PVI Industries FIREPOWER B40 - Manual (Page 10)

PV500-22A 08-98 10 Section 22A
PVI FIREPOWER
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TROUBLESHOOTING SUGGESTIONS
OIL BURNER (con't)
4. OIL FLAME IGNITES, BUT THEN FLAME
SAFEGUARD CONTROL LOCKS OUT ON
SAFETY:
A. Flame scanner lens dirty. Remove and clean.
B. Scanner sight tube blocked or dirty. Check
and clean.
C. Flame scanner defective. Replace.
D. Fuel/air ratios incorrect, resulting in
unstable or smoky flame causing scanner
flame sighting problem. Readjust ratios for
clean stable flame.
E. Defective flame safeguard amplifier or
control. Replace as appropriate.
5. OIL FLAME EXTREMELY SMOKY AT LIGHT-
OFF OR IN LOW FIRE POSITION:
A. Defective or incorrect size oil nozzle.
Replace.
B. Fuel/air ratio incorrect. Readjust.
6. LIGHT-OFF OIL FLAME IS ESTABLISHED AND
PROVEN, BUT BURNER WILL NOT ATTEMPT
TO GO TO THE HIGH FIRE POSITION:
A. Low/High/Low or modulating burner high
fire temperature or pressure control could
be defective or not set to call for high fire.
Readjust or replace control.
B. Loose wires or incorrectly wired. Verify wiring
and tighten all connections.
C. Flame safeguard control or high fire switch
(if supplied) defective. Verify and correct as
required.
D. Hydraulic oil cylinder defective. Replace.
E. Linkage mechanically binding. Readjust
linkage.
7. LOW OIL FLAME IS ESTABLISHED AND
PROVEN, BUT FLAME OUT OCCURS IN
TRANSITION FROM LOW FIRE TO HIGH FIRE:
A. Defective or incorrect size oil nozzle.
Replace.
B. High fire oil pressure too low. Readjust.
C. Air dampers set too far open at low fire,
which causes flame to blow out during
transition to high fire. Readjust dampers.
D. Oil pump coupling loose or defective.
Tighten or replace.
E. Defective oil pump. Replace.
F. Linkage mechanically binding. Readjust.
G. On modulating systems-fuel/air rations set
incorrectly, causing flame to blow out when
going to high fire. Readjust linkage.
8. WHITE SMOKE FORMATION ON OIL FIRING:
A. Oil/air ratios incorrect due to excess air, or
oil flow is too low. Readjust for proper fuel
input, CO2 and smoke reading.
9. GRAY OR BLACK SMOKE FORMATION ON
OIL FIRING:
A. Impingement on cold combustion chamber
surfaces due to incorrect oil nozzle spray
angle for application. This could also result in
carbon formation on chamber surfaces.
B. Defective or dirty oil nozzle. Replace or clean
nozzle.
C. Incorrect oil/air ratios. Readjust burner to
correct CO2 and smoke levels.
D. Oil pressure too low resulting in poor
atomization. Readjust.