Symptoms
Failure to ignite, flame failure alarm, smoke at start-up.
Probable causes
- Dirty flame sensor (photocell)
- Clogged fuel nozzle
- Low fuel pressure
- Ignition electrodes out of adjustment
Solution
Clean the photocell and the nozzle, check fuel pressure and temperature, adjust the electrodes and test the flame programmer sequence.
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