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S.16 on Vaillant Home System

Your boiler is briefly cooling down its internal components after finishing a cycle of heating your hot water.

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Monitor it

This is a minor fault. Keep an eye on it and mention it at your next annual boiler service. Reset the boiler and see if it clears.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

DHW mode: Fan overrun

From this model's manual
Verified against the Vaillant Home System installation & service manual, page 32.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

DIY fix possible

No action is required as this is a normal status message and not a breakdown code.Wait a few minutes for the status to change and the fan to stop automatically.If the code persists for hours, try resetting the boiler once.

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