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Posted by Bubba on September 21, 2006, 4:25 pm
On 20 Sep 2006 16:39:52 -0700, Froethleor@AOL.com wrote:
>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?
>
>Bob
First walk to your window.
Now, "Lick it"
Keep it up till your oil service man shows up.
Leave plenty of room for him to work.
Make sure you get the corners of the window clean too.
Bubba
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