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Becker hot water heater flame goes out
Mike1212
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in Oil Heating
Ok have a bit of a problem. My hot water tank won’t stay running. It will stay running though if I keep the igniter box cracked open for some reason. When it was running I was checking to see if the ignitor was sparking the electrodes and it was. I found when I keep this cracked open a little bit(maybe a quarter of a inch) the flame will stay. Once I close it the igniter box the flame will go out and it will trip the reset button.
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Sounds like a draught problem -- but unless you really know what you are doing with it, may I suggest that you find a technician who is familiar with the burner and the instruments used to adjust it and let him or her find and fix the problem? There are a number of possible causes.Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England1 -
I agree with @Jamie Hall the flame is not getting combustion air. Air inlet blocked or dirty, flue problem etc0
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Gonna have to call the guy0
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