Hello Guys and Girls it's 'Lurgs' here. Today we're going to replace the clock on an Ariston MicroGenus combi boiler, which is
this clock right here. Right, let's get cracking. The most important thing before we get started
Make sure you turn the power off to the boiler
If you can't locate the power just turn off the electrics at the fuse box
Okay
So this is the clock that I want to change out, it broke a couple of months ago
And it just doesn't move anymore and this is a new clock that I got off a well-known auction site
It's not actually a brand new clock
But it was been taken off a working boiler and I got that at the fraction of the price of a new one
So to get access to the clock
There is two screws one on the right hand side there and one on the left hand side. Just underneath
So we just need to undo those.
And then the front panel just lifts out on hinges. Okay. So let's just remove this screw and then remove the other one
You might want to support it while you're doing this because it will drop down a little bit.
Now this whole panel just folds down in front of you
I'm just going to support it here .
And there we go, a little bit of sawdust in there. I'll give that a Hoover later
So as you can see there, it's just on a small little hinge
Which gives you access to the clock and that is the clock that is currently broken. That's the one that we're going to swap out.
So there are 4 screws one in each corner, so we just need to remove those
So let's do that and I'll just speed this up because you don't need to see me doing it at normal speed because we'll be
here all day
Okay, so that's all 4 screws removed
Now this literally just lifts up and out very easy, but just be careful - obviously all the wires are still attached
Just to reiterate make sure the power is off. I know this is only
DC voltage, but even so you do not want to power on so this is my new new clock to go on there
and
It came with all the wires, but I'm not going to need those
So I've taken those wires off and basically what we need to do now is just swap them out
I'm just going to do this one by one and then we know that we've definitely got the right wires
So here's the new one, I'm just going to swap them over
Wire by wire so we know that we're getting them on exactly the right terminals then
If you just unplug the whole lot and plug them all in you could get them muddled up
So this is just the safest way to do it.
Okay, just having a bit of a struggle with the last one okay now that's on just make sure they're all on nice and securely
That's the old one which I'll take to the recycling
Okay all done there right, so we just need to put that back into the holder and then put those 4 screws back in.
So just offer in those screws first before you start tightening them up too tight
They are only plastic threads anyway.
So let's get all those 4l tightened up and that's that done. I'm just going to give it a quick hoover.
And then just push the panel back into place and you might need to just lift it up a little bit
so you're pushing it back in on the hinges and just slightly lifting it and
then once you've got it aligned just hold it up with one of your hands and then just get one of those screws in.
So we'll just do that.
So we just need to tighten that up and then get this one in and tighten it up
Again just put this in with your fingers just hand tighten it once it's
Got a bit of a bite then you can get your screwdriver on it
And just tighten it up all the way
Okay
Right now, I think what we need to do now is we're doing a good job
I think we just should stop for a nice cup of tea
Oh.
Right, so the time is 12 minutes past one, so let's set the clock on the new clock
Turn it on the outside don't wiggle the hands on the inside because you could snap them off
So it's now 13:10
Once you set the time then remember to put the power back on because the clock won't move obviously
Now I'm just going to test that the boiler does actually come on on that switch
So let's just turn it permanently on and have a listen
That's great I can hear the boiler firing up, fabulous so the switch is working
Now I'm just setting it there to come on just before two o'clock, quarter to two on the timer
Right so this is 30 minutes later and
And excellent news the clock is working on the boiler
Brilliant
Now I'm just going to flick the switches to make it come on
Because I'm not going to wait till
2 o'clock and
Again, the boiler is firing up. That is great news
So all in all great news swapping out the clock there.
Fairly simple job really just make sure that the power is off
That's really important
Great job great job
And just another quick check three hours later all synced up nice
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