Patent ID: 6413078
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: F23N

Abstract:
A control system for an oil heating system, comprising:an oil primary for initiating and controlling combustion in an oil heating system in response to signals calling for heat; an ignition detector providing an indication to the oil primary of whether combustion is achieved in the oil heating system; the oil primary operative in response to failure to detect combustion within a lockout time period to enter a lockout mode in which the oil primary does not attempt to initiate combustion in response to signals calling for heat; a user reset connected as a part of the oil primary; and the oil primary operative in response to a user reset activation to release the lockout mode to permit the oil primary to retry to initiate combustion, and operative in response to a predetermined number of retries without successful combustion to impose a waiting interval before permitting a further retry in response to a user reset activation.