Pilot light going out?

[mcniven]

Dancinplumba what exactly does an imterupter do? Is it a stat

 

[mountainman]

An interruptor is an overheat 'stat that acts on the thermocouple, so if the sensor operates due to the appliance overheating or sometimes spillage of POC then the thermo-electric valve drops out shutting off the gas to the main burner and pilot.

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

its a bi-metalic strip on thermocouple lead, when overheated it will interrupt the circuit and TEV will shut

 

[mcniven]

Mountain man how does it detect POC?

So most likely because the burner is staying a light for 5 minutes really tells me that the thermocouple is working and that most likely it's an overheat issue and on this type of system that points at the pump. Which...... Could be anywhere!!

 

[mcniven]

Boiler is ideal Mexico 2

 

[diamondgas]

Is it open flued or ballance flue mcvens? A good t/c should hold for about 20-30 seconds. if it's clicking off pretty fast that'll be a poor flame, t/cupl or gas valve in that order .... May also be visceation due to blockage in flue or heatex/flue rotten .... there's a few things to try out

 

[mountainman]

Mountain man how does it detect POC?

You'd most likely to find this on an Open flued appliance but If the sensor is positioned at the vent of the down draught diverter then the heat from the POC's would cause the sensor to reach a sufficiently high temperature to trip.

 

[mcniven]

I'm just off the phone to ideal and he said the Mexico doesn't really have that much too it...


And he's told me that if not the thermocouple it's going to be the gas valve. He said that stat we spoke about is only in the sealed systems.

He told me there's not much to a ideal Mexico parts wise that's where his answer is from.

 

[mcniven]

What do u think diamond

 

[mountainman]

He's right, there's not much to a Mexico.
Is the flue and air intake clear, is the pilot stable whe the burner is alight?