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cookie1
cookie1 Member Posts: 4
in Oil Heating

can this be installed as a replacement for ra117a where the l6006a is and the cad cell mounted on the side inspection plate just before the burner nozzle

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Side plate plate is just below blower housing at the joint line where blower house connects to ( oil gun I believe it’s called )

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  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,238
    edited October 30

    No. Upgrade the burner. No MacGyver work allowed.

    SuperTech
  • SuperTech
    SuperTech Member Posts: 2,382

    Thats an antique and a mess. You need to get a professional to do any modifications and make sure that old beast is safe to operate.

    bburd
  • cookie1
    cookie1 Member Posts: 4
    edited October 31

    I appreciate you candor hvacnut, and inquired with the about the same to more than one of the local counter guys,( I have no problems walking into a johnstone controls or ordering something from Harvey and getting a replacement motor for my Coleman gas burner or a new control board and my questions weren’t out of ignorance , “ am I able to use a different brand burner as long as it’s compatible in every way,fuel delivery , spray patterns motor speed hZ , cycles gph , barrel length, pump pressure etc etc , could I just drop one in” nope, gotta buy a new one they said. I asked only asked because I was looking at the innerds of a burningham and when I flipped the transformer back it saw how it was mounted and was a plugged in to the control as of it was universal. After seeing a lot of obsolete, discontinued, widow maker post when searching a new stack switch it was a thought , that’s why I asked.it was in pieces when I saw it . The stack switch served it purpose and but suffered pitting and corrosion. Fella shut it down two years ago , said shook the house on start up. Got a boxed Ra117a , pulled the burner cleaned everything , spec’d the igniter , nozzle , cleaned fire box and exchangers put it back in service the way I interpreted the drawing ( I’m a tube welder amd understand the theory and fundamentals but not electric) because when I found it as it sat it was on a blown breaker because of wiring . The l6006a was b and r were wired together to a transformer wire ,4006b was jumped for circ pump, jumper on tt but thermostat didn’t react to voltage controls, so I took pictures , opened the junction box broke everything down and when I flipped the service switch it fired right up. I went wrong somewhere because I went to check the thermostat for voltage and I didn’t have 110 anywhere. I missed something because the 6006a passed r to b and to signal the start up right right, because that has to make it back to the neutral to complete the circuit ? I’m going to finish my night studying some laddrer diagrams to see where I went wrong . I am still confused however about l1 being hot but l2 has a note symbol of a triangle for supply . I missed a tie in splitting the hot one way into the r terminal on the low and the other way into the high limit . I have a licensed guy coming out to verify the wiring and and to do the start up shutdown safety checks .

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