"lockout" light on firebird 85/115 oil burner

[johnnyg]

HI,

How do you fix a "lockout" light on firebird 85/115 oil burner, i presume because the oil dropped too low it came on as a safety mechanism, but we got a refill and the light is still there. when we opened the unit there are no reset buttons..any help greatly appreciated as we can't get it to work.

 

[davidoco]

Not wanting to state the obvious but the light doubles as a reset button

 

[jhegarty]

Press the light to reset, if that don't work you need to bleed the line the remove any airlocks...

 

[Welfarite]

Press the light to reset. Even if it is airlocked, it should try and run for a few seconds befoere "locking out" again. If this happens, then you are in to bleeding the line to get rid of air bubbles until oil freeflows again without interruption.

 

[johnnyg]

cheers..will try that, not used to working with oil burners. The oil line feeds into a bulb mechanism at the side and another line goes into the boiler from this, there is oil half way up on this bulb, but there is no way opening it. there is a turnscrew which i have twisted but with no luck..

 

[johnnyg]

if i have to bleed the line, it is a diy job or a plumbers job

 

[Welfarite]

Did you reset the button? what happened? Loads of info

 

[jhegarty]

if i have to bleed the line, it is a diy job or a plumbers job

diy... its just a screw you need to turn on the side of the burner until oil starts to drip...

 

[johnnyg]

Press the light to reset. Even if it is airlocked, it should try and run for a few seconds befoere "locking out" again. If this happens, then you are in to bleeding the line to get rid of air bubbles until oil freeflows again without interruption.

no the light does not act as a reset button, we have a tiger loop installed ie buld mechanism

its a super Q firebird model

 

[DavyJones]

diy... its just a screw you need to turn on the side of the burner until oil starts to drip...

The screw you talk of, is it a flat head type? This is to set burner pressure and is not to be touched.

When you press the reset button, does the burner try and fire?

You shouldn't have to bleed the line if you have a tiger loop fitted.

 

[johnnyg]

i can't find the reset button and its not the red light either

 

[chris20051]

post a picture with the front off the boiler so we can see your reset button?

 

[DavyJones]

IS it an indoor boiler (kitchen etc)?
When you take of the front cover can you see the burner, its down low. It may have a biggish red cover on it. Remove the cover, you should see a white rectangle
box. on the front of this box there should be a red reset push in switch.

 

[chris20051]

www.firebird.ie/installation/SYSTEM-MANUAL.pdf

see page 13 on this document, is yours the same???