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Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on September 20, 2006, 8:32 pm
posted for all of us...
> I have a Fuel Oil Furnace heating my house.
>
> ... or NOT heating the house.
>
> I did service/maintain a fuel oil furnace back in the 70's for several
> years.
>
> I am now needing to maintain/service this fuel oil furnace, but do not
> remember enough to feel competent to simply "tear into" the furnace.
>
> What I am looking for, is: a pictorial exploded view of the working
> parts of the furnace (electrodes, nozzle, combustion chamber,
> transformer, etc.) and proper positioning/settings/condition of those
> items ... and how to properly effect such optimum conditions.
>
> I just don't want to create more problems than I already have.
>
> Problem: Furnace will fire up .. flame, upon call by thermostat,
> however: less than a minute later the flame goes out ... and the
> "reset" switch pops out. Upon resetting the reset switch, the furnace
> will again fire up (flame ... for less than a minute) and flame will go
> out ...
>
> of course ... flame goes out when fuel pump/blower stops pumping fuel
> into the furnace
>
> ..........I pulled the stack temperature switch from furnace; it was
> free of soot, looking very clean.
>
> I flipped open the door to view the area close to the combustion
> chamber ... it is quite sooty.
>
> ??? What do I need to clean?
> How should electrodes be oriented? (an earlier furnace had pictures and
> spec's, but I don't have that info with this furnace)
> How do I properly access the area needing serviced?
>
Stick hand in pocket and pull out wallet.
> Bob
>
>
Hmm, Troll O Meter is reading very high but not YET pegged.
--
Tekkie "There's no such thing as a tool I don't need."
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