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F.671 Buffer sensor TS3 short circuit
What the control is telling you
No solar central heating backup.
Applies to: Vitodens 200-W B2HE 85, 120, 150, 199
Likely causes
- Shorted TS3
Test and repair steps
- Check temperature sensor TS3.
Models that show this code
4 models in Vitodens 200-W B2HE
Other codes on the same units
- F.668 DHW reheating sensor TS4 open circuit
- F.669 DHW reheating sensor TS4 short circuit
- F.67 Ionization current outside permitted range
- F.670 Buffer sensor TS3 open circuit
- F.672 Thermostat-function sensor TS3 open circuit
- F.673 Thermostat-function sensor TS3 short circuit
- F.68 Flame signal present at burner start
- F.69 Ionization current outside permitted range (valve/electrode check)
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Source: Viessmann Vitodens 200-W B2HE 85/120/150/199 Service Instructions 6167 813-24 (09/2026), Fault messages, p.62-73. Summarized in our own words; check the original manual for your model.
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