Medium
Limescale Build-up on Ariston Microsystem 15

Your boiler has detected that limescale is building up inside the part that heats your tap water, so it is limiting its own temperature to protect itself from further damage.

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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

Indirect control (actuated through the regulation of the temperature in the primary heat exchanger) on the formation of limescale in the secondary heat exchanger; temperature is limited to 62°C.

Shared across the range
This code is shared by the boilers in this range, which use the same control board. It may not be printed in this exact variant’s manual.
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