Burner help

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rrjp111

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What do I need to check with the burner is .blowing smoke like a chimney . It doesn't when I look up to the wand or the surface cleaner. Not what is open or hooked to the ball valve
 
I have no idea what you are trying to ask? Makes no sense! If it's blowing smoke it might be that you have ran out of fuel and the pump for your burner has keep trying to fire it then it will ignite causing the smoke. Make sure it's full of fuel then just hold the gun trigger in and let it burn off it will not take to long. I hope that helps you
 
rrjp111 said:
What do I need to check with the burner is .blowing smoke like a chimney . It doesn't when I look up to the wand or the surface cleaner. Not what is open or hooked to the ball valve
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Is that bad tapatalk or is creole your first language or what?
 
Sorry that what I get for using talk to text at 2 in the morning. I don't know what is going on when I am using the surface cleaner or wand. The burner looks like it is sending smoke signals. When I take the hose off the wand and then open the ball valve it burns fine and stays hot.
 
It started the night before changed filter and didn't get better. It confused me when it would burn clean without pressure. I can even shut the ball valve down some and get a little pressure that way and it stays hot. As soon as you hook up the wand or surface cleaner no heat and starts white smoke and can smell desiel.
 
What brand of PW? 12 or 120 volt burner? Are you losing rpms under pressure?
 
The 'white' smokeis unburnt fuel so what Russ said sounds right to me too. The igniter may not be working under load or the blower motor may be slowing down so the fuel is not atomizing properly.
 
It is 120 volt burner. It's a name brand is a magnum
 
The name brand is Magnum. Would it help if I would try and plug it into some other power.
 
Yeah, I'd run a drop cord to it to see if it behaves. If you've got an AC volt meter, check the voltage at the outlet under full engine load.

I had one in just last week. The customer reported a lot of smoke, and flames blowing out the stack. The generator was putting out 108 volts at 56 Hz. I readjusted the engine speed so the generator was feeding 118 volts at 62 Hz no load. Put a gun on it, and the engine bogged severely. Checked plugs, compression, etc, and everything was perfect. Put a pressure gauge on it, and he was running 8 gpm @ 4,200 psi out of an 8 @ 3000 machine. Wrong nozzle and improper unloader adjustment was dragging it down. Readjusted the unloader to bypass at 3,200 psi, and it burned clean as new.
 
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