wand is, when you turn and pull the handle out of the holster it turns on the gas though that flexible white tube, so you then wave it near the central pilot light, and you have have a hand held flame on metal stick for lighting the rings, the grill, the oven or with a bit of cunning, also for those home chemistry experiments.. (sorry about that hole in the lino mum.. )
But as almost everyone had one, not that dangerous, as we knew what to do with it.
