Any body know anything about thermocouples in gas fires

sloppycowpat

hey guys,

probably a long shot but i thought it was worth a go

my fire died last week and the engineer came and said the fire is in perfect nik apart from a broken thermocouple- safety device to open gas valve when the flame is on which he could not source.

however I have found a place that has them in stock in my model number and part code so but..

1) will British Gas fit a part not sourced by themselves?
2) if not is it a straight swap?- I can take all the bits off etc as I asked the engineer how to do it when he was here but don't know how to 'unclip' the coupling
3) what would you do as I really don't want to shell out 300-400 quid on a fire when summer is looming

oh if it helps the model is a valor black beauty 466

cheers

TommyEss

I would talk to British Gas first and tell them where you have found the part - it sounds odd that they couldn't find it.

Failing that, you should still use a Corgi registered engineer to fit the part, not give it a go yourself. This isn't like rewiring a plug or putting up shelves - this could be very dangerous if not done properly.

I'm sure you'll be able to find someone Corgi registered to fit the part for you, and I'm sure it'll be a lot less than the cost of a new fire.

The Rookie

Just unplugging and plugging in a new TC is as low risk as it gets, if you do it wrong the fire will not work anyway, in fact I doubt you need to be 'gas safe' registered to do it as you're not touching anything 'gas'.

Simon

Andy525

Manual for the gas fire, section 15 deals with servicingand replacements

http://www.solvgroup.com/uploaded_files ... EL_466.pdf