Paloma ph 5lfe

[Martinb2347]

Evening all.  We have a paloma PH 5LFE water boiler on our nb....we have notices the pilot light on the left has been weak for a while and went to clean it as it has in the past got fluff in the hole.....   sadly since trying to clean it we cant get the left pilot to light at all.    Any ideas?

[Tracy D'arth]

Jet blocked? Water in the gas feed pipe to the jet?

 

Right hand only gas?

[Martinb2347]

No its the left hand pilot light, the one they stay alight.....normally 

[mrsmelly]

Thermocouple?

[Alan de Enfield]

1 minute ago, mrsmelly said:

Thermocouple?

That was my 1st thought, but he says it will not light at all (a thermocouple failure would stop it staying lit when the purge button was released)

 

 

16 hours ago, Martinb2347 said:

............. sadly since trying to clean it we cant get the left pilot to light at all. 

Are you getting gas when you press the purge ?

Will it light with a lighter / match ?

[mrsmelly]

Have you tried lighting with a match whilst holding gas button in? Is ignitor jobby knackered?..............have you got gas to the cooker etc?

[Martinb2347]

Ok, so normally when you press the main control button the gas comes throught the right hand side but the left hand side doesnt light therefore when you remove the main button it goes out.   The main burner will light if button pressed and water turned on but will go out if main button released.  There doesnt seem to be anything coming through the left hand side.

[Martinb2347]

Good news, j gingerly removed the pilot injector and cleaned that.   Seems to have done the job.....we r back up and running.   

 

Thanks everyone for your comments ?