Medium
3 green flashes on Baxi Performa

Your boiler has briefly lost its flame and is 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

Monitor the boiler to see if it clears the fault and restarts automaticallyCheck that other gas appliances in the home are working correctlyIf the fault persists and turns to red flashes, attempt a manual resetEnsure the condensate pipe has not frozen if the weather is extremely cold

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All 13 fault codes on the Performa

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1 green flash1 red flash2 red flashes3 red flashes4 green flashes4 red flashes5 green flashes5 red flashes6 green flashes6 red flashes125432

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