Low
203 on Worcester Bosch Greenstar 8000 Life Regular

Your boiler is perfectly healthy and is simply waiting for a signal from your thermostat to start heating your home or 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

Boiler in standby, no heat energy demand

From this model's manual
Verified against the Worcester Bosch Greenstar 8000 Life Regular installation & service manual, page 69.
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

Check your room thermostat or smart controller settingsEnsure your heating timer is scheduled to be 'ON'Turn up the temperature on your thermostat to see if the boiler fires up

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