Medium
3 green flashes on Baxi EP

Your boiler has temporarily lost its flame and is currently trying 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.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

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

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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

Wait for the boiler to complete its automatic self-reset sequenceCheck that other gas appliances in the home are working correctlyEnsure the external condensate pipe has not frozen if the weather is coldMonitor the control panel to see if the fault clears or turns into a solid red light

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