Oh my god ! Until I started to google the pcb problem I had no idea of the scale of this. Basically last night there was a very bad burning smell in my house which I tracked down to my Potterton suprema 40 boiler in the kitchen. The electrical circuit board was in melt down . Fizzing and crackling sounds were coming from it and I had to act fast to stop my house catching fire. The smoke that it emmited was acrid and we have had all the doors and windows open but it's very hard to get rid of. I was very angry and very worried and even though I had turned off gas and electricity supplies to the boiler I slept with a fire extinquisher on the landing. British gas are coming out to fix it for a one off payment fee of £168 but I am far from happy about what has happened. Last night my wife and I nearly went to bed early as we were very tired. The bottom line is that I believe my house would have burnt down and possibly resulting in my family being killed had I done so. Potterton will only give me a part number of 5111603 for a new circuit board but are unable to tell me if this is the new design . I understand from reading on the net this morning that there are modified boards as this is a major problem from this range of boilers. The Watchdog site from the BBC has an example of over 20 houses in one development in Yeovil suffering problems from there Potterton Suprema boilers. Yours Sincerely. I'm saving for a new boiler made by a different manufaturer.
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Sep 19th, 2008
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