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Welcome Center / Hillsboro, WV
« on: October 07, 2013, 11:56:06 am »
Hello Everyone,
I'm over here in West Virginia having a heck of a time trying to get my boiler to light! I was on altfurnace, but couldn't seem to post pictures and i'm just looking for more opinions on what to try. Eventually I would like to burn grease, but for now I would just like to burn! I got the CK kit and put it in. I don't blame him for anything. He's been great. Some how I messed something up, because now I can't even burn diesel with it. I have not had a flame since I installed the kit, so it's not like I changed something and now it doesn't work; I've never had it working. Right now I have a short tube for a fuel pick up down in a soup can of diesel fuel. The can is full and pressed up to the blast tube (the one that holds the heater block/nozzle). My electrodes make a spark and don't hit anything else. Fuel sprays out and doesn't glob up or dribble. I have tried running the air anywhere from 0 - 15 psi (all my gauge reads) and I hold a Mapp torch in the path of the spray. It won't light. I will try to attach some picture, so you can tell me if the spray looks right.
Any ideas of things to try would be great. I have all the air taped off with metal tape and since I'm trying to light diesel I don't think the heater counts, but I set it down to 70 anyways. I am just touching wires to make the electrodes, solenoid, and blower go for tests. It only flares up for a second when I disconnect the wires and everything shuts down. Just a flash of flame. I think this is a clue, but I don't know to what.
I'm over here in West Virginia having a heck of a time trying to get my boiler to light! I was on altfurnace, but couldn't seem to post pictures and i'm just looking for more opinions on what to try. Eventually I would like to burn grease, but for now I would just like to burn! I got the CK kit and put it in. I don't blame him for anything. He's been great. Some how I messed something up, because now I can't even burn diesel with it. I have not had a flame since I installed the kit, so it's not like I changed something and now it doesn't work; I've never had it working. Right now I have a short tube for a fuel pick up down in a soup can of diesel fuel. The can is full and pressed up to the blast tube (the one that holds the heater block/nozzle). My electrodes make a spark and don't hit anything else. Fuel sprays out and doesn't glob up or dribble. I have tried running the air anywhere from 0 - 15 psi (all my gauge reads) and I hold a Mapp torch in the path of the spray. It won't light. I will try to attach some picture, so you can tell me if the spray looks right.
Any ideas of things to try would be great. I have all the air taped off with metal tape and since I'm trying to light diesel I don't think the heater counts, but I set it down to 70 anyways. I am just touching wires to make the electrodes, solenoid, and blower go for tests. It only flares up for a second when I disconnect the wires and everything shuts down. Just a flash of flame. I think this is a clue, but I don't know to what.