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Ignition failure

Loop1
Member Posts: 13
in Oil Heating
I have a 15 year old Burnham oil fired boiler circulating hot water through baseboard radiators. Burner is marked "Beckett RWB" and a Honeywell unit controls the whole shebang. Twice in the last few months the burner failed to fire and I assume went into a "lockout" condition. A quick push of the red reset button on the Honeywell and the unit fired up instantly and smoothly and has operated properly for some time. My question is--what might be causing the lockout condition? A new nozzle was put in during the summer and there are new dual filters in the oil line.
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Many things can cause a lock out, best to have a qualified tech go over it.
-Loss of flame due to draft
-Bad ignitor
-Air if fuel line
-Bad primary control
-Poor flame
-Dirty flame sensor
Just to name a fewsteve0 -
@Loop1 @STEVEusaPA has good advise0
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