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What is the significance of the kg/hr stamped on danfoss nozzles, I have a 0.6 usgpm nozzle fitted in my 20/26kw Firebird SE boiler. 0.6 usgpm is 2.27LPH and my boiler output of 20kw at 84% efficiency reflects this more or less. 2.27 LPH = 1.79 kgs/hr (see table) at a kerosene SG of 0.79, there...
I have a danesmore 20/25 oil boiler and it is firing up but it’s producing no heat to the water or the radiators
My next door neighbour an electrician has checked the cylinder and thermostat and they all check out ok so he thinks the problem is within the boiler
Can Someone help give me some...
We've had a Grant Thornton oil boiler for about 5 years and suddenly it trips the electricity when it rains? The unit is in a wood shed and the exhaust goes out the wall horizontally. I can't see any water ingress in the machine, so at a real loss......and very cold..!!!!
Hi we had a recent service on our 40 year old Thorn oil boiler, we fire it up for the 1st time since the service todayfor got water, after 20 mins there was black smoke bellowing from the cabinet and flames inside. Going off the photos is there any obvious pointers to what went wrong? Thanks in...
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Our Grant Vortex Pro oil combi boiler seems to have developed a drip from some sort of valve where it looks like there's a limescale build up. There is no water at all from hot tap and no pressure in the boiler. The heating works fine however.
Is there something I can do or should...
Worcester Danesmoor 20/25, about 18 years old. B11 burner.
We came home a few days ago to find our boiler in lockout, and not wanting to restart, instead simply doing a pitiful whine. We called an engineer out yesterday who, after a quick diagnosis, worked out that the capacitor had gone. We...
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know of an app with the oftec certificates on so they can be done digitally?
Thanks in advance
Can anybody explain why I could get heating oil for 72p/l last Monday but by Friday was being asked 92p/l? The word profiteering comes to mind especially when nearly 50% of the cost is taxes in one form or another and the pump price at Asda for my diesel has been steady for a couple of weeks now.
Hi all, I have a wallstar combi oil fired boiler. We got low on oil a couple of weeks ago but didn't run out. Since we've had our oil delivered the boiler won't fire up when hot taps are turned on so no hot water. The boiler fires up periodically to heat water but not when we turn on taps. I...
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Long storey but, I'll try & keep it as short as possible.
We are buying a house that is in a little rural village so no gas. A guy bought it to renovate & sell over but it appears, bit off a little more than he can chew as apparently he usually buys cheap properties, toshes them...
Hi all, all new to this breakdown life, currently waiting on getting on a training course, so just been relying on technical and instructions since I passed my oftec.
The current boiler is a two pipe line off a tiger loop.
I went to a Grant vortex boiler last week where the boiler went into...
Hi everyone, i was wondering if anyone could help me with the name (if they have one) of the following arrowed parts and where i can purchase them from?
Your help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Anyone got a pdf I can get please! :)
Need it to calibrate a new pump.
Tried everywhere. No success.
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Any concensus on heating oil additives?
Bought a couple bottles of this stuff on amazon it appears to get good reviews:
My boiler is a new Firebird Condensing boiler with elco low nox burner. Kerosene heating oil tank external. Had some minor sludge in the tank filter at last paper filter...
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Doing a full roof to ground refurb on an old rural property and looking for oil boiler reccomendations. I've happened upon the Navien brand but am unfamiliar with them-Firebird and Grant are in the mix too....
Installation as proposed is a 28kW external system boiler feeding LLH to...
My grant 70 mk 2 heating pressure is constantly increasing in pressure. I have changed the heat exchanger as I believe that was the problem. Any ideas
I have recently moved into a house with a central heating system that runs from oil or/and the multi fuel stove. The water gets hot and then circulates into the connect radiators but they aren't hot just warm and don't stay warm continually. Any advice get my log burner between 300-400 range...
My daughter bought her first home and was hoping to convert to gas but its not available in the area, so thinking a boiler upgrade is the better way to go.
Just after some advice and rough costs involved, is it worth getting a pressurised system installed and a new boiler and oil pump? Heating...
I attended a lock out on a 40 year old Myson with an electro oil burner.Old style with orange fan housing.End dog was destroyed due to worn bearings.I replaced both bearings but one was the smaller type.Unfortunately i used my last one and forget the size as i need to order more. Not very common...
Happy New Year all!
New Year new problems.....
I have a new Titan oil tank to connect up replacing a similar un bunded one.
No problem, fitted the original many years ago, I have my boiler on a temporary tank but I need to get the tank fittings on to get it filled.
The 1" fitting in brass needs...
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