Boiler needs to be restarted
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Boiler needs to be restarted

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Sounds like a loose wiring connection. With the power off, check all the terminals and wire nuts at the aquastat, ignition safety, any other controls.
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Motor?
When you have to reset it is the red light on the 8184G glowing? If the burner does not start, does the motor run & can you hear anything from the burner (specifically the buzzing sound of the electrodes arcing)? If you can hear the arcing but the burner motor doesn't run I suspect either a wiring problem or a burner motor going bad.
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Im curious about the bit where he says he resets it, but if it doesnt come on, he taps (well, he put "top".. Im assuming tap) the transformer and then it starts.
I had a transformer once that would cool down and go open circuit inside somewhere.. you could put a trouble light near it and then it would be fine (dont ask me how long and how much $ it took to find that one out..lol).
But. he said he changed the transformer.. does an ignition transformer need a ground path to operate ? Nearly broken connector on a wire near it ?
I guess it depends on how hard of a "tap" we're talking about ?
I had a transformer once that would cool down and go open circuit inside somewhere.. you could put a trouble light near it and then it would be fine (dont ask me how long and how much $ it took to find that one out..lol).
But. he said he changed the transformer.. does an ignition transformer need a ground path to operate ? Nearly broken connector on a wire near it ?
I guess it depends on how hard of a "tap" we're talking about ?