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Re: Energy Kinetics System 2000 hard lock out
@cjjeeper A burner lock out like you are having almost always can be rectified by a yearly tune up by a qualified service technician. Nozzle filter strainer is only the half of it. After these parts are replaced, the boiler should be cleaned and tuned up with a combustion analyzer. If your service provider needs any helpful tips have him give us a call and we can help him out.
One last thing, are you sure you have oil?
Robertw
Energy Kinetics System 2000 hard lock out
I have a Energy Kinetics System 2000 with a Honeywell R7284U controller with a Becket 51171U Power Light igniter. The system ran fine for the first 2 yrs after we purchased the house. Last fall we came back from a trip and the controller was in Hard Lockout. Long story short, we had a repair technician come in and do all the maintenance on the system. Oil filter change, cleaned the nozzle, new igniter, new solenoid valve, everything. Left the controller the same. It ran for the winter then this spring it started doing the hard lockout again. I replaced the Honeywell controller with a new R7284U and it is still going into hard lockout, so I put the old controller back on.
First off the heat is off so we are only calling for heat for the water heater which is roughly once every 24hrs.
Energy Kinetics System 2000 Energy Manager Controls the call for heat
Honeywell R7284U is the controller
Becket 51171U Power Light igniter
For troubleshooting, here is what I am seeing. Sometimes the burner motor starts during the Valve On Delay,...sometimes it does not. It does start when it gets flame. I cannot tell from the HW manual for the controller if it should start every time during the valve on delay or not and therefore I don't know if this is part of the problem. I have read that the valve on delay is a purge step which would seem to me that it should run during the valve on delay.
It usually fails to ignite on the first try but will almost always ignite on the second try after the hard lock out.
I thought the controller was the issue but after changing it out i am getting the same symptoms, so I put the old on back on.
Having replaced everything but the burner motor, not sure what the problem is.
cjjeeper
Re: System 2000 no hot water pressure
Are you getting cold water from the sinks? Is there a bathtub to try water from the spout? The aerators might have clogged on the faucets.
HVACNUT
System 2000 no hot water pressure
Today I replaced the leaking hot water tank with a Hot water heater. Just didnt hook power to the heating elements. I just wired the old system 2000 tank temp sensor to the new tank and wired it up to the boiler control as it was before. Opened the valves and let water fill the tank and bled as much air out as I could. Even when as far as to bleed it out the hot water output. Circulator seems to be working fine as well. There is just no flow of water out of the hot port on top of the tank to the rest of the house. Yes I opened all the sinks in the house and nothing. Went so far as to try and use a shop vac to pull the hot water through the line. Nothing seems to be working to get hot water to flow.
Re: Any plumbers good at small bathroom layout?
Does it have to be a tub? Sometimes you can re-think the design with a small shower and still get more room to turn around without bumping into stuff.
I have seen this shower door for a 38x38 shower. The grandkids called that bathroom shower the rocket ship, if I recall correctly.
What would an “Expansion Tank Relay” been used for historically?
Hello,
I have always wondered what this box is on the back of my 1937 ARCO hot water boiler No.7 was used for. Written in pencil on the cover is “Expansion Tank Relay” and a date of April 1937. It is fully defunct. Although there are electric wires, none of it is live. My home is still fully 100% gravity with no circulators. My expansion tank is in the attic and there are no type of wiring up there. This is also where I fill the system with water.
Please see my virtual tour in pics here. It’s takes you on the full path from this mystery box in the back to the front main shut off. In that picture you can see some old wires that are disconnected inside and taped. Once again, using my non contact voltage tester the taped wires are not live.
Btw, I’m in Michigan and I have already fired this beast up a few nights. We have already been experiencing some 39°-42° nights.😅
Thank you!
Re: What would an “Expansion Tank Relay” been used for historically?
looks like a pressure switch that determines if the system is sufficiently filled from the weight of the water in the pipe to the expansion tank. If it opened a feed valve or shut down the burner is another question.
mattmia2
Re: Is this ridiculous? Pool heat pump for space heating/cooling
I actually did this with a 20,000 gallon pool and a 2,500 sq. ft house in PA. It works fine but you need additional pool heating and house cooling too. I can explain if there is interest.
Re: Objects found in heating systems
I occasionally told it in my seminars, Phil. It would just pop up. It always made me laugh.
Re: System 2000 no hot water pressure
Yeah I was getting cold water. Thank you for the reply but I solved my problem. I was a complete moron and installed a Sharkbite fitting with a reverse flow check valve on the hotwater supply. I installed it the wrong way so it was preventing the hot water running to the faucets. So 4 hours of scratching my head and testing every other component. Just before giving up and going to bed…i noticed the stupid arrow on the sharkbite pointing the wrong direction. Live and learn.