Low
PH 60 on Ideal Instinct2 24

Your boiler is currently heating up a small amount of water internally so that your hot water arrives at the taps more quickly.

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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

The boiler is operating in domestic hot water preheat mode.

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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

No action is required as this is a normal operational message.If you wish to stop this mode, locate the preheat button or setting on the control panel to toggle it off.Monitor the display to see it return to its normal status once the preheat cycle completes.

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All 45 fault codes on the Instinct2 24

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

00CHCH 80F 4 L 4F 5 L 5F 9 L 9F HF LF[-]F1F2F2 or Fn or LnF3F4F5F6F7F8F8 or L8F9F9 or L9FAFnFPFP 1 0FUHH 60L[-]L1L2L4L4 or F4L5L5 or F5L6L8L9LCLnoFPHUuP

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