Medium
13 on Johnson Starley C16d

Your boiler has been manually reset too many times in a single hour and has locked itself 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

Remote reset lockout (Exceeded 5 remote resets per hour)

DIY fix possible

Turn off the power supply to the boiler at the fused spur switch.Wait for at least 60 minutes without touching the controls to allow the internal timer to reset.Restore power and attempt one single manual reset on the boiler unit itself.

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