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Burner keeps cycling

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dinows
dinows Member Posts: 7
in Oil Heating

10 year old Beckett oil fired domestic hoy water system, single family home, constant cycling on and off. Replaced all filters, adjusted points and replaced nozzle. Any ideas ??

Thanks very much

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 27,778

    aquastat?

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • HydronicMike
    HydronicMike Member Posts: 436

    Well, what troubleshooting have you performed?
    Define your 'keep cycling'? How often, and for how long?
    What is the water temperature?
    What is the pressure?
    Is there enough water in the system?
    Is the system purged of all air?
    Is the circulator working/moving water, or is the burner just tripping on high limit trying to satisfy a call for heat?

    mattmia2
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 7,668

    What's the three measurements on the "points"?

    Do you mean "recycle"? Where the burner will start, run for a minute or two then shut off? Then after a minute it starts again? Then the process repeats? What model primary control (the reset button)?

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 20,990

    Are you resetting the safety control or short cycling on a normal run? need pictures of what you have.

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