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Central Boiler / Re: Soleniod Problems
« on: November 07, 2013, 08:55:39 AM »
Just got off the phone with the dealer. He said controller is BAD 
. Last night I went down and had the power on the controller "off" BUT it was still pulling power to the high secondary soleniod (Sam-tip sounds like the same thing). With the power off the soleniod was reading 95-110 and pulling the cap for the tube up and just humming and chattering. I turned the power on and it stayed running but as soon as I opened the furnace door and it would call for the fan to kick on and the fuse would blow and I was done. The dealer said the controller is bad and CB is now providing controllers with a "surge protector" built into them. I asked why and he said they found out with "spikes" in power supply that is cooks the controllers. Another great start to the season. Thanks for everyones help and I am sure I will be visiting this site again!
. Last night I went down and had the power on the controller "off" BUT it was still pulling power to the high secondary soleniod (Sam-tip sounds like the same thing). With the power off the soleniod was reading 95-110 and pulling the cap for the tube up and just humming and chattering. I turned the power on and it stayed running but as soon as I opened the furnace door and it would call for the fan to kick on and the fuse would blow and I was done. The dealer said the controller is bad and CB is now providing controllers with a "surge protector" built into them. I asked why and he said they found out with "spikes" in power supply that is cooks the controllers. Another great start to the season. Thanks for everyones help and I am sure I will be visiting this site again!
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Central Boiler / Re: Soleniod Problems
« on: November 05, 2013, 07:38:24 AM »
I switched the soleniods around last night and they all seemed to work. When I put one of the good ones on the bottom right it started humming pretty loud. I think it may be the firestar control panel like trailmaster said. They replaced it last year when the problem happened, but 2 control panels in 2 years?
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Central Boiler / Soleniod Problems
« on: November 04, 2013, 10:31:19 AM »
2 years in a row....
I start burning for the year and like clock-work my E-Classic 2400 operates for about a week and then just starts blowing fuses. Last year they replaced the firestar control unit. This year I tried doing some troubleshooting first.
1. I disconnected all the soleniods to see if it would power-up without blowing the fuse and it worked.
2. I then started connecting soleniods one at a time to see if one was bad and sure enough the bottom right popped the fuse.
3. I had a spare soleniod (bought one "just in case") and replace what I thought was a bad soleniod.
4. As soon as I powered it up..... blown fuse again.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Is there another relay or something? Tonight I am going to put the spare soleniod in another spot to see if maybe my spare is also bad, other than that I guess I have to call the dealer which is something I would rather not do. Forgot to mention this is only my 3rd season with it and the last 2 haven't started out too well......
I start burning for the year and like clock-work my E-Classic 2400 operates for about a week and then just starts blowing fuses. Last year they replaced the firestar control unit. This year I tried doing some troubleshooting first.
1. I disconnected all the soleniods to see if it would power-up without blowing the fuse and it worked.
2. I then started connecting soleniods one at a time to see if one was bad and sure enough the bottom right popped the fuse.
3. I had a spare soleniod (bought one "just in case") and replace what I thought was a bad soleniod.
4. As soon as I powered it up..... blown fuse again.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Is there another relay or something? Tonight I am going to put the spare soleniod in another spot to see if maybe my spare is also bad, other than that I guess I have to call the dealer which is something I would rather not do. Forgot to mention this is only my 3rd season with it and the last 2 haven't started out too well......
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