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LOW POWER SUPPLY FROM MAINS on Johnson Starley Quantec C

Your boiler has detected that the electricity coming from your home's wall socket is unstable and outside the safe voltage range it needs to operate correctly.

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Book a Gas Safe engineer within 24 to 48 hours. Your boiler may be unsafe or could break down completely if left.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Mains supply voltage outside of 190V - 256V range

From this model's manual
Verified against the Johnson Starley/Johnson Starley Quantec C installation & service manual.
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 is a high severity fault. Stop using the boiler and call a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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All 31 fault codes on the Quantec C

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

ADC LOCKOUTDHW SENSOR LOCKOUTDRIFT TEST WAITINGE-01E01E03EEPROM LOCKOUTEXHAUST SENSOR FAULTF-15F15F37F40FALSE FLAME LOCKOUTFAN FAULTFLAME CIRCUIT FAILUREFLOW THERMISTOR FAULTFLUE TEMPERATURE SENOR LOCKOUTHE DHW OUTLET SENSORIGNITION LOCKOUTLOW WATER PRESSURENO DHW BUT CH ONNO DISPLAYOUTDOOR SENSOR ERROROVERHEAT LOCKOUTREMOTE RESET LOCKOUTRETURN THERMISTOR FAULTSENSOR STUCK LOCKOUTVALVE FEED BACK ERRORWATER PRESSURE SENSORWATER PRESSURE TOO HIGH

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