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Oil Boiler fires intermittently Clint 03-09-2007
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Posted by Clint on March 9, 2007, 9:48 pm
So here's the situation. I have a Weil-McLain oil fired boiler with
an older Beckett burner (by older I mean that the boiler is probably
original to the house, 1940 ish, and the burner slightly newer).
Recently I have noticed that the burner will fire for a second or
two,
and then shut off, only to repeat the process a few minutes later.
This happens regardless of thermostat setting. The thing is, it
doesn't always happen. Sometimes the system will work like a champ
for days.

Last night I finally got worried enough that the temp in the house
was
going to continue to drop, so I called a service company. The guy I
got on the phone told me to check the Cad Eye Sensor to make sure it
was clean. Turns out I don't have one...I have an older stack
switch. The service guy that came out today spent about 15 seconds
in
front of the boiler, pronounced that my stack switch was bad, charged
me $99 bucks and left.


So, does it sound like my stack switch is bad? What does that mean,
(repeated questions to the service tech only got me half-assed
answers).


Any and all opinions are welcomed.


Posted by Noon-Air on March 9, 2007, 10:17 pm

> So here's the situation. I have a Weil-McLain oil fired boiler with
> an older Beckett burner (by older I mean that the boiler is probably
> original to the house, 1940 ish, and the burner slightly newer).
> Recently I have noticed that the burner will fire for a second or
> two,
> and then shut off, only to repeat the process a few minutes later.
> This happens regardless of thermostat setting. The thing is, it
> doesn't always happen. Sometimes the system will work like a champ
> for days.
>
> Last night I finally got worried enough that the temp in the house
> was
> going to continue to drop, so I called a service company. The guy I
> got on the phone told me to check the Cad Eye Sensor to make sure it
> was clean. Turns out I don't have one...I have an older stack
> switch. The service guy that came out today spent about 15 seconds
> in
> front of the boiler, pronounced that my stack switch was bad, charged
> me $99 bucks and left.
>
>
> So, does it sound like my stack switch is bad? What does that mean,
> (repeated questions to the service tech only got me half-assed
> answers).
>
>
> Any and all opinions are welcomed.

You got a 1940ish boiler and your wondering why its not working like it was
new???

Ok, here's my opinion.....
You need a new boiler.



Posted by on March 9, 2007, 11:25 pm

>
> > So here's the situation. I have a Weil-McLain oil fired boiler with
> > an older Beckett burner (by older I mean that the boiler is probably
> > original to the house, 1940 ish, and the burner slightly newer).
> > Recently I have noticed that the burner will fire for a second or
> > two,
> > and then shut off, only to repeat the process a few minutes later.
> > This happens regardless of thermostat setting. The thing is, it
> > doesn't always happen. Sometimes the system will work like a champ
> > for days.
> >
> > Last night I finally got worried enough that the temp in the house
> > was
> > going to continue to drop, so I called a service company. The guy I
> > got on the phone told me to check the Cad Eye Sensor to make sure it
> > was clean. Turns out I don't have one...I have an older stack
> > switch. The service guy that came out today spent about 15 seconds
> > in
> > front of the boiler, pronounced that my stack switch was bad, charged
> > me $99 bucks and left.
> >
> >
> > So, does it sound like my stack switch is bad? What does that mean,
> > (repeated questions to the service tech only got me half-assed
> > answers).
> >
> >
> > Any and all opinions are welcomed.
>
> You got a 1940ish boiler and your wondering why its not working like it
was
> new???
>
> Ok, here's my opinion.....
> You need a new boiler.


Can't we get just one more year? :-)




Posted by on March 9, 2007, 11:36 pm

>
>>
>> > So here's the situation. I have a Weil-McLain oil fired boiler with
>> > an older Beckett burner (by older I mean that the boiler is probably
>> > original to the house, 1940 ish, and the burner slightly newer).
>> > Recently I have noticed that the burner will fire for a second or
>> > two,
>> > and then shut off, only to repeat the process a few minutes later.
>> > This happens regardless of thermostat setting. The thing is, it
>> > doesn't always happen. Sometimes the system will work like a champ
>> > for days.
>> >
>> > Last night I finally got worried enough that the temp in the house
>> > was
>> > going to continue to drop, so I called a service company. The guy I
>> > got on the phone told me to check the Cad Eye Sensor to make sure it
>> > was clean. Turns out I don't have one...I have an older stack
>> > switch. The service guy that came out today spent about 15 seconds
>> > in
>> > front of the boiler, pronounced that my stack switch was bad, charged
>> > me $99 bucks and left.
>> >
>> >
>> > So, does it sound like my stack switch is bad? What does that mean,
>> > (repeated questions to the service tech only got me half-assed
>> > answers).
>> >
>> >
>> > Any and all opinions are welcomed.
>>
>> You got a 1940ish boiler and your wondering why its not working like it
>was
>> new???
>>
>> Ok, here's my opinion.....
>> You need a new boiler.
>
>
>Can't we get just one more year? :-)
>
>

        Or decade ? Maybe half-century ?


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Posted by on March 10, 2007, 12:27 am

>
> >
> >>
> >> > So here's the situation. I have a Weil-McLain oil fired boiler with
> >> > an older Beckett burner (by older I mean that the boiler is probably
> >> > original to the house, 1940 ish, and the burner slightly newer).
> >> > Recently I have noticed that the burner will fire for a second or
> >> > two,
> >> > and then shut off, only to repeat the process a few minutes later.
> >> > This happens regardless of thermostat setting. The thing is, it
> >> > doesn't always happen. Sometimes the system will work like a champ
> >> > for days.
> >> >
> >> > Last night I finally got worried enough that the temp in the house
> >> > was
> >> > going to continue to drop, so I called a service company. The guy I
> >> > got on the phone told me to check the Cad Eye Sensor to make sure it
> >> > was clean. Turns out I don't have one...I have an older stack
> >> > switch. The service guy that came out today spent about 15 seconds
> >> > in
> >> > front of the boiler, pronounced that my stack switch was bad, charged
> >> > me $99 bucks and left.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > So, does it sound like my stack switch is bad? What does that mean,
> >> > (repeated questions to the service tech only got me half-assed
> >> > answers).
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Any and all opinions are welcomed.
> >>
> >> You got a 1940ish boiler and your wondering why its not working like it
> >was
> >> new???
> >>
> >> Ok, here's my opinion.....
> >> You need a new boiler.
> >
> >
> >Can't we get just one more year? :-)
> >
> >
>
> Or decade ? Maybe half-century ?

It's proved to be a good one... for 60+ years... WHY would we replace it
now?



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