Tes
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Have an old Dettson bi- energy oil/electric that has served me well. Still running fine. Hot water radiators. The problem is one zone has intermittent heating. Here is the scenario.
The thermostat calls for heat, the zone valve motor activates the arm to click the micro switch. Now sometimes, the circulating pump will come on and run for a minute and then shut off. The furnace is not heating water or circulating water. Just sleeping. The valve motor gets very hot since the thermostat is in heat demand all the time. If I manually move the lever (the other lever underneath) on the zone valve to activate the arm and micro switch manually, it works fine. Circulating pump comes on , or water is heating.
The other two zones in the house work fine on their thermostats. Yesterday I changed the thermostat for a new one , but when it calls for heat , the furnace is non responsive. Same as the old thermostat, so it is not that. Again the zone valve activates the lever for the micro switch and that is as far as it goes. When I get up in the morning the thermostat is in heat demand , but the radiators are not hot.
When I take the zone valve apart and activate the micro switch manually , the circulating pump comes on. Has me scratching my head.
The thermostat calls for heat, the zone valve motor activates the arm to click the micro switch. Now sometimes, the circulating pump will come on and run for a minute and then shut off. The furnace is not heating water or circulating water. Just sleeping. The valve motor gets very hot since the thermostat is in heat demand all the time. If I manually move the lever (the other lever underneath) on the zone valve to activate the arm and micro switch manually, it works fine. Circulating pump comes on , or water is heating.
The other two zones in the house work fine on their thermostats. Yesterday I changed the thermostat for a new one , but when it calls for heat , the furnace is non responsive. Same as the old thermostat, so it is not that. Again the zone valve activates the lever for the micro switch and that is as far as it goes. When I get up in the morning the thermostat is in heat demand , but the radiators are not hot.
When I take the zone valve apart and activate the micro switch manually , the circulating pump comes on. Has me scratching my head.