American Water Heater HCG3 130T 300 Water Heater User Manual


 
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FAULT AND ALERT MESSAGES (CONT)
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POSSIBLE CAUSES - CHECK/REPAIR DISPLAYED FAULT/ALERT MESSAGE
The control system has detected the Blower Prover Switch
contacts are closed when they should be open at the beginning of
a heating cycle - see the Sequence Of Operation on page 59.
Pinched/shorted Blower Prover Switch wiring - see Figure 3 on
page 8 for switch location.
Jumper wire connected to the Blower Prover Switch - remove
jumper wire. Jumper wires must never be used, read all Warnings
on page 57.
Excessive wind outdoors pressurizing the vent system piping.
Excessive negative air pressure in the installed space.
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Blower Prover Failure
Fault occurred 2 mins ago
The blower prover switch is
closed out of sequence.
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The control system has detected the Blower Prover Switch
contacts are remaining open after the control system has
energized the Combustion Blower - see the Sequence Of
Operation on page 59.
Loose or open wiring to the Blower Prover Switch - see Figure 3 on
page 8 for switch location.
Blower Prover Switch air sensing tube disconnected, kinked, led
with condensate, damaged or leaking - repair or replace tube.
Combustion Blower is not running when energized.
Loose or open wiring to Combustion Blower.
Loose, open, incorrect wiring to the VFD on AHCG3 130T 400
models - see Figure 3 on page 8 and the wiring diagram on page 65.
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Blower Prover Open
Fault occurred 2 mins ago
The blower prover switch remains
open after the blower has been
energized.
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The control system has detected the Blocked Intake Air Switch
contacts are open.
Loose or open wiring to the Blocked Intake Air Switch - see Figure
3 on page 8 for switch location.
Excessive equivalent pipe length, exceeded the maximum number
of 90° elbows or wrong pipe size used in the intake air piping
system - see Venting Requirements on page 22.
Balance plate and/or intake air screen was not removed prior to
connecting the intake air piping to the water heater and is clogged/
blocked with debris - see Figure 17 on page 24.
Excessive negative air pressure in the installed space.
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Blocked Air Intake
Fault occurred 2 mins ago
The combustion air intake is
restricted.
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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 Upper Temperature
Probe (two red wires) - see Figure 3 on page 8 for Upper Probe
location.
Loose or open wiring to the ECO switch in the Upper Temperature
Probe - two red wires.
Improper water system piping and/or excessively high return
(recirculation) loop water temperature - see the Water Piping
Diagrams beginning on page 67.
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Energy Cut Out (ECO)
Fault occurred 2 mins ago
Tank temperature is excessive.
The water heater has been
disabled.
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The control system has not detected any voltage from the powered
anode rods - see Figure 3 on page 8 for location.
No water in the storage tank.
Loose or open wiring connections to the powered anode rods - see
Figure 3 on page 8 for location.
Powered anode rod wiring shorted to ground.
The water heater is not properly grounded - see Power Supply
Connections on page 39.
Loose or open ground wires.
Top tting (3/4 inch bushing) of the powered anode rods were
saturated with water during installation - with power to the water
heater turned off, carefully remove anode rods and dry out
bushing(s).
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No Anode Voltage
Alert:
Alert occurred 2 mins ago
No voltage detected from
Powered Anode(s).
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