[RE-wrenches] Wood boiler ignition issue

[William Miller]

Kris:

This anecdote may not help, but maybe it will amuse:  I had the unfortunate 
circumstance to reverse a hot and a neutral after rewiring an SW Plus 
inverter system.  I destroyed a bunch of appliances, including a brand new 
gas furnace.  The HVAC contractor replaced the control board for the 
furnace but although the previous control board had operated on inverter 
power, the new one would not.  I ended up buying an entire new furnace (and 
refrigerator, and on-demand water heater and some very expensive LED light 
bulbs...).

The take-away here is some appliances are on the border of 
working/not-working when powered by an inverter.  Even an exact replacement 
control board will act differently than the unit it replaced.

Good luck.

William Miller


At 11:51 AM 3/26/2012, Kristopher Schmid wrote:

>Esteemed wrenches,
>
>I am assisting in troubleshooting a stand alone system with three stacked 
>Magnum 4448 PAE inverters.  The electric ignition of LP for the wood 
>boiler will not fire from inverter power.  As soon as we fire up the 
>generator, the boiler ignites.  Has anyone seen this before?  Is there a 
>solution?  The boiler is a Central Boiler E-Classic 2400.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>----------
>Shine On!
>
>Kris Schmid
>Legacy Solar, LLC
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