Hi to all,
I've been troubleshooting a No Heat call and have been there everyday this week. The boiler is an older burnham series 2 standing pilot. Got call with no heat where boiler lights up for say 20 minutes then goes out. Thermocouple was changed Saturday Night. got there sunday morning adjusted so tip being properly enveloped and putting out 24-26 volts dc. still going out , Changed with new Honeywell Vr8200 valve. still having same problem.. noticed argo board flickering on and off. but boiler still works properly for 20 minutes at a time. transformer on boiler putting out 27 volts. Thinking board may be causing short to somehow make pilot drop out (evethough we know pilot gets its dc volts from pilot flame itself and not house electric) I light pilot. and leave power off to boiler. and wallah pilot finally stays on for hours without going off). so I rewire boiler to bypass Argo Board. Turn on power. starts to go off every 20 minutes. thinking maybe whole boiler line has short. Rewire to different Breaker still goes off. Bottom line When electric on pilot goes off every 20 minutes. no house electric, pilot stays on whole night.
I have watched flame for 20 minutes dont see and water dripping( cuz of possible hole) putting out. There is no downdraft. And I dont see anything falling on area of pilot that could physically be knocking out. in my mind its electrical problem. But i dont know what.
Any Ideas?
Joe
HHI Services LLC
I've been troubleshooting a No Heat call and have been there everyday this week. The boiler is an older burnham series 2 standing pilot. Got call with no heat where boiler lights up for say 20 minutes then goes out. Thermocouple was changed Saturday Night. got there sunday morning adjusted so tip being properly enveloped and putting out 24-26 volts dc. still going out , Changed with new Honeywell Vr8200 valve. still having same problem.. noticed argo board flickering on and off. but boiler still works properly for 20 minutes at a time. transformer on boiler putting out 27 volts. Thinking board may be causing short to somehow make pilot drop out (evethough we know pilot gets its dc volts from pilot flame itself and not house electric) I light pilot. and leave power off to boiler. and wallah pilot finally stays on for hours without going off). so I rewire boiler to bypass Argo Board. Turn on power. starts to go off every 20 minutes. thinking maybe whole boiler line has short. Rewire to different Breaker still goes off. Bottom line When electric on pilot goes off every 20 minutes. no house electric, pilot stays on whole night.
I have watched flame for 20 minutes dont see and water dripping( cuz of possible hole) putting out. There is no downdraft. And I dont see anything falling on area of pilot that could physically be knocking out. in my mind its electrical problem. But i dont know what.
Any Ideas?
Joe
HHI Services LLC