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S.08 on Glow-worm Energy Regular

Your boiler is currently taking a short, scheduled break to manage its internal temperature before restarting the heating process.

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Monitor it

This is a minor fault. Keep an eye on it and mention it at your next annual boiler service. Reset the boiler and see if it clears.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Heating mode: Temporary shutdown after heating procedure

From this model's manual
Verified against the Glow Worm/Glow Worm Energy Regular installation & service manual, page 29.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

Engineer required

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

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All 78 fault codes on the Energy Regular

Seeing a different code? Every code this model can display, in one place.

Connectiond.02d.94F.00F.01F.10F.11F.13F.20F.23F.24F.25F.27F.28F.29F.32F.49F.61F.62F.63F.64F.65F.67F.68F.70F.71F.72F.77F.78F.83F.84F.85F.86F.87F.88F.91P.01P.02P.03P.04P.05P.06P.07P.10S.0S.01S.02S.03S.04S.05S.06S.07S.20S.21S.22S.23S.24S.25S.26S.27S.28S.30S.31S.32S.34S.39S.42S.46S.53S.54S.88S.91S.96S.98S.99S.108S.109

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