{"id":1242,"date":"2022-08-25T07:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T07:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:14:34","slug":"potterton-suprima-worth-repairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/central-heating\/potterton-suprima-worth-repairing\/","title":{"rendered":"Potterton Suprima – worth repairing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Potterton Suprima gas boiler – worth repairing?<\/h2>\n
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A Potterton Suprima boiler, still bearing the labels attached by the manufacturer which the installer should have peeled off!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve had a number of enquiries recently from people with Potterton Suprima boiler breakdowns, asking me if I think they are worth fixing given most are approaching 20 years old. My quick answer is always “Yes”. <\/p>\n

A more detailed answer would be yes they are a basic and simple boiler nearly always a quick and easy to fix, but sometimes expensive. <\/p>\n

By far the most common breakdown is control board failure which can manifest itself in a variety of ways. A brand new control board has risen to almost \u00a3300 now (August 2022) plus the cost of the visit to install it, but the good news is I can fit a reconditioned exchange control board for far less. Typically around \u00a3100 for the part although still plus the cost of the visit. The cost of a visit varies widely, depending mainly on how far away you are from me (near Hungerford Berkshire) and consequently how much driving time is involved in a trip to you. <\/p>\n

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An old style Suprima PCB, with the electronic components exposed and visible<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most Suprimas have a control board inside a grey plastic box and changing it is ‘plug and play’ (or ‘plug and pray’ some people say, lol). Early versions occasionally still have the original control board with all the electronic components exposed and visible. This early PCB can still be replaced with a exchange reconditioned board of the ‘grey box’ type but it means a rewire of the boiler and installation of a new wiring loom. Most Suprimas have already been converted to the later grey box type of board though.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other problems which can be mis-diagnosed as control board fault are air pressure switch failure, gas valve failure, pump failure and the boiler genuinely overheating. These are unusual though. The most common non-control board failure is the flue fan. Again easily replaced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’ve written more about Potterton Suprima Boilers in more detail on my separate website for Suprima boilers:
suprima-repairs.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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Potterton Suprima gas boiler – worth repairing? I’ve had a number of enquiries recently from people with Potterton Suprima boiler breakdowns, asking me if I think they are worth fixing given most are approaching 20 years old. My quick answer is always “Yes”.  A more detailed answer would be yes they are a basic and simple boiler nearly always a quick and easy to fix, but sometimes expensive.  By far the most common breakdown is control board failure which can manifest itself in a variety of ways. A brand new control board has risen to almost \u00a3300 now (August 2022)\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3,5],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miketheboilerman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}