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Pulsacoil off peak not switching on

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Michelle0601 0 Michelle0601 TEF Newbie's 1 post ID: 1 Posted 8 minutes ago Hello there I'm having trouble with my boiler and I'm hoping someone can help as I'm at my wits end! For the last 5 years I've had an old pulsacoil 2000 boiler which only supplied hot water when the on peak was switched on for an hour or more, I assumed this was a fault with the boiler and learnt to live with it until I could afford to replace it I have had the boiler changed to a brand new one also by gledhil and I'm still having the same problem, as I'm on economy 10 I have had the electric meter changed as i suspected the time switch may not be working and this may be why the off peak isn't kicking in however this did not solve the problem, the off peak socket has also been tested and when connected to a different power source works fine, i have hot water when the on peak is switched on but that is all The heating engineer advised to have an electrician look my consumer unit as he believes the fault may lie with the contactor in there as thats responsible for switching from on peak to off peak, I have paid 200 pounds to have this contractor checked and replaced but still no power supply to my offpeak switch, I have no idea what or who to try next!
John Mcmillan

John Mcmillan

Are you leaving the peak i.e. main electricity on to the boiler all the time as the boiler needs this to operate the pump, PCB and sensors for the plate heat exchanger to produce the hot water, The boiler will only heat the hot water store if you press the boost button on the front of the unit and the indicator lights up red, it is very common for the main electric to be turned of by the customer to save money and not heat the water store at peak times, this unit works very different from most cylinders it uses the off peak to heat a store hot water which it then pumps through a plate heat exchanger to produce hot water for the tap, the stored water and the water coming out the tap are different. hope this helps

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