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Conduct
Draft Test
Conduct Flue Gas
Temperature Test
Conduct
CO2 Test
Testing Combustion Efficiency
With Bacharach Test Kit
Conduct
Smoke Test
Take Sample
At Hole in Flue
And Compare
To Smoke Sale
Test at Hole in Flue. Adjust
Air Band for Highest CO2
Reading (With 0 to 1 Trace
Smoke Reading) Within 10 1/2%
to 11%. Operate Unit 15 Minutes
Before Final Adjustments
Conduct
Over-Fire
Draft Test
Calculate
Combustion
Efficiency
Set Horizontal
Scale on
Efficiency Finder to
Correct Net Stack
Temperature
Set Green Arrow
On Vertical
Scale
to % CO2
Read
Combustion
Efficiency
and Stack Loss
Defective or
Blocked
Chimney
Leak in
Smoke Pipe
Over
-.035 WC
Soot in Heat
Exchanger
Too Short
Draft Stack
Soot in
Heat
Exchanger
Too Short
or
Wrong Flue
Stack Draft
Over
.05" WC
Stack Draft
+.02" to
+.04" WC
Less
-.01"WC
Over Fire
Draft
Over
-.03 WC
Over Fire
Draft
Excess Air
Set Too High
Oil on
Smoke
Disc
Air Leaks
in Furnace
Air Shutter
Open
Too Wide
Faulty
Nozzle
Operation
Faulty
Nozzle
Operation
Faulty
Combustion
Chamber
Poor
Combustion
Chamber
Poor
Combustion
Chamber
Excessive
Draft
No Smoke
on Disc
CO2 Low,
Under
10 1/2%
CO2 High,
Over 11%
Under Firing
Combustion
Chamber
Nozzle
Too Small
Air Leaks
in Furnace
Air Band
Open Too
Wide
Air Band
Adjustment
Tighten Air
Band Screws
Air Band
Closed
Too Much
Dirty Fan
or Air
Handling
Parts
Underfiring
Furnace
Turn T’Stat to Highest Thermostat Setting.
Allow 5 Minutes of Operation.
Drill 1/4" Hole on Flue
Excessive
Draft
Baffles
Burnt Out in
Heat
Exchanger
Overfiring
Furnace
Dirty
Heat
Exchanger
Dirty
Heat
Exchanger
Calculate
Net Stack
Temperature
Test at Hole in Flue.
Allow Thermostat
Needle
to Stabilize
Adjust Draft Gauge
to Zero.
Test at Hole in Flue
Over 630˚F
Under
380˚F
Too Little
Draft
Over 11%
Under
10 1/2 %
Burner
Overfiring
Over 2
Spots
Less Than
1 Spot
Overfiring
of Unit
Oil Rate
Too High
Too Little
Excess Air
Dirty Fan
or Air
Handling
Parts
Poor Nozzle
Operation
Defective or
Improperly
Installed Flue
Plug 1/4"
Hole in Flue
Test At
Inspection Door
Above Burner
Pressure Drop
of +.005" to
+.015" WC
Over Fire Draft
of -.01" to
-.03" WC
Good
Less Than
-.025" WC
Defective
or Blocked
Chimney
Leak in
Smoke
Pipe
Air Band
Adjustment
With
Low
Smoke
With
High
Smoke
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