Hello all,
I am faced with a Riello kerosene boiler which
a) starts as it were of its own volition at odd moments, although I currently have it on constant mode,
b) when it does fire up, stops after five minutes (normal cycle is ca 20min),
and c) is sending zero hot water into the pipes. Normally the sound of water getting pumped in the radiator pipes is the first thing I hear, even before combustion starts in the boiler. In this case absolutely nothing.
There is something like 300 l. in the tank, the pipes from the tank to the burner are new.
Also worth noting, the button of the igniter box of the burner does not light up in red, and the button does not react for manual firing: I press it, nothing happens. In other words -- though this is clearly not where the issue is, since the boiler does fire up and work for several minutes -- I couldn't even bleed the system if I wanted to.
I am thinking maybe the water pumping system is out of order. In my reckoning this could be the reason why the burner stops short of a full cycle: no water coming through, so no heat dissipation through the water circulation, so the system stops itself to prevent overheating in the chamber, or something to that effect.
I would welcome any hint as to what I could do to get the system up and running.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards
Patrick
I am faced with a Riello kerosene boiler which
a) starts as it were of its own volition at odd moments, although I currently have it on constant mode,
b) when it does fire up, stops after five minutes (normal cycle is ca 20min),
and c) is sending zero hot water into the pipes. Normally the sound of water getting pumped in the radiator pipes is the first thing I hear, even before combustion starts in the boiler. In this case absolutely nothing.
There is something like 300 l. in the tank, the pipes from the tank to the burner are new.
Also worth noting, the button of the igniter box of the burner does not light up in red, and the button does not react for manual firing: I press it, nothing happens. In other words -- though this is clearly not where the issue is, since the boiler does fire up and work for several minutes -- I couldn't even bleed the system if I wanted to.
I am thinking maybe the water pumping system is out of order. In my reckoning this could be the reason why the burner stops short of a full cycle: no water coming through, so no heat dissipation through the water circulation, so the system stops itself to prevent overheating in the chamber, or something to that effect.
I would welcome any hint as to what I could do to get the system up and running.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards
Patrick