oil furnace...won't come on
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10-25-03, 09:30 AM
oil furnace...won't come on
HELP!! I have hot water base board heat which uses oil in an OLD furnace. I had run out of oil and now that I try to turn up the thermostat it doesn't light. I've checked the switches I know about. I think it needs to have the pilot light re lit but HOW DO I SO THAT??? PLEEZE HELP!!!
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10-25-03, 09:58 AM
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Ok, I would check to make sure the power to the boiler, if the switch is on, check the fuse/breaker (you may have 2) to make sure they are not blown or triped.
The reset on the burner should start the burner right a way.. since you've done it and it's dead.. It's telling me that it's not getting power or no call of heat. (again make sure your t-stat is above room temp, and if you have "HEAT-OFF-COOL" switch, make sure it's on "HEAT"..
The reset on the burner should start the burner right a way.. since you've done it and it's dead.. It's telling me that it's not getting power or no call of heat. (again make sure your t-stat is above room temp, and if you have "HEAT-OFF-COOL" switch, make sure it's on "HEAT"..
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10-25-03, 10:03 AM
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The "Tube" like fuse can't be seen if they are blown or not.. You'll need an ohm meter to check it out. or just take it out and have your hardware/home improvment store check it for you.
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10-25-03, 10:12 AM
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next thing you can do Helen, turn the power off, take a wire and jumper between T and T on the burner. Turn power back on. If it fires up, then you have something wrong with the t-stat or it's wire.
Make sure R and W are screwed onto the burner. Turn off power again, Remove the jumper and rehook up the r and w wire to the burner. go up and remove the t-stat from the wall.. tape Red and WHite wire together.. Turn power on again.. if it fire up then it's the t-stat. if it don't fire up, then it's the wire.
Make sure R and W are screwed onto the burner. Turn off power again, Remove the jumper and rehook up the r and w wire to the burner. go up and remove the t-stat from the wall.. tape Red and WHite wire together.. Turn power on again.. if it fire up then it's the t-stat. if it don't fire up, then it's the wire.
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10-25-03, 01:39 PM
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Finally, an oil question
I'll take Jays place for a while. 9 times out of 10 if you press the reser button and do not hear a click, hum, buzz or anything, either there is there is no power to the boiler. The thermostat isn't too important now because the boiler should be running to give you hot water also. I can help you bleed the pump but you need to figure out why after running out of oil, you now have no power. Make sure switch is on at top of basement stairs (if you have one). If you checked it, check it again. If I told you how many times I get to a house at 1am and find that switch off, you would not believe me. One you get power back, we can get on to bleeding the oil pump. Can you give us just a little more background? Like was everything fine before you ran out of oil? Or did someone turn off a switch after smelling odor from burner puffing as it ran out of oil? Keep us posted and we'll get you back up and running.
Ken
Ken
