Last night was one of the coolest nights we've had this season. We tend to keep our thermostat at 58 degrees when we're not home and when I came home last night I noticed how chilly it was. Thinking it only felt cooler than it was because I just came from outside, I didn't even check the thermostat. When I didn't warm up or hear the boiler turn on, I checked it. 55 degrees when it clearly says that the holding temp should be 58. Remembering that I hadn't changed the batteries since last year, I put new batteries in and waited to hear the boiler click on. Nothing. I fiddled with it awhile longer before yelling at Art (who was outside) that the boiler wasn't working. I then went into full flashback mode of last fall when it took two months to have a guy come fix the boiler. Two of the coldest months in autumn when the temperature in my house never got above 45 degrees.

Art went downstairs to check it and found that a relay was going bad. He was able to turn the boiler on and he's going to have to find a new relay, but will most likely have to replace the whole electronic board. I just hope he's able to find the part and fix it before it gets much colder!