Medium
3 04 on Ariston Egis HE 24

Your boiler has been manually reset more than five times in fifteen minutes and has temporarily locked itself for safety.

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This fault should be looked at by a Gas Safe engineer within the next week or two. It may get worse if left.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Too many (> 5) resets in 15 minutes

From this model's manual
Verified against the Ariston/Ariston Egis installation & service manual.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

DIY fix possible

Turn off the power supply to the boiler at the fused spur switch.Wait for at least 15 minutes without touching any buttons to allow the internal timer to reset.Turn the power back on and see if the boiler resumes normal operation.

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All 31 fault codes on the Egis HE 24

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