Triangle Tube Error b116
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04-22-10, 06:09 AM
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Triangle Tube Error b116
Triangle Tube Solo 110 Gas boiler with Smart40 water heater. Recently had a power outage and hocked up my gasoline generator to my bypass switch for providing electricity to certain circuits of my house. Everything worked but my new boiler. I got the Standby Mode Display of: b116. Which has a boiler function of: "Power frequency deviation". I checked the voltage and it is reading 122 volts which is the same as my normal power line voltage. When I force a call for DHW I get an 9180 message. Does this error reference the cycles of the electricity? If so how would one read that value? Or adjust the generator? Boiler worked fine when my electricity was restored.
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04-22-10, 08:36 AM
Yes, frequency does not refer to the Voltage of the source, but the HERTZ, CPS, FREQUENCY. Which in the US is nominally 60 Hertz. With portable generators this frequency varies, and would be dependent on the RPM of the generator (actually an ALTERNATOR, generators produce DC volts, alternators produce AC volts).
You would need a frequency meter to measure that...
but even if you could measure it, you would probably find that you have no way to control it...
SOME multimeters will display frequency measurements, but the ones that do are fairly expensive.
You would need a frequency meter to measure that...
but even if you could measure it, you would probably find that you have no way to control it...
SOME multimeters will display frequency measurements, but the ones that do are fairly expensive.
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05-18-10, 03:08 PM
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Actually the frequency was the problem. I purchased a "Kill A Watt" meter for about $25. It is an electricity usage monitor and will measure Hz. I plugged it into the generator/alternator and adjusted the RPM until I go 60 cycles. I read elsewhere that you needed the generator/alternator to run at 3600 RPM to achieve 60 Hz. The meter worked for me and my unit ran perfectly after that adjustment.
#4
05-18-10, 04:38 PM
Yeah, the freq on a genset is dependent on the speed of the engine... usually though, it's the voltage that gets adjusted... becuz most things don't care if the freq is a bit off.
Did you measure the voltage output also? Was it low, along with slow? Wanna be careful that you don't go too much above 120... +/- 10% is probly OK, but I would be nervous about going that high plus side... 130 is about as high as I would go... nominal line around here is 125.
Did you measure the voltage output also? Was it low, along with slow? Wanna be careful that you don't go too much above 120... +/- 10% is probly OK, but I would be nervous about going that high plus side... 130 is about as high as I would go... nominal line around here is 125.
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