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Boiler tuning/calibration solution implemented
Boiler tuning/calibration solution implemented.
About this update from Ceres Power Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6153H Ceres Power Holdings plc 01 June 2011 \n \n\n1 June 2011\n Ceres Power Holdings plc\n (\"Ceres\", \"Ceres Power\" or \"the Company\")\nBoiler tuning/calibration solution approved and implemented\nCeres Power reports that it has successfully deployed a solution for the boiler tuning/calibration issue identified in the current wave of field trials.\nAt its Interim Results presentation, the Company reported that initial results from the first wave of five field trial products, installed and operated in a range of occupied family homes, had highlighted an intermittent system reliability issue involving boiler tuning/calibration within the CHP product. In some cases this caused the boiler to automatically lock-out after ignition. As with standard boilers today, if the ignition sequence is not successful after three attempts, then the boiler locks-out, requiring a manual re-set.\nThe engineered solution, involving a new release of software, has been developed in collaboration with Ceres Power's supply chain partners. The improved software has been approved by Kiwa Gastec as complying with the Company's existing CE safety certificate. The Company has now tested the solution and validated that it does satisfactorily resolve the identified boiler tuning/calibration issue and has now uploaded this new software to all CHP products in the field trial, confirming the solution works in occupied homes. \nThe Company is making good progress towards resolving the other reliability and durability issues identified from the field trials and expects to update the market on the progress in addressing these issues during the summer. The company ...