How tall is the bottle with the Kingfisher on it?

The brightly-coloured little bird, which measures no taller than 20cm in height, seemed relaxed as it came to rest on the lid of the 800ml glass bottle of Kingfisher. Oblivious to the funny side of its new perch, the kingfisher kept returning to the unopened beer bottle and using it as a spot from which to dive for prey in the river below.

Where did the kingfisher perch on the fishing rod?

Keith had taken a similar photo in January where he managed to get a kingfisher to perch patiently on the end of a fishing rod that he had left set up on the water’s edge. When a friend bet him he could not do the same again he set out to prove him wrong.

When did the Potterton Suprima circuit board come out?

The data plate carried a “00” year code indicating it was manufactured in 2000. We removed the screw which allows the control panel to flip down and inspected the board, finding the classical darkened scorch mark which is typical of Potterton Suprima circuit boards of this type.

Is the Potterton Suprima boiler in a cupboard?

The boiler we saw was in a garage, not enclosed in a cupboard. It clearly still had the old style circuit board, in fact one of the earliest circuit boards fitted to the Potterton Suprima, with a membrane panel which has to be pressed to re-set the boiler if it locks out.

When did Potterton stop using the Kingfisher boiler?

Being a non-condensing boiler however, the Kingfisher MF was discontinued when condensing boilers became mandatory in 2005. This boiler suffers from all the same failures as most fan flued non-condensing boilers. Fan failure, air pressure switch failure, PCB failure, gas valve failure etc.

What does lock out light on Potterton kingfisher MF mean?

‍The Kingfisher MF has overheat protection so should the heat exchanger overheat, the boiler ‘locks out’. ‘Locking out’ means the boiler illuminates a red ‘lockout light’ and turns itself off, requiring the user to reset boiler by pressing the ‘Reset’ button once the boiler had cooled for a while.

Is the Kingfisher MF a floor standing boiler?

The Kingfisher MF is a totally different boiler inside, despite being a floor standing boiler looking broadly like the older Kingfisher.

Where is the thermostat on a Potterton kingfisher?

The temperature control knob is attached to the variable temperature thermostat spindle. This thermostat senses the temperature inside the heat exchanger and occasionally loses its calibration. A new thermostat is probably still available. Quite a rare failure though, and I haven’t needed to replace a thermostat on a Kingfisher for many years.