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.

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