Hi All, on older oil boilers can electrical power cuts break the solenoid link and cause boilers to lock out until manually reset or would they try and relight? Regards Simon.
power cuts and oil solenoid valves
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If the burner lock out lamp is lit, the system has to be manually reset.
John
John
Not sure.
Run the boiler and turn the power off wait a while and then turn
power on again. See what happens.
Run the boiler and turn the power off wait a while and then turn
power on again. See what happens.
They could do, it depends on the type of valve. The burner would go off with the power.
I know weight-operated valves would trip in the event of a brief power cut and had to be manually re-set.
If you told us which boiler, specifically, we could give you a definitive answer.
Most domestic pressure jet boilers can't differentiate between a power cut and a normal on/off from the timer/room stat etc, so would not need to be reset after a power outage.
Most domestic pressure jet boilers can't differentiate between a power cut and a normal on/off from the timer/room stat etc, so would not need to be reset after a power outage.
Hi Simon, its a 16yr old worcester danesmoor? many thanks!
With this boiler, after a power outage the system would simply continue from where it left off.
If the outage is more than say 20 sec, the burner would start up from scratch, i.e purging first followed by the normal light up procedure.
John
If the outage is more than say 20 sec, the burner would start up from scratch, i.e purging first followed by the normal light up procedure.
John
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