Lennox International Inc. o23v User Manual
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Troubleshooting: Burner starts, but no flame is established
Source
Correction
Causes
Procedure
Ignition
Electrodes
Remove gun assembly and inspect
electrodes and leads
Fouled or shorted electrodes
Clean electrode leads.
Electrodes
electrodes and leads.
Dirty electrodes and leads
Eroded electrode tips
Clean electrode tips and reset the
gap and correct position tips See
Improper electrode gap spacing
gap and correct position tips. See
figure 15.
Improper position of electrode tips
figure 15.
Damaged Transformer Leads
Replace Transformer
Cracked or chipped insulators
Replace electrode.
Cracked or burned lead insulators
Replace electrode leads.
Ignition
Transformer
Connect ignition leads to the
transformer. Start burner and
observe spark. Check line voltage
to transformer primary
Low line voltage
Check voltage at power source.
Correct cause of voltage drop or
call the power company.
to transformer primary.
Burned out transformer windings.
Replace the transformer.
No spark or weak spark
Properly ground the transformer
case.
Burner Motor
Motor does not come up to speed
and trips out on overload. Turn off
power and rotate blower wheel by
hand to check for binding or
Low line voltage
Check voltage at power source.
Correct cause of voltage drop or
the call power company.
hand to check for binding or
excessive drag.
Pump or blower overloading motor
Correct cause of overloading.
excessive drag.
Faulty motor
Replace motor.
Troubleshooting: Burner starts and fires, but lock out on safety
Source
Procedure
Causes
Correction
Poor Fire
After burner fires,
immediately jumper across
Unbalanced fire
Replace nozzle
immediately jumper across
flame detector terminals at
the primary control.
Too much air − −lean short fire
Reduce combustion air − check
combustion.
the primary control.
S
If burner continues to
run, this may be due to
Too little air − − long dirty fire
Increase combustion air − check
combustion.
run, this may be due to
poor fire. Inspect fire.
Excessive draft
Adjust barometric damper for correct draft.
p
p
Too little draft or restriction
Correct draft or remove restriction.
Flame Detector
S
If fire is good, fault is in
Dirty cad cell face
Clean cad cell face.
g
,
the flame detector.
Check detector circuit
Faulty cad cell − exceeds 15000 hms
Replace cad cell.
Check detector circuit.
Loose or defective cad cell wires
Secure connections or replace cad cell
holder and wire leads.
Primary Control
S
If burner locks out on
safety, fault is in the pri-
mary control.
Primary control circuit defective
Replace primary control.