5. FAULT FINDING
5.1
ELECTRICAL CONTROL SEQUENCE
When the external controls are calling for heat, power will be fed to the boiler connection
strip at terminals L (Live) and N (Neutral). If the ON/OFF switch is also in the ON position
the boiler ON lamp (amber) will be illuminated. Provided all temperature thermostats and
pressure switches are closed, power will be fed to pins 1 & 2 on the control box, initiating
the following sequence.
(1)
The boiler lockout lamp (red) will be illuminated
(2)
The fan will start.
(3)
When the fan reaches running speed, the Air Pressure switch, normally open, will
close which will start the ignition sequence.
(4)
After a pre-purge period of about 15 seconds, the gas valve will open to allow gas
to mix with the air at the suction side of the fan and the ignition spark will occur at
the main burner.
(5)
When the burner ignites, the flame is detected by the control box through the
combined flame sensor/ignitor and the ignition spark is stopped. Both the lockout
lamp (red) and the boiler run lamp (green), the upper lamp adjacent to the flame
symbol, will be illuminated. The boiler is now in its normal run condition.
(6)
The burner will continue to operate until the gas valve interrupts the gas supply.
The gas valve will be closed by the control box if power is interrupted to the boiler
by any external control or the boiler thermostat. If an interruption to the gas supply
causes loss of the flame, the control box will pause for approximately 10 seconds
and then attempt to re-ignite the unit. If this attempt fails, i.e. due to continued
lack of gas supply, the boiler will make two further attempts to ignite at intervals of
approximately 1 minute and will then go to a lockout state (red lamp illuminated
only). Once the gas supply has been resumed the boiler can be reset by turning
the boiler off and then on again on the boiler control panel.
(7)
The boiler can also be shut down by any of the flow limit, flow overheat and the
flue overheat thermostats, gas low pressure switch and by the low water pressure
switch.
In such an event the green (run) lamp, the upper lamp adjacent to the flame
symbol, will be extinguished and only the red (lockout) lamp will be illuminated.
Any failure of the boiler to sequence in the above manner should be investigated using the
following trouble shooting flow diagram.
Before attempting any electrical fault finding, always carry out preliminary electrical system
checks. On completion of any service/fault finding task which has required the breaking
and remaking of electrical connections, the checks, earth continuity, polarity, short circuit,
resistance to earth must be repeated.
WD51/2/1997 Chapter 5 : Fault Finding
The Keston 170 Condensing Boiler
Installation & Servicing Instructions
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