Medium
E50 on Potterton Gold HE

Your boiler's hot water temperature sensor has developed a fault, meaning the system cannot accurately measure or provide hot water.

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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.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Hot Water NTC Fault

From this model's manual
Verified against the Potterton/Potterton Gold He installation & service manual, page 46.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

What causes this fault?

This fault occurs when the internal sensor responsible for monitoring your hot water temperature fails or sends an incorrect signal to the main control board. The most common reason is that the sensor has physically degraded over time or developed a lime-scale coating, preventing it from reading the water temperature accurately.

Engineer required

This fault requires a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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Related fault codes

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All 9 fault codes on the Gold HE

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

E20E28E110E119E125E130E133E160

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