Sequence of Operation

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2

Thermostat calls for heat.

The control board sends 24 volts from damper terminal #2 on the control plug to the flue damper.

Flue damper begins to rotate open. Once the flue damper is fully open, the damper end switch closes and 24 volts is allowed to continue through damper to damper pin terminal #5.

3Trial for ignition (three 90 second ignition trials, with 65 second pauses between trials).

Control Board simultaneously sends:

1.24 volts from control pin terminal #8, to “MV/PV” terminal of gas valve (common terminal).

2.24 volts from control pin terminal #2, to “PV” terminal of gas valve to establish

gas flow at pilot.

3.Low current high voltage from “spark” terminal, to generate spark at the pilot and ignite pilot gas flow.

4.Pilot flame proving signal (measured in micro-amps). from the “sense” terminal, to prove pilot flame.

4Once pilot flame is proven, sparking will stop.

5

Once sparking stops, 24 volts is sent from control pin

terminal #5 on control board, to “MV” terminal on gas valve

 

to establish main burner gas flow. Main burners ignite from

 

the pilot flame.

 

The control board constantly monitors pilot flame through

 

the flame sensor rod. If pilot flame is lost, pilot and main

 

burners are shut down. After a 65 second inter-purge

 

period, the control will attempt to re-light the pilot beginning

 

at sequence 3 above.

7

Main burner fires until the thermostat is satisfied. The control

board interrupts 24 volts through the damper and the gas valve

 

circuit. Pilot and main burners are turned off.

8

Flue damper rotates to the closed position.

LOCKOUT CONDITION

Control board will go into “Soft Lockout” if the pilot cannot be lit after 3 ignition trials. The water heater display indicates a lockout condition by showing an error code number (62 or 63) with “Service Needed” in the display window. Refer to error codes in the diagnostic section of this Service Manual. In a “Soft Lockout” condition, the control will wait for 60 minutes and then make 3 more attempts to light the pilot and establish the main burners.

Soft lockout reset is accomplished by depressing the lower rightWIRING DIAGRAM button under “Reset” for 3 seconds.

If the water heater should reach 200 degrees F, then the high limit control will shut off the burners and the water heater will go into a “Hard Lockout”. Error code 65 will be shown in the water heater display. The control can only be reset in the “service mode”, which is detailed in the next section of this Service Manual.

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Bradford-White Corp D-38T-155 service manual Sequence of Operation, Lockout Condition