Troubleshooting With Digital Manager - ENERGY KINETICS System 2000 EK1 Frontier Owners And Installation Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING with the DIGITAL MANAGER
Monitor light comes on after a pre-determined period of time during which the system attempts to recover.
New Digital Mangers
Legacy Digital Mangers
TO RESET MANAGER
The Manager can be reset to normal
operation by turning the system switch off and
back on again.
If condition is not corrected, the appropriate
temperature light will flash and again set the
monitor light.
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Flashing Light indicates that Digital Manager has detected a problem.
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100/190 Lights
Flashing
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Monitor Light ON
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100 Light Flashing
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Monitor Light ON
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120 light flashing, or
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130 light flashing
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Monitor light ON
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140 light flashing
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Monitor light ON
 100/190°F lights flash if sensor is not working properly.
 Check Sensor wiring. Check lead for damage.
 Digital Manager will function in service board mode for
10 minutes followed by Classic Manager mode. In
Classic mode, all inputs initiate a burner call and the
boiler will warm for 2 minutes before opening zones.
 If Manager is left in this mode, reset limit aquastat to
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165 /180 F.
 100°F light flashes if sensor is not working properly.
Check Sensor wiring. Check lead for damage.
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 Digital Manager will function in service board mode.
Circulator and inducer run constantly, burner runs on
high limit aquastat. All inputs turn on respective outputs.
If Manager is left in this mode, reset limit aquastat to
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165 /180 F.
 Digital Manager detected a problem.
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 120 light flashing: Freeze condition was detected.
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 130 light flashing: Excessive temperature condition.
Zones could not extract heat from boiler. Check zone
valves, heat exchanger and boiler circulation. High limit
aquastat may not be functioning.
 Digital Manager detected a problem.
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 140 light flashing: Burner failure or boiler circulation
failure. Boiler return temperature has not increased
enough to open zones in 20 minutes for fuel oil (80
minutes if option switch #1 is ON for gas)
 Does Primary Control need to be reset?
YES: Troubleshoot as standard burner lockout.
NO: Did homeowner/user reset control?
YES: Troubleshoot as standard burner lockout.
NO: Reset Manager. Run through standard heat
cycle.
Does boiler return heat up properly?
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NO: Check circulator. Possible closed or blocked
bypass.
YES: Intermittent problem. Check low voltage wiring
for tightness from Manager through relay board and
cad cell relay to TT. Check line voltage at burner, in
and out of cad cell relay. Check limit aquastat for
proper operation. See if burner/main circulator relay
is properly plugged in and working properly.
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