myglaren Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 No, it just gurgles a lot until it is topped up. I topped it up at about 6 this morning, when it was stone cold. It fired up at 11 and has been silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 i had to condemn the Baxi Bermuda back boiler here 3 years ago. it has been replaced by a Bosch Worcester thing which, touch wood has been ok. it got to the stage that the Baxi sometimes would work ,and sometimes would not work. sometimes it would try and start, and then tripout, though i could then get it going by pressing the reset button. it got to the stage where it just would not go at all. in december, and the week before xmas. great. bloody marvelous. i got the plumber Mark to come and look at it. we tried a new thermocouple, a new pcb, a second hand burner tray, some other bits which i cannot remember, basically just about everything that could be changed, was changed and then changed back, cos none of it helped and yes, some bits were second hand cos there was very little parts supply for it even then, and it was only, i think 10 or 12 years old. and after all this buggering about, the damn thing just would not go. it would try to start, it would briefly fire even and then just die. and mark never did get to the bottom of why it wouldn't work!! which i thought was shit, cos the boiler the house came with, also a Baxi, but one with a fire in a teak box (younger viewers need to ask their parents) which still had excellent parts supply!! well we ended up heating the water with the emersion heater, and the house with the gas fire and a calor gas heater thing (don't ever use one of them a lot cos of the water that it throws out, and the risks of CO poisoning...) until Kerry, just out of idle curiosity, tried the central heating. and it started! so we turned it on to all day, and just left it running. but its day was done. in the new year, we got it changed as soon as the plumber had an opening, we got it changed. well its still there, behind the gas fire in the front room, just its now isolated and if, or when i decorate in here then i'll get it pulled out, maybe! irritatingly, Kerrys folks house has a Baxi back boiler, but its an older design but a similar vintage to the one i had, but that one had with a mechanical thermostat, no pcb and the rest, and that one is still going strong!! all modern shit is, erm shit...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 We’ve a Baxi, 18 years old, still chugs along, would no doubt save us a fortune running a new boiler but not when you factor in £2,000 to fit a new boiler. Of course eventually the flue will go then it will be curtains but 18 years is bloody good going I reckon. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 13/02/2021 at 18:54, Remspoor said: I am sorry to say that someone is paying for you to drive your car. I expect you would not be so smug if the recharging was not free. One day you will get a rude awakening. The free will mean with enough EVs on the road the cars queuing for a recharge The other possibility is that the free ones will disappear in the end. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55941244 Oh, and get rid of your crap tee shirt. how can anyone love range anxiety? It's probably a response to attitudes towards electric vehicles like yours. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeB Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 22 hours ago, myglaren said: We need Paulplom back - although he did always recommend Baxi. Mine is not at all well, bubbling and gurgling, losing pressure, water (icicles now) down the wall from the pressure release valve. Had to bleed the upstairs radiators several time and the downstairs ones take forever to heat up. Have to top up nearly every day before it fires up. Always used to pack up just before Christmas but has been fine for two years until recently. I was planning to have a Baxi replace it - it is a Chaffoteaux & Maury and pretty much obsolete. My daughter had a Worcester Bosch fitted which doesn't fill me with confidence. Was going to have one fitted last summer but of course it was running perfectly then. Today's grump us that I was leaning down to pick up the phone charger lead that I dropped on the floor. My office chair shot away from under me and dumped me on the corner of the bed (wood) and I now have bruised ribs, this happened yesterday evening and it was a bugger to get to sleep as I mostly sleep on that side but continually turn over as my arms start to hurt after a while. Sounds as though the diaphragm in the pressure vessel has lost air. When this happens the water is ejected via the pressure relief valve when the system heats up. You may be able to fix it just by using a bike pump to top up the diaphragm. If not you will need a new pressure vessel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I did wonder if this might be the case. I do procrastinate as much as I am able but perhaps should investigate. Thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Grumpy? Not me. Wife is on lots of pain, there's something wrong with her thumb, on a scale of one to 10 where 1 is a paper cut, and 10 is child birth and 11 is being kicked in the nutz by a herd of rhinos charging you. She reckons 12. On the one hand I'm trying my best, to help her, but on the other I wondered if I should book her into dignitas? I think she would have willingly gone this evening. Rab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Potterton Apollo 30.. Just coming up for its 30th birthday, been good all the way through, treated it to a digital programmer for its 28th birthday, the original pin type had been sticking occasionally for a while, got a digital one from a local FB group brand new for a fiver and a few beers to my corgi/gassafe mate to fit it when he serviced the boiler.... It will probably blow up now 🤞🏽🤦♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Bastarding interview for the replacement for my head of department has made me grumpy all week. I have been invited to interview but I am certain my boss is going to pick someone young, female and attractive in preference to someone like me with vastly more experience. I don't care what sex, sexuality, colour or creed people are as it's completely irrelevant to their competence to do the job, but I find something a bit sinister about a white middle aged man who prefers to employ young women and passes this off as redressing the balance and gender equality. In reality it makes him look more like their sugar daddy. myglaren and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, warch said: Bastarding interview for the replacement for my head of department has made me grumpy all week. I have been invited to interview but I am certain my boss is going to pick someone young, female and attractive in preference to someone like me with vastly more experience. I don't care what sex, sexuality, colour or creed people are as it's completely irrelevant to their competence to do the job, but I find something a bit sinister about a white middle aged man who prefers to employ young women and passes this off as redressing the balance and gender equality. In reality it makes him look more like their sugar daddy. Got proof? Employment tribunal and payout £££, especially if you've been there a while. Sex discrimination is against the law. warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I want a Citroen SM but they're too expensive. myglaren, fairkens, Low Horatio gearbox and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, PhilA said: I want a Citroen SM but they're too expensive. Blame Burt Reynolds for thinning out the US numbers fairly early on... 😉 PhilA and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 8 hours ago, warch said: Bastarding interview for the replacement for my head of department has made me grumpy all week. I have been invited to interview but I am certain my boss is going to pick someone young, female and attractive in preference to someone like me with vastly more experience. I don't care what sex, sexuality, colour or creed people are as it's completely irrelevant to their competence to do the job, but I find something a bit sinister about a white middle aged man who prefers to employ young women and passes this off as redressing the balance and gender equality. In reality it makes him look more like their sugar daddy. I’m having this nonsense at the moment. It seems having spent two years doing mortgages about 15 years ago and having a wealth of banking and finance experience, it’s not recent enough, Nothing has changed in that time. You want a house? Do you have a deposit? Can you afford it? Then fine. Are you called Claude the repeat Fraudster who never repays money he borrows? Maybe try the Bank next door.... Remspoor and warch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Parky said: I’m having this nonsense at the moment. It seems having spent two years doing mortgages about 15 years ago and having a wealth of banking and finance experience, it’s not recent enough, Nothing has changed in that time. You want a house? Do you have a deposit? Can you afford it? Then fine. Are you called Claude the repeat Fraudster who never repays money he borrows? Maybe try the Bank next door.... Retail banking is fucked anyway, people have the gumption these days to search online for things. Nobody goes into a bank these days even a fossil like me doesn’t. You need to specialise in something like equity release or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Grump - People who give their cars names. Get a fucking dog or something. myglaren, Wilko220, Amishtat and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, barefoot said: Grump - People who give their cars names. Get a fucking dog or something. Don’t give things names that you might have to cut their lives short if they become a nuisance or you need to eat them. It colours your judgement. Before you know it you are spunking £800 refreshing Barry the Zafiras suspension when what you rationally should do is shoot it in the side of the head. But then I’m not a terribly sentimental person about these things. Wilko220, strangeangel, BorniteIdentity and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 41 minutes ago, barefoot said: Grump - People who give their cars names. Get a fucking dog or something. How do you tell your 7 of the same model if car apart of you don't name them? 🤦 The Moog and brownnova 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 22 minutes ago, sierraman said: Barry the Zafira 😆 Made me spit my tea out! stonedagain, barefoot and beko1987 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said: How do you tell your 7 of the same model if car apart of you don't name them? 🤦 Number plates? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 38 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said: How do you tell your 7 of the same model if car apart of you don't name them? 🤦 'Fucked, Still Fucked, More Fucked, Less Fucked, OK, Shit the Bed, Fucking Fucked...' LightBulbFun, brownnova, Craig the Princess and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 20 hours ago, loserone said: It's probably a response to attitudes towards electric vehicles like yours. Wait a minute... Where did I say I hate EVs? I just hate the attitude in that they think they drive the vehicle for free. It is not free just that the facilities (at the moment) are not charged for. I said that will end, when EVs become popular. The whole article is egotistical, including the tee shit. myglaren, Rusty_Rocket, chadders and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 44 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Wait a minute... Where did I say I hate EVs? I just hate the attitude in that they think they drive the vehicle for free. It is not free just that the facilities (at the moment) are not charged for. I said that will end, when EVs become popular. The whole article is egotistical, including the tee shit. It is ok to dislike them, in fact the other day I saw an electric Porsche, as it silently whooshed away I just thought ‘what’s the point...’ the whole point of a Porsche to me was the sound of the flat engine starting up and purring away, this electric device just felt like exactly that. A device. A washing machine or a Morphy Richards toaster. I know we’ll all end up in them one day in much the same way we’ll all end up dribbling and incontinent. I just can’t really get very excited by the prospect of having one. Maybe that would change in the future if they brought out retro styled old cars but with an electric motor like the Renault 5 concept as opposed anodyne crap that Elon Musk thinks everyone wants. Remspoor, volvov70 and danthecapriman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, sierraman said: It is ok to dislike them, in fact the other day I saw an electric Porsche, as it silently whooshed away I just thought ‘what’s the point...’ the whole point of a Porsche to me was the sound of the flat engine starting up and purring away, this electric device just felt like exactly that. A device. A washing machine or a Morphy Richards toaster. I know we’ll all end up in them one day in much the same way we’ll all end up dribbling and incontinent. I just can’t really get very excited by the prospect of having one. Maybe that would change in the future if they brought out retro styled old cars but with an electric motor like the Renault 5 concept as opposed anodyne crap that Elon Musk thinks everyone wants. Have you actually been in any electric car? You might find your attitude changes dramatically as some of them are hugely impressive, I was blown away the first time I went in one and that was a relatively humble Vauxhall Ampera, I'd love a Taycan or Tesla. cobblers, GrumpiusMaximus and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 53 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Wait a minute... Where did I say I hate EVs? I just hate the attitude in that they think they drive the vehicle for free. It is not free just that the facilities (at the moment) are not charged for. I said that will end, when EVs become popular. The whole article is egotistical, including the tee shit. Didn't you get the memo? The only correct attitude towards EVs is unquestioning adulation for them and all who drive them. This idea of finding out about things for yourself and then making your mind up is so last century. twosmoke300, Remspoor, Fumbler and 6 others 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Just now, Jazoli said: Have you actually been in any electric car? You might find your attitude changes dramatically as some of them are hugely impressive, I was blown away the first time I went in one and that was a relatively humble Vauxhall Ampera, I'd love a Taycan or Tesla. Yes, I’ve been in a Leaf. I fell asleep. Remspoor, Angrydicky and oldcars 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 And here's the Just now, sierraman said: Yes, I’ve been in a Leaf. I fell asleep. Hahaha a leaf is far removed from a Taycan as a Fiesta is to a GT40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Not sure there's an unquestioning adulation for electric vehicles and all who drive them, in fact they're a bit like vegans and Christians if anything in that they're a target for the haters. loserone, crad and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 54 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: Not sure there's an unquestioning adulation for electric vehicles and all who drive them, in fact they're a bit like vegans and Christians if anything in that they're a target for the haters. Electricasceptic. I think I’ve coined a new word there. crad, myglaren, Cavcraft and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, sierraman said: Electricasceptic. I think I’ve coined a new word there. First coined by the Milk Marketing Board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Maybe that would change in the future if they brought out retro styled old cars but with an electric motor like the Renault 5 concept as opposed anodyne crap that Elon Musk thinks everyone wants. Vintage Voltage was on Quest TV, converting old cars to electric.... Some better than others but all at a fkin high price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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