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Aqua Hot Ignition Issues/Beckett Mod
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Been steadily working on this problem thanks to all for your offers to help.  Richard, called and put the bug in my ear to do the Beckett Mod as posted by Andy & Jean Harmon in the Wander Lodge Group (https://www.wanderlodgeownersgroup.com/f...hp?t=32866). Richard invited me over to see his mod to the AH he did a while back.  I was very impressed in what he had done as well as with the quality of the Beckett components.  Fast forward to this week...the mod is complete and the Beckett controller is running the AquaHot beautifully! 

A couple of pluses that put me into completing this mod;
  • The terminal strip between the controller and the AH makes a great troubleshooting tool to break out voltages to each component.
  • The controller is mounted away from the heat and vibration.
  • The controller is easy to source and a solid built unit.
  • The Igniter coils is a solid unit as well..(I provisioned for the Beckett coil as my original worked just fine).
My original thought was to use the AH wiring but the Beckett is wired differently albeit the same functions.  Once I put that idea to bed it was pretty straight forward to get it wired into the system.  Richard added a N.O. relay that controls the voltage to the motor.  I tried it as Andy's wiring diagram depicts and detected an audible rpm change i.e. voltage drop, in the blower motor during operation....highly recommend adding that extra relay and 14ga wire to the motor.  Speaking of the burner unit, the ground wire is in series with the fuel solenoid and flame sensor.  I separated the grounds and ran them dedicated to the Beckett controller.  

Steve


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Aqua Hot Ignition Issues/Beckett Mod - by Latitude 28 - 02-19-2020, 07:21 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by pairodice - 02-20-2020, 05:29 AM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Trainer - 02-20-2020, 05:31 AM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 02-21-2020, 07:52 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Trainer - 02-22-2020, 05:49 AM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 03-27-2020, 04:28 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by smagown - 03-27-2020, 05:57 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 03-27-2020, 06:25 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 12-01-2020, 07:25 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Richard - 09-10-2021, 03:04 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 09-10-2021, 03:18 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Richard - 09-10-2021, 05:48 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Wanderman - 01-17-2022, 02:14 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Richard - 01-17-2022, 02:47 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 01-17-2022, 03:56 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Richard - 01-19-2022, 06:18 AM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 02-01-2022, 09:35 AM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by Latitude 28 - 02-01-2022, 08:46 PM
RE: Aqua Hot Ignition Issues - by folivier - 02-02-2022, 07:25 AM

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