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[UPSGuy03]

Hi all .. so last weeekend i figured i would fire her up after sitting for the summer months. after a Normal shutdown in march, when i went to start her up, the on/off switch ( its the switch that has a breaker in it?) had stopped working or tripped or went bad i dont know.. but anyway orderd a new one and will install and hopefully be up and running today.
Question is .... has anyone else had this hapen? the thing is only a year old so im wondering if its just a bad Mexican switch or should i be looking for something else wrong?
Nothing has changed since shutdown so im just kinda shrugging my shoulders?

[mlappin]

Welcome to the life of a farmer, always have stuff that needs repaired even though it was fine when parked.

Had that just last week, scale on the baler worked perfect when I parked it, used it again less than a week later and within 100 feet said the baler weighed negative 56000 lbs.

In this day and age wouldn’t surprise me in the least if it was a mexican or china switch.

[UPSGuy03]

Ha ha no doubt !
well it was the darned switch... installed the new one and fired right up.
she is purring right now, waters at 95 on the way to 190 woo hoo !

[Roger2561]

Ha ha no doubt !
well it was the darned switch... installed the new one and fired right up.
she is purring right now, waters at 95 on the way to 190 woo hoo !

UPSguy03 - I don't have the E-1450, I have the E-1400 and (knocking on wood) I haven't had any problems with the electrical in mine.  The only problem I've bumped into is the weld seams that make up the welded in place air channel has separated a bit leaving a bit of crack.  I contacted CB and they said it was nothing to worry about.  Because it was in the vicinity of the water jacket, I hired a welder and welded it closed for me.  On the up side he said he was happy to see the way I was taking care of it and performing all of the maintenance. 

It's not cold enough yet to fire up the E-1400.  I'm running the oil burner to take the chill off in the evening and during the day, Sunday.  I think I'll wait 'til later in the month to fire mine up for the season.  Good luck with your 1450.  I hope you have a hassle free heating season.  Roger

[jeffsa22]

Did the switch turn the lights on and not the controller or was everything dead

[UPSGuy03]

everything from the switch forward was dead.. no lights, fans or controller.. if i wiggled the switch it would beep ( i had the bypass open) so after replacing the switch all is good now.