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What are these? (Answer: flame rollout switches)
ethicalpaul
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Hey gang! What are these? And if they are floodwater-sensing cutoffs, why are they 8” off the floor? 😅
The one image is the view from the floor of the bottom of one that is sort of wedged next to the boiler panel and the other one I’m holding is just hanging
Thanks!
The one image is the view from the floor of the bottom of one that is sort of wedged next to the boiler panel and the other one I’m holding is just hanging
Thanks!
NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el
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Thanks, I think you are right. They both look like they were added by a knucklehead, probably the previous owner by the way it matches the rest of his electrical work I have seen, or his possible bumbling plumber brother-in-law. Neither one looks like it is in a useful place
The one is attached to a bracket, but the bracket is just jammed behind the starter unit’s binding post.NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el0 -
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Trust me guys, I could show you some stuff in this house. Mostly electrical and layers upon layers of bad flooring and wall coveringNJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el0
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I looked again at these and they are wired in parallel across the 24v supply to the ignition module thing. That doesn’t seem right!NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el0
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I wonder if they are part of thisNJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el0
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I found where the one switch came from. I reaffixed it there and it faults after about 5 minutes into a burn. So now I know why someone broke it off.
I see no flame there but it is getting hot there. Maybe the draft isn’t sufficient. The previous owner did have to reline the chimney when I bought it. I’ll have it checked by a pro. No CO detected in living area, I just put a detector in the boiler room after discovering this.NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el0 -
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I agree. But also I think they riveted it in a bad spot. It’s like straight above the edge of the burner area and that area just gets hot. I think it’s just ambient heat tripping it...no flame
(I don’t think the manufacturer put it there is what I mean)NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el0
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