Medium
E98 on Biasi Inovia 2020

Your boiler is having trouble communicating with the solar panel control system, which means your renewable energy setup isn't working correctly with your heating.

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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

Failure of the solar controller.

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Engineer required

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

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All 45 fault codes on the Inovia 2020

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AncPdPE01E02E03E04E04 +E05E05 +E06E06 +E07E07 +E08E08 +E09E09 +E10E12E12 +E13E13 +E14E14 +E19E19 +E20E21E22E23E24E25E44E50E69E69 +E99E99 +Er 99hpL 01LPWrench symbol flashing

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