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11 Troubleshooting

11.1 Introduction

This chapter deals with the following problems with the appliance:

 

Gas smell.

 

Water leakage.

 

Explosive ignition.

 

Poor flame profile.

 

No hot water.

 

Insufficient hot water.

 

When the appliance is in an error condition, the heat demand is (temporarily)

 

ignored, and you cannot draw hot water. The frost protection is also out of

 

action. The error conditions are divided into three groups:

 

Lock out errors of the burner control

 

 

In this event, the red error light will be lit on the control panel. The burner

 

 

control is in lockout.

 

 

Once the cause has been rectified, the reset button must be pressed to

 

 

restart the appliance.

 

Cycling of appliance

 

 

In this case, the appliance continuously attempts to start, but there is an

 

 

error that prevents the heating cycle (9.3 "The appliance's heating cycle")

 

 

from completing successfully. Once the cause has been rectified, the

 

 

appliance will restart automatically.

 

Blocking errors

 

 

You can recognize this condition when the appliance does not start running,

 

 

despite the fact that the water is colder than the temperature set with the

 

 

control thermostat (7.5 "Control thermostat").

These errors disappear automatically once the cause of the error has been removed, after which the appliance resumes operation by itself.

Possible error conditions are explained in the following troubleshooting tables.

Note

Footnotes referred to in the tables can be found on the last page of each table.

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