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Boiler Tripping
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joe143
Member Posts: 23
in Oil Heating
Hello Folks- Wondering if anyone would know why boiler trips when oil tank goes below Half. I would need to bleed it to restart.
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Don't know what kind of set up you have I am assuming and indoor tank. If the oil level in the tank is above the burner pump you have gravity feed. If the oil level is below the pump you have a suction lift feed.
With suction lift every fitting has to be absolutely airtight or it will suck in a little air and the pump will lose it's prime.1 -
Does the oil line come off the top of the tank? If so maybe the line isn't into the tank deep enough. So, at 1/2 at tank the line stars sucking air not oil. I've seen this quite a few times.0
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