Maylar
New Member
I have a Burnham oil fired boiler with a 40 gallon external tank. I've been in this house about 1-1/2 years and since this last weekend I'm not getting hot water.
The circulator runs continuously unless I turn the tank's thermostat way down. The pipe between the boiler and the tank (with the circulator motor) is not hot, even though the boiler temp says 150 F. Eventually the burner will fire and by the time it shuts off the water pipe between boiler and water tank is nice and hot as it should be. But it doesn't stay hot long enough to bring the water heater up to temperature, and the circulator keeps running.
The control boxes (aquistat and a separate one for the hot water) were replaced earlier this year during the heating season.
So, it seems that the boiler just isn't supplying hot water to the tank. My question is, should the water heater initiate the burner control or is that done strictly by the boiler itself?
And, what can be wrong here?
Thanks.
The circulator runs continuously unless I turn the tank's thermostat way down. The pipe between the boiler and the tank (with the circulator motor) is not hot, even though the boiler temp says 150 F. Eventually the burner will fire and by the time it shuts off the water pipe between boiler and water tank is nice and hot as it should be. But it doesn't stay hot long enough to bring the water heater up to temperature, and the circulator keeps running.
The control boxes (aquistat and a separate one for the hot water) were replaced earlier this year during the heating season.
So, it seems that the boiler just isn't supplying hot water to the tank. My question is, should the water heater initiate the burner control or is that done strictly by the boiler itself?
And, what can be wrong here?
Thanks.