Medium
3 green flashes on Baxi 80e

Your boiler has temporarily lost its flame and is attempting to restart itself automatically.

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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.

Technical description

Temporary flame loss. Boiler will self reset, if fault continues you will see 3 red flashes.

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This fault requires a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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