neresi Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Hi again Steve, Many thanks for your reply. I have constant drip from condensate pipe at the moment (even when the boiler is not operating). There is no discharge from the copper pipe at the mo. I do understand when you say condensate is not a leak. But I feel that the pressure drops because the system lose water through plastic pipe. As I said water from condensate pipe is non stop... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corgigasman Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Hi again Steve, Many thanks for your reply. I have constant drip from condensate pipe at the moment (even when the boiler is not operating). There is no discharge from the copper pipe at the mo. I do understand when you say condensate is not a leak. But I feel that the pressure drops because the system lose water through plastic pipe. As I said water from condensate pipe is non stop... Regards Must admit don't expect condensate to drip when boiler not in operation, sounds very strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neresi Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Yes it is strange. There must be some reason for it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giar68 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Need advice have a ideal combi 35 that when you turn on the hot water the radiators become hot even though central heating turned off on boiler and thermostat turned off. The diverted activator valve has been changed but problem still persists. Thanks for any suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotteblade Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Hi all, Looking at getting combi - can anyone give rough price from past experience Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBradleybz Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Need advice have a ideal combi 35 that when you turn on the hot water the radiators become hot even though central heating turned off on boiler and thermostat turned off. The diverted activator valve has been changed but problem still persists. Thanks for any suggestion. Have you not got warranty on this boiler? Happy to take a look for you cheers jon at JB Heating ---------- Post added 24-07-2014 at 21:54 ---------- Hi all, Looking at getting combi - can anyone give rough price from past experience Thanks Happy to call and give a free quotation cheers Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 We've not used our Potterton boiler for over ten years as we couldn't get a part for it and have had bills saying £0 balance, earlier this year we received a bill for £31 which they say was just for having a meter in the porch, either we pay the charge or they will remove the meter. Anyone else had this experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corgigasman Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Need advice have a ideal combi 35 that when you turn on the hot water the radiators become hot even though central heating turned off on boiler and thermostat turned off. The diverted activator valve has been changed but problem still persists. Thanks for any suggestion. If rads heat when only hw demand then usually can only be diverter but need to also check any programmer or frost setting is not giving a 'rogue' demand too. As JB suggested, any new boiler should still be under warranty so any repair would be covered if the boiler has been maintained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete-Heat Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Must admit don't expect condensate to drip when boiler not in operation, sounds very strange thinking possible a pin hole in the main heat exchanger. this would account for the run off down the condensate. ---------- Post added 03-08-2014 at 11:26 ---------- Need advice have a ideal combi 35 that when you turn on the hot water the radiators become hot even though central heating turned off on boiler and thermostat turned off. The diverted activator valve has been changed but problem still persists. Thanks for any suggestion. when you say the 3 way valve has been changed do you mean the syncron motor (the top part) or the whole valve. if it was the first one then the valve rubber could still be passing within the brass assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeman Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Need advice have a ideal combi 35 that when you turn on the hot water the radiators become hot even though central heating turned off on boiler and thermostat turned off. The diverted activator valve has been changed but problem still persists. Thanks for any suggestion. Fitted loads of these boilers has have most the the engineers on here. They are fantastic but unfortunately a modification they made to the boiler ment a new divertor cartridge was fitted for a short period of time before they realised that there was an issue with them. They have reverted back to the original design now but sounds like you have one of the faulty upgraded cartridges which is a mm short and cause the boiler to stick in central heating. Give Ideal a call who I'm sure will be more happy to pop out and change the cartridge for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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