 |
Check
your thermostat. |
| |
Is
it set above room temperature? |
| |
If
you have air conditioning or a heat pump, be sure
the thermostat is set on heating mode. |
|
Make
sure your oil burner switch is in the ON position. |
| |
The
switch is usually at the top of the basement step,
at a basement door or at the utility room door.
(If you cannot locate the switch, ask your Modern
Comfort Systems technician to point out the switch
to you on their next system
tune-up visit.) |
|
Check
all fuses and circuit breakers. |
| |
This
will be in your main electric panel box. |
| |
Circuit
breakers may look like they are on. Check carefully
to be sure they are not slightly tripped to the
OFF position. |
|
Check
your oil tank to ensure it contains oil. |
| |
Most
above ground tanks have a tank gauge 1.1.4a; sometimes
the tank gauge will malfunction. |
| |
Below
ground tanks normally don’t have gauges.
Depending on how your tank has been installed,
you may be able use an object, such as a folding
carpenters ruler, to measure the amount of oil
in your tank. |
| |
As
a double check locate your last oil delivery ticket
to verify how long it has been since your last
oil delivery. |
|
Check
the blower door. |
| |
On
newer furnaces a blower door may be removed or
ajar. This may cause a switch on the door to shut
down the furnace. |
| |
Close
the door securely to restore power. |
|
Locate
the oil system RESET BUTTON. DO
NOT PRESS THE BUTTON until you read this entire
section!
Reset buttons are typically on a control box located: |
|
| |
a)
On the oil burner. |
| |
b)
On the front of the furnace or boiler. |
| |
c)
On the chimney pipe. |
| |
You
may need to remove the front panel of the system
jacket to see the control with the reset button. |
| |
Water
heaters normally have the reset button on a control
at the oil burner. |
| |
Reset
buttons are normally RED or Silver. |
| |
If
you cannot locate the reset button, ask your Modern
Comfort System technician to point it out to you
on their next system
tune-up visit. |
|
Press
the RESET BUTTON ONLY ONCE!
Resetting this button multiple times will flood
the firebox with oil. |
| |
There
is no pilot on oil furnaces. Oil furnaces are
ignited with a 10,000-volt transformer and ignition
electrodes. Never reach into the firebox! |
| |
NOTE:
After a power failure you may need to follow the
above procedure to restart your oil system. |
