Can I add a little tip for everyone out there. I carry a few pieces of cable with crimps on each end, one with 2 male spade connectors, one with 2 female spade connectors and one with a male spade connector one end, and a female spade connector on the other. This has allowed me to get a 💯 secure connection when I’m by-passing switches to prove faults. Please remember to remove them though guys, you’re not helping the customer by leaving them in whilst you order a replacement. Years ago I got called to a nursing home. An electrician had gone there on a call out in the middle of the night 2 days before. He’d by-passed the surge protection and hadn’t gone back. They had a power surge and blew it blew everything. Everything with a PCB including the residents video recorders ( yes it was over 20 years ago 😂😂😂 ) got fried. I was there to order new boiler PCB’s. The engineer got slated for it, but I guarantee all he was trying to do was keep the heating on for those residents who feel the cold badly. He probably had more call outs and meant to go back, he just never got the time. For caring his name was dirt.
That boiler throws up a fault code for a faulty water thermistor but to answer your question- by passing it won’t work as it’s a resistor and not a switch like the water pressure sensor
Generally, a thermistor is usually around 11,00 ohms at room temp. You can test this with the ohms setting on your multimeter. If you have a spare, you can do the same as PB here and plug it in (not installed) to test without having to drain or isolate anything to see if the boiler fires. It'll probably immediately throw up a different fault because there's no temp increase but it's a quick and dirty way to prove the NTC is the issue.
Love the 60 second fault finding clips. No faffing about. Concise and to the point. Great to see you back again PB. Hope you're well.
If you put the boiler name in the title, it might attract more searches, love your work PB
Great quick tip Pete, glad to see you back brother!!👍
Fantastic tip, great to see you back 👍🏾
Can I add a little tip for everyone out there. I carry a few pieces of cable with crimps on each end, one with 2 male spade connectors, one with 2 female spade connectors and one with a male spade connector one end, and a female spade connector on the other. This has allowed me to get a 💯 secure connection when I’m by-passing switches to prove faults.
Please remember to remove them though guys, you’re not helping the customer by leaving them in whilst you order a replacement. Years ago I got called to a nursing home. An electrician had gone there on a call out in the middle of the night 2 days before. He’d by-passed the surge protection and hadn’t gone back. They had a power surge and blew it blew everything. Everything with a PCB including the residents video recorders ( yes it was over 20 years ago 😂😂😂 ) got fried. I was there to order new boiler PCB’s.
The engineer got slated for it, but I guarantee all he was trying to do was keep the heating on for those residents who feel the cold badly. He probably had more call outs and meant to go back, he just never got the time. For caring his name was dirt.
Love it. I've gained so much watching pb and the other gas vloggers. Thanks
Thanks Pete. I’m fresh into gas so these videos help me out massively
Brilliant clip mate signs of engineering at its best
Good to see ur bk PB hope ur well dude
Loving the content 👌 more videos please. You are helping out alot of people.
Good to have you back Pb
Thanks Pete you legend!!
Brilliant 👌👍🏼🙂
Thank for the tips mate
Brilliant as usual 👏 👌
Great stuff
Love this
Lovely easy peasy ❤
Can you bypass hot water thermistor?
That boiler throws up a fault code for a faulty water thermistor but to answer your question- by passing it won’t work as it’s a resistor and not a switch like the water pressure sensor
No you can’t bypass a thermistor as it’s looking for a resistance value not a closed or open circuit
Generally, a thermistor is usually around 11,00 ohms at room temp. You can test this with the ohms setting on your multimeter. If you have a spare, you can do the same as PB here and plug it in (not installed) to test without having to drain or isolate anything to see if the boiler fires. It'll probably immediately throw up a different fault because there's no temp increase but it's a quick and dirty way to prove the NTC is the issue.
Crap in the sensor I'm guessing
Normally is when they are installed horizontally
@@PBPlumber very interesting point👍
@@PBPlumberlike every Vaillant for as long as I can remember, and that's back in the day of the salmon pink ones.