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d.16 on Glow-worm MicraCom

Your boiler is currently receiving a signal from your thermostat that your home has reached the desired temperature, so it is waiting for a command to start heating again.

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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

Status of the 24V room thermostat (ON/OFF)

Shared across the MicraCom range
This code is shared by the boilers in this range, which use the same control board. It may not be printed in this exact variant’s manual.
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

Locate your room thermostat or smart controllerTurn the target temperature up higher than the current room temperatureCheck if the boiler fires up and the fault code clears

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All 138 fault codes on the MicraCom

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

d.00d.01d.02d.05d.06d.08d.09d.10d.11d.13d.14d.15d.17d.18d.20d.21d.22d.23d.27d.28d.33d.34d.35d.36d.39d.40d.41d.43d.45d.47d.50d.51d.58d.60d.61d.64d.65d.67d.68d.69d.71d.80d.81d.82d.83d.85d.88d.90d.91d.93d.94d.96d.149d.165d.191d.192F.00F.01F.10F.11F.13F.20F.22F.23F.24F.25F.27F.28F.29F.32F.33F.46F.49F.61F.62F.63F.64F.65F.67F.68F.70F.71F.72F.73F.74F.75F.76F.77F.78F.83F.84F.85F.86F.87F.88F.89F.97S.00S.01S.02S.03S.04S.05S.06S.07S.08S.10S.11S.13S.14S.15S.16S.17S.20S.21S.23S.24S.25S.26S.27S.28S.30S.31S.32S.34S.39S.41S.42S.46S.53S.54S.58S.76S.88S.91S.96S.98

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