Faulty Oil Burner Controller

[Deleted member 105018]

Yeah that sounds reasonable. Seems like I’ve got a lot to learn. Not been on my jack jones all that long!!!

 

[Marvo]

I should point out I'm not in the UK so things might be a bit different for you.

 

[Deleted member 105018]

Nah mate. Sounds like they’ve got it sewn up here in the uk too

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Used to work in a ham and gammon factory.
Had two gas fired ovens used for roasting hams.
Had 4 controllers, two in the ovens and two in the workshop drying out ready for when they next sprayed the ovens with the jet guns.

 

[Deleted member 105018]

Bet there was some bacon butties consumed on that job

 

[Deleted member 26818]

We had a Laboratory to test the meat and also tested produce from other local manufacturers.
Cumberland sausages from Essex with a tiny pinch taken out of them for testing.

 

[Micklemus 55NCD]

Haha. That was a bit of a joke too. Yes it’s under warranty but to honour it the large retailer of plumbing and heating parts who will remain nameless stated that they’d have to send the item back to honeywell for investigation before a warranty claim could be made. It could take up to 6 weeks they said. My mates missus was having none of that. She’s already had two days of cold showers on the back of it and for £30 she didn’t really give a s**t. I could send it back and recoup the outlay but my mate was happy to pay and frankly I’ve got enough problems with people not paying etc (usual stuff) to warrant spending my time chasing it up.

Sorry it's quite an old post but I'm having issues with a new control box on a spare oil burner I have. Luckily I have a working burner so we won't be cold..... This is an experimental burner I've built up..... I have ordered a new different numbered box Satronic which does the same job as the 830-3. I will not send the box which has too low a voltage coming out of terminal 5 to the shut off solenoid valve`till I've tried the new one in the same base. They might say it does not have a fault but I'mm confident it does..... I believe my fluke meter. I don't have many faulty new boxes but one never knows?

I do not send PCB s back either until I've sent for a renovated one from International Boiler Spares -Tyne & Wear. If you send a PCB back they can say it does not have a fault......... The company I mentioned =£50 for a Boiler PCB with a years guarantee.... I fitted a new Honeywell PCB that was in a box that cast over £200. The boiler worked until I rang Carol---- she was still in bed & said the xxxxx boiler's stopped again....xxxxxxxx I said...... I'll get xxxx to send it back & buy a renovated one from I B Spares Northumberland...... That PCB got here next day and is still working now 2 years and a month later..... I would never buy a new one again.... That company are well worth knowing...... I've never ask them to test or if they look at control boxes.
Wollesley (plumb centers) used to plug control boxes in & confirm there and then if the box was OK or not. I have on many occasion put wires from terminals out of the box thro the hole in the bottom of the base plate & put my meter on them to see what's happening. This of course by passes the lead to the solenoid which in this case will not open..... I can see this because I've got a pressure gauge on the pump. The nuisance is it worked once then no more. I will resolve the problem one way or another but sometimes even new boxes don't work!

 

[marconi]

Thank you for the 'heads up' That controller is used in my brother-in-law's waste oil burner but not had a problem with it yet. The oil reservoir temperature stat did fail on causing the reservoir to overheat - was surprised there is no safety cutout - there is now.