Do I need an electrician or a heating engineer?

[ogredownstairs]

No power to the boiler or control panel this morning but boiler was working perfectly yesterday. No hot water or heating - lovely! Nothing has tripped on the consumer unit so I am wondering if a fuse has gone on the spur serving them. Don't want to pay call out charge to the wrong guys so wondering who to call? Any advice v welcome....

I would phone a heating engineer, explain the problem and ask if it's something they think they could fix or whether an electrician would be better Our heating engineer can certainly deal with most electrical problems.

change the fuse, then call an engineer if that doesn't solve the problem

If all the other sockets and switches are working, look at the switch for the boiler. It will probably be an FCU (sometimes called a spur) with a small pull-out slot that a fuse goes in. You will need a small screwdriver. It may have a neon indicator that may have gone out. As boring says, replace this fuse with a new 5Amp one. If the boiler starts for a short time, then the fuse blows again, or if the boiler has one or more lights that come on but wil not fire, the fuse was probably blown due to a fault on the boiler. This is often where an internal leak has caused an electrical part to become wet. Sometimes it is the pump or an electric valve. Occasionally it is an electronic part on the boiler.

It is not likely to be a fault needing an electrician unless several sockets and switches have stopped working.

Thanks all and especially Pigletjohn! A friend of a friend who is an electrician is having a look for me, thank god - I couldn't find the spur as boiler is built into cupboards above the washer dryer and all a bit complicated down there, especially as we have an underfloor heating manifold in there as well.

Spur eventually located behind dryer (!) and indeed had a blown 3 amp fuse, so he's replacing it with a 5 amp - fingers crossed!