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Buderus GA 124 17 /3 EXPERTS

Jim Pompetti
Jim Pompetti Member Posts: 552
in THE MAIN WALL
I'll get right to the point . Got to the system ,found burner off ,ventor motor not working  replaced. Cannot get the system to run with ,inlet and out venting . If I remove the hose from the vent box to the ignitor box system runs . I put a Magellanic  on it I pull 1.3" w.c. with hose off .If I attach the hose I get .25" w.c. . So I checked burner and cleaned , not much dirt . Boiler look clean .Hope I didn't ramble. Any suggestions

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  • Ross_7
    Ross_7 Member Posts: 577
    Intake Air

    Hi Jim,



    Is the intake air blocked in any way? I have cleaned all sorts of stuff from intake air piping on sealed combustion appliances. Wasp nests, spider webs, and leaves primarily. I had one lady that was raking & placing the leaves right in front of the intake air on an older condensing furnace that I used to service. Good Luck & let us know what you find out
  • Mark Eatherton
    Mark Eatherton Member Posts: 5,858
    Bad air switch.

    Big Jim,



    If memory serves me correctly, the diaphragm switch is looking for negative air pressure there, and not excess negative pressure indicating a blocked combustion air vent. I suspect you have a bad switch that isn't activating until is sees a significant negative pressure.



    Try jumping it out at the right time with the hose connected, and if it fires and the combustion numbers look good, it is just a bad switch. Most of those switches have an adjustment screw, but you will have to dig out the glue the factory puts on it after they set it. I think they call it "witness" glue. They can tell if any adjustments have been made to the switch after the fact. If it requires adjustment, I'd order a new one for replacement. If the combustion numbers look bad, you may have an occluded intake vent as Ross pointed out above.



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    ME

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  • Jim Pompetti
    Jim Pompetti Member Posts: 552
    Pressure switch

    With top off it reads 1.3"wc ,with I put in on >25" wc
  • Jim Pompetti
    Jim Pompetti Member Posts: 552
    Answer

    The pressure switch switch loos as if it may haves a hair line crack in it .As I was giving up on the problem , I was replacing the cover to the switch ,when the system stated to click off and on
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