Broken fan on boiler, can we get it working temporarily

C_Mababejive

If you can get a fan at the right price and nothing else is wrong such as water leakage, id keep the boiler. If it were mine, id take the fan apart to its last nut and bolt, clean it, check it and if it looked ok, id lube with high melting point grease and stick back on.

southcoastrgi

some of you who should know better advising someone to do something that should be left to a RGI, shame on you :mad:

cherydee

southcoastrgi, my hubby wouldn't take anything to bits, but I think I've spotted a brand new part we need on eBay and we'll get someone qualified to fit it and it will cost less than half the £400 plus labour we've been quoted. What he has done though is spun the fan and got it working for today, I'm just extremely grateful to have some heat, so a massive washing day for me I think.

snowcat75

southcoastrgi wrote: »

some of you who should know better advising someone to do something that should be left to a RGI, shame on you :mad:

Really how hard can a fan be to install? a few screws and a multi connector? Id even guess that if the fan doesn't turn and draws to much current the PCB cuts the whole unit out.


Personally and I don't have the luxury of gas where I live, but I would never hesitate to find a fault on anything, infact to get me up and running Id probably take the fan to bits make a couple of phos, bronze bushes on the lathe and happy days.

unclebulgaria

What you should be asking is how hard is it to kill your loved ones messing with things you shouldn't be messing with!
There's a reason you're not supposed to be fiddling with gas critical parts!
Oh and £400 plus to fit a fan sounds like someone trying to push you into scrapping the boiler for new.

snowcat75

unclebulgaria wrote: »

What you should be asking is how hard is it to kill your loved ones messing with things you shouldn't be messing with!
There's a reason you're not supposed to be fiddling with gas critical parts!
Oh and £400 plus to fit a fan sounds like someone trying to push you into scrapping the boiler for new.

Of course no one except an RGI can cope with safely working around 240v and swapping a fan.

southcoastrgi

snowcat75 wrote: »

Of course no one except an RGI can cope with safely working around 240v and swapping a fan.

glad to see you realise that

snowcat75

southcoastrgi wrote: »

glad to see you realise that

yes because a 10 day fast track course, always trumps time serving with a journeyman and decades in general engineering.

southcoastrgi

all i can say it's prob a good job you don't have gas where you live, I've been driving a car for 34 yrs but it doesn't mean I know how to make one

C_Mababejive

It is a mystery to me how such a simple and basic part could cost £200 or thereabouts for the part only.