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The photocell arrived on Saturday morning and I fitted it straight away. The control box appeared to be operating correctly, and the boiler was igniting everytime but Saturday afternoon it locked out again and was a bugger to reset. I took the burner out to have a look and the oil was definitely...

Thanks for that. I've ordered a replacement photocell so that will now be the next step and, hopefully, rectify the fault. Fingers crossed!

This is my first oil boiler and I'm still familiarising myself with the way the burner control circuit works so apologies if I'm being a bit thick! Regarding the solenoid, would a faulty one prevent the control box from energising the ignition tranny? I have followed the schematic for the...

Thanks for the advice. I've been in the garage twenty times tonight to see if there has been a lock out but it seems to be fine. Replacing the photocell will definitely be the next step though.

The burner isn't firing then locking out. It's definitely locking out due to the control box contacts not closing to start ignition.

It's a Bentone B9 burner, and it makes no attempt to ignite until the control box progresses past its pause. When the final contacts do close, ignition is instant.

Would a dodgy photocell and/or solenoid affect the operation of the control box prior to ignition though? When the contacts on the control box engage as they should do, the boiler does ignite and operate perfectly which made me think they were both ok I know the chap who serviced it, and he...

For a few weeks now I've been having problems with an oil-fired Heatslave 15/19 locking-out intermittently. The problem lies with the burner not igniting and going into lockout. Having it serviced/nozzle changed and thoroughly checked has failed to cure it but when it was proving particularly...