Section: Prepare the Burner for Start-up

Initial Air Settings

round surface of the shafts afterward.

If your burner was built for a specific OEM (Original

The test for proper alignment is to disengage the damper

motor from its shaft using the disengaging pin (Item G in

Equipment Manufacturer) application, the “Mfr’s

Figure 17) and rotate the damper plate to its full closed

Settings” label (see Figure 1) will indicate the application

position. The position indicator should point to 0° within

and the initial air settings made at Beckett. Please verify

+ 5° tolerance.

 

 

those settings using the following procedure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If your burner was not built for a specified application,

Figure 17 – Damper Motor

 

 

the following steps outline the procedure for initially

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting the damper (these settings may be different from

 

 

 

 

 

settings specific to a particular OEM).

 

 

 

 

 

Refer to Figure 17 and Tables 4a or 4b, for this

 

 

 

 

 

procedure.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Remove the cover screw (A) then the cover (B) and

 

 

 

 

 

set aside.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Push in on pin (B) to disengage the motor from the

 

 

 

 

 

damper shaft and cam stack. Rotate the damper

 

 

 

 

 

shaft by hand to place the adjustment cams in a

 

 

 

 

 

position where their adjustment scale can be easily

 

 

 

 

 

seen. Release pin (G) to secure the damper shaft

 

 

 

 

 

and cam stack to the motor.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Using the wrench (C) supplied with the damper

 

 

 

 

 

motor, adjust the blue low fire cam (D) to the initial

 

 

 

 

 

setting listed in Table 4.

 

 

 

 

 

4. Using the same wrench, adjust the red high fire

 

 

 

 

 

cam (H) to the initial settings listed in Table 4.

 

 

 

 

 

5. To adjust the high fire transition, use a small straight

 

 

 

 

 

edge screwdriver. Turn the white adjustment screw

 

 

 

 

 

located in the orange transition cam (J) until the

 

 

 

 

 

cam indicator is half way between the high and low

 

 

 

 

 

settings on the scale.

 

 

 

 

 

6. After setting all the cams, make sure the damper

 

 

 

 

 

shaft and cam stack is set between its low fire

 

 

 

 

 

setting and its high fire setting. (If you don’t it may

 

 

 

 

 

not move when it is powered.) Push in pin (G),

 

 

 

 

 

move the damper by hand so that notch (E) is

 

 

 

 

 

between the low fire setting and high fire setting

Legend (Figure 17)

 

 

on scale (F), then release pin (G) to re-engage the

 

 

motor. When the motor is powered it will go to its

 

A

Cover screw

F

Damper motor scale

low fire setting.

B

Cover

G

Disengaging pin

This initial setting should be adequate for starting the

C

Wrench

H High fire cam (red)

D

Low fire cam (blue)

J

Transition cam (orange)

burner at low fire. Once the burner is in operation,

E

Cam notch

 

 

the air setting will be adjusted for best performance as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

discussed later in this manual. Don’t forget to re-install

Set Appliance Limit Controls

the cover after all adjustments have been made.

 

 

The damper plate is attached

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Set the appliance limit controls in accordance with

 

 

 

the appliance manufacturer’s recommendations.

 

 

by screws to its shaft, and bears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move the low-fire hold switch (not shown) to the low

against a flat on the shaft for alignment. The shaft is

y

secured to the damper motor by a sleeve coupling with

 

fire hold position. This will hold the burner in low fire

two setscrews bearing against the damper shaft and two

 

during initial start-up.

 

 

more against the motor shaft. The motor shaft has a

 

 

 

 

 

flat matching the one on the damper shaft. The flats on

Prepare the Fuel Unit for Air Venting

the damper shaft and the motor shaft should be aligned

so that the position indicator in the damper motor reads

○ To vent air from one-pipe oil systems, attach a clear

accurately. The best way to align the flats is to tighten

 

 

hose to the vent plug on the fuel unit. Provide a

the set screws that bear against the flats on the shafts

 

 

container to catch the oil. Loosen the vent plug.

first, and then tighten the ones that bear against the

○ Vent the air as described under ‘Start the Burner’.

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Beckett CF1400 manual Initial Air Settings, Set Appliance Limit Controls, Prepare the Fuel Unit for Air Venting

CF1400 specifications

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