Ideal Boiler Faults & Errors by Approved Ideal Boiler Engineers - Book an Engineer.
Ideal Boilers was founded in 1906, thats over 100 years of providing the best quality boilers to our customers.
Ideal were taking boilers out of basements and into kitchens in the 1920s, through to introducing pioneering high-efficiency technologies.
Ideal have approved us to install their boilers to our customers, meaning you get a great boiler and a manufacturer backed warranty.
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Fault/Error Code | Possible Cause |
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No Display | Failure - Fault with PCB. |
Overheat | Lockout - You need to bleed your radiators of air. Refill system to 1.0 bar pressure, check that radiator and boiler valves are open and reset boiler. - Need help? Call our boiler engineer. |
C0 | Chip card failure - Boiler chip card activation fault. |
C2 | Chip card failure - Boiler internal error or an activation fault. Boiler chip card activation fault. |
FA | Flame fault - Boiler safe mode. Book our boiler engineer. |
FD | Pump or air locks - This code could also be caused by a lack of water in your central heating system or an issue with water circulation. Boiler Pump or air locks. |
F1 | Water pressure - Same as FD, lack of water in your central heating system. Water pressure to low. |
F1 | Water pressure - Same as FD, lack of water in your central heating system. Water pressure to low. |
F2 | Flame fault - Flame loss during operation, check gas pressure. Faulty gas valve. Fan Fault. |
F3 | Fan Fault - Check fan. Damaged fan. Check for loose connections. |
F4 | Thermistor fault - Flow thermistor fault. |
F5 | Thermistor fault - Return thermistor fault. |
F6 | Sensor fault - PCB Fault or outside sensor is broken or faulty. |
F7 | Voltage fault - Electricity source fault. Boiler safe mode. Call our boiler engineer. |
F9 | PCB fault - Unconfigured printed circuit board. |
LF | Ignition fault - Boiler lock out. Boiler safe mode. Call our boiler engineer. |
L1 | Water flow - Temperature reading is too low or too high. Boiler safe mode. |
L2 | Ignition fault - Boiler lock out. Boiler safe mode. |
L3 | Flow thermister - PCB changed or wrong boiler chip card. |
L9/HA/LA/H9 | Overheating - Temperature on your resisteance reading is too high. |
L5 | Boiler return pipe - Have this checked by our boiler engineer. |
L6 | Flame fault - Reset your boiler. Call our boiler engineer. |
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