Medium
L5 on Ideal Vogue

Your boiler has been manually reset too many times in a short period and has temporarily locked itself out for safety.

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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.

Technical description

5 boiler resets in 15 minutes

DIY fix possible

Switch the power to the boiler off at the fused spur switchWait for at least 15 minutes without touching any buttonsSwitch the power back on and see if the boiler clears the code

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