Apparently I jinxed the boiler

[louisedennis]

The plumber turned up out of the blue to do some final checks and fill in some paperwork and apparently the whole caboodle is kaput in some mysterious fashion relating to the number 8.

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Comments

[knitekat]

*grr* Bloody annoying. What has the number 8 got to do with it?

[louisedennis]

8 may be the error code for the fault (which apparently means the fan is jammed) except that the 8 is not appearing where the plumber expects it to appear, where a number 3 is displayed, however 3 isn't an official error code. But since the plumber was a bit suspicious about the fan when he installed the boiler he's opting for problem type 8. The poor man was very put out, apparently this is his favourite make of boiler and he's taking the malfunction as a personal slight.

[king_pellinor]

Is there an error in the error-reporting system, then?

3 is just 8 minus 1, after all.

[louisedennis]

3 is just 8 minus 1, after all.

I can think of a few ways this might be the case, I'm now wondering which you are thinking of.