Medium
D.68 on Vaillant Combi Compact 282EB

Your boiler is struggling to light the flame on its first try, which often means it needs more than one attempt to provide you with heating or 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.

Technical description

Unsuccessful ignitions in the first attempt

DIY fix possible

Check that your gas prepayment meter has creditEnsure your external gas emergency control valve is fully openPress the 'Reset' button (flame symbol with a cross) once and wait to see if the error clears

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