Heatline vizo 24 boiler cuts out then fires again constantly on hot water and heating Hi there I have a heatline vizo 24 and the boiler fires up for a few minutes and the cuts out then fires up … Live in northern Minnesota, when temps are around 0-10F it will come on every 10 minutes or so and run 3-4 minutes and that was with the thermostat set at 65. When the room temperature gets within 1.5 degrees C of the set point you have chosen on your room thermostat, the TPI software in the thermostat comes into action. If you increase the thermostat delta-T setting to 2F, the boiler will fire longer each time and also stay off longer, but will still fire only half the time at the the identical 50% duty cycle. I wonder if I'd spent on kit what i'd spent on related magazines would I have a better system? I have noticed that is fires up for a few minutes at random times and then turns off again (when all CH and WH timers are off). If you go to the Watchdog site you will get info that will enable you to have the PCB replaced free of charge by Potterton. This temperature rise causes the fan to run to reduce the temp. It fires up only for a little while and it doesn't stay fired up for long. I'm in the midst of troubleshooting today and the two issues I'm finding is the short cycling (every 7 minutes for about 30 secs) and a high PSI (32). My central heating comes on via the timer and runs for about 30 minutes, then it shuts down for a minute, runs for 2 minutes, shuts down for a minute, runs for 2 minutes. Go to www.britishgas.co.uk and look it up. Sounds like the pcb is on its way out. Best thing to do is put your radiators on the timer switch , coming on before you get up until you leave for work, then coming back on again half hour before you get home from work till you go to bed. It's a Potterton..........and he's due in 10 minutes. The boiler has its own internal thermostat. Hi, I have a Warmflow Oil Boiler. Now I've noticed that even when the heating has been on for about 2 hours, the boiler clicks off, then back on about every 2 mins for about 2 mins. The main switch on the side had 3 options. Please help - having the boiler firing up every few minutes is irritating, but most of all I'm worried about what this is costing me. The pressure didn’t appear to go down at all before the unit came back on… The boiler I inspected yesterday kept turning on and off like this. I've turned down many of the rads to middle range (about 3 of 6 or 5). Cycling, which is what it is, is wasteful. The boiler was only 17 months old too. Those boiler repair bills will begin to add up and there comes a point where a boiler replacement is your best option. I'm in a 2 bedroom flat and the boiler is about 7 years old. The pressure was 27 psi and the water temp was only 100 degrees. When the temp. Repeats process but never gets water to temperature. Those boiler repair bills will begin to add up and there comes a point where a boiler replacement is your best option. I then read on the internet that the boiler will maintain this temp, so as the pump pushes it round the system, into the radiators that need the water (where the thermo valve hasn't shut), then the system loses heat out the rads and therefore every few mins the boiler kicks in to keep it at 71 degrees. Is this costing me much. I opened up the damper, pressed the reset button, cycled the power to the boiler, and flushed the water and added new water. When the room temperature gets within 1.5 degrees C of the set point you have chosen on your room thermostat, the TPI software in the thermostat comes into action. boiler fires up/fires off cycle? Depending on the type of boiler being installed, new boiler installations costs can range from around £1,000 to £3,750, including installation. If the boiler fires up every few minutes it is using gas but not heating your home. Suddenly, the boiler has started making the sound of firing up every few seconds, although the flame doesn't actually come on. This will control the boiler according to room temp, not just boiler temp as is happening now. How much did a can opener cost in 1950? Is it normal for a boiler system to run for 3-5 minutes or so and then shut off for a minute or two and start back up again? I have a 15 year old give or take weil mclain gold oil boiler wgo2 with Beckett burner, slant fin base board, boiler turns off when water temp reaches 180. It is doing it all day every day, and also one of the radiators keeps making the sound of water gushing through it every so often. I've recently increased the boiler temperature from 2 to 3.5 on our gas boiler (max is 6). Over the last few days our central heating boiler has been acting very strangely indeed. Please show me the URL where this toilet seat is sold. You can sign in to give your opinion on the answer. My Boiler is Not Working. If you set all the TRVs to normal room temp (usually 3) the cycling should reduce. It fires up, stays on for a few mins, goes off for a few mins + then does it again. There should be a room stat in a room where no TRV is fitted. My boiler fires up Ok but then stops about 2 minutes later. QS MIRCOSUPPLY WWW.QSMICROSCCO anyone ever hear of  this place? I had an issue with mine a while ago where the boiler would fire up when i turned the shower on and would be hot then cold - after 4 or 5 attempts it would stay hot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/tv_and_radio/watchdog/reports/homes/homes_20070220.shtml. Regarding the boiler it should not be doing that and yes its going to cost a packet in gas. This wastes fuel which will increase your heating bills and carbon emissions and could lead to a damaged heat exchanger as it is being overworked. The installer was a wally. Now it's down to circa every 10 minutes. If the boiler fires up every few minutes it is using gas but not heating your home. We had a similar problem with our boiler, we called somebody out who said the pilot light/igniter was dusty. It did not do this before. One more question. The new digital programmer I've installed had a switch I had to set on the back when installing, it had a choice between "central heating and hot water" and "central heating w/o hot water". I just bought my house and something tells me this isn't normal. The boiler reaches it's own t/stat setting early and turns off because it can't send the heat round the rads. The old timer was a randell, big round dial with 24 hours on, 4 markers (A,B,C and D). If your appliance will not switch on, will not display anything on its digital screen, or will not fire up when you attempt to heat water or turn on your central heating, it is practically useless. Still have questions? Powered by Xenforo, Hosted by Nimbus Hosting, Original design Critical Media Ltd. In 1991 a can opener (for soup cans) cost $11. 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