Honeywell Timer Suddenly Dies...

Folks,

Walked into the shop this morning to hear a loud screeching noise.... about enough to make you cover your ears. The sound was coming from the honeywell timer on the 1300. Never had any trouble with it before.... until now. I looked closely to see, and the gears would not run at all. If you moved the big wheel by hand till the mercury dropped, then the stoker would run, but would stay running because the wheel would not rotate on its own.

I unhooked the timer so it stopped that hellish whining, and set the low and high limits on the boiler up another 10 degrees, so hopefully it will keep fire.

Now what? I now these are good timers, and seldom see trouble. I also know they arent availible anymore. I wouldnt mind trying to repair it, but maybe it cant be repaired?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Tyler

CoalJockey wrote:The sound was coming from the honeywell timer on the 1300.

Do you have the Honeywell timer #?

CoalJockey wrote:Folks,

Walked into the shop this morning to hear a loud screeching noise.... about enough to make you cover your ears. The sound was coming from the honeywell timer on the 1300. Never had any trouble with it before.... until now. I looked closely to see, and the gears would not run at all. If you moved the big wheel by hand till the mercury dropped, then the stoker would run, but would stay running because the wheel would not rotate on its own.

I unhooked the timer so it stopped that hellish whining, and set the low and high limits on the boiler up another 10 degrees, so hopefully it will keep fire.

Now what? I now these are good timers, and seldom see trouble. I also know they arent availible anymore. I wouldnt mind trying to repair it, but maybe it cant be repaired?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Tyler

Contact Scrapper /Steve he as them at the shop is it the 400 model PM me I will give you his Number if you do not have it already

Im gonna take another look at it tomorrow. I didnt fuss with it much today because Im still fighting off this flu thing and didnt want to be outside long.

I guess its the 400 series, I couldnt see any number on it. About all I could really see was that it was not running.

Can they be repaired?

Tyler

CoalJockey wrote:Im gonna take another look at it tomorrow. I didnt fuss with it much today because Im still fighting off this flu thing and didnt want to be outside long.

I guess its the 400 series, I couldnt see any number on it. About all I could really see was that it was not running.

Can they be repaired?

Tyler

Check your PM's

Timer could be either a Wil-burt or Honeywell.

mozz wrote:Timer could be either a Wil-burt or Honeywell.

Not with Mercury filled bulb Honeywell only wil -burt is a trip switch style

I have a bunch of honeywell timers on the shelf in the shop if you can't find one.

ry

CoalJockey wrote:Folks,

Walked into the shop this morning to hear a loud screeching noise.... about enough to make you cover your ears. The sound was coming from the honeywell timer on the 1300. Never had any trouble with it before.... until now. I looked closely to see, and the gears would not run at all. If you moved the big wheel by hand till the mercury dropped, then the stoker would run, but would stay running because the wheel would not rotate on its own.

I unhooked the timer so it stopped that hellish whining, and set the low and high limits on the boiler up another 10 degrees, so hopefully it will keep fire.

Now what? I now these are good timers, and seldom see trouble. I also know they arent availible anymore. I wouldnt mind trying to repair it, but maybe it cant be repaired?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Tyler

These timers can be rebuilt, nothing more than a coil and a clock motor.