Burners - A.O. Smith 510 Outdoor Service Manual

10-1. Burners

Unit Part #
Function
Failure events
Effects on the water
heater if burners fails
Error codes when the
burners fails
Diagnostic
Color/Number of wires
The burner for the 510 Indoor and 510 Outdoor has the "46V" mark as shown below.
Burner damper (#112 / 319143-156)
The burner damper is not
included in 319143-030.
#101 AOS Part #
There are 2 types of burners in the water heater: the gas-rich burner
stabilizes the flames within the combustion chamber and the air-rich burner
produces more heat in the combustion chamber. The burners facilitate the
air/gas mixture necessary to produce the proper heat during the
combustion reaction.
1. Unable to initialize/sustain
2. Dust or soot deposit on the burner surface.
3. Cracks on the burners.
4. Gas leakage from the burners.
1. Unexpected combustion.
2. Unstable flame conditions and/or flame loss.
3. Ignition failure.
4. Back-firing.
101
Visual inspection: excessive dust deposit on the burner surface and/or
unstable flame conditions during operation.
510 Indoor / 510 Outdoor Service Manual
319143-030
combustion.
111
N/A
17
CONFIDENTIAL
Ver. 1.00
Checkpoint
121 991
N/A