Cdmackenzie
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I had an earlier question about my power vented tank not firing up. I replaced the igniter myself (that didn't resolve the problem) and then had it looked at by the free emergency service of the my company (their diagnosis: bad valve) and have now booked another company (long wait!) to come give a repair quote. I am having to wait longer than desired for that, so I finally found my multimeter, and for my own curiosity, I was checking various things and was surprised to find the black wire to the igniter module occasionally reading 96-110 volts to ground (drain valve on tank). What is really weird is that the main burner fired up for several minutes the first few times I did this test.
What could be going on here? Given that the Smart Valve only receives 24-26v from the hot water tank controller, this 120V has to be coming from the blower side of the circuit somehow?
Everything else checks out electrically, including the pressure switch, igniter voltage, etc..
Later this morning I am going to try powering off all the breakers in my house except the HWT and repeating this voltage check.
What could be going on here? Given that the Smart Valve only receives 24-26v from the hot water tank controller, this 120V has to be coming from the blower side of the circuit somehow?
Everything else checks out electrically, including the pressure switch, igniter voltage, etc..
Later this morning I am going to try powering off all the breakers in my house except the HWT and repeating this voltage check.
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