Blower Prover Open; Blocked Air Intake - A.O. Smith GDHE-50 SERIES Instruction Manual

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FAULT AND ALERT MESSAGES (CONT)

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POSSIBLE CAUSES - CHECK/REPAIR

• The control system has detected the Blower Prover Switch

contacts are closed when they should be open at the beginning of

a heating cycle.

• Pinched/shorted Blower Prover Switch wiring.

• Jumper wire connected to the Blower Prover Switch - remove

jumper wire. Jumper wires must never be used, read all Warnings.

• Excessive wind outdoors pressurizing the vent system piping.

• Excessive negative air pressure in the installed space.

• The control system has detected the Blower Prover Switch

contacts are remaining open after the control system has

energized the Combustion Blower.

• Loose or open wiring to the Blower Prover Switch.

• Blower Prover Switch air sensing tube disconnected, kinked, filed

with condensate, damaged or leaking - repair or replace tube.

• Combustion Blower is not running when energized.

• Loose or open wiring to Combustion Blower.

• The control system has detected the Blocked Intake Air Switch

contacts are open.

• Loose or open wiring to the Blocked Intake Air Switch.

• Excessive equivalent pipe length, exceeded the maximum number

of 90° elbows or wrong pipe size used in the intake air piping

system.

• Excessive negative air pressure in the installed space.

• The control system has detected the ECO (energy cut out) Switch

contacts are open.

• The ECO switch is a normally closed switch that opens on a

temperature rise to prevent excessive water temperature in the

storage tank. The ECO switch is inside the Temperature Probe

(two red wires).

• Loose or open wiring to the ECO switch in the Temperature Probe

- two red wires.

• The control system has not detected any voltage from the powered

anode rod.

• No water in the storage tank.

• Loose or open wiring connections to the powered anode rod.

• Powered anode rod wiring shorted to ground.

• The water heater is not properly grounded.

• Loose or open ground wires.

• Top fitting (3/4 inch bushing) of the powered anode rod was

saturated with water during installation - with power to the

water heater turned off, carefully remove anode rod and dry out

bushing(s).

* Applies to models with powered anode option.

DISPLAYED FAULT/ALERT MESSAGE

Blower Prover Failure

The blower prover switch is

closed out of sequence.

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