Oil Furnace Transformer Test

Although your oil furnace burns fossil fuel it still needs electricity to light the flame.

Oil furnace transformer test.

This video is part of. Finally test the newly installed transformer with a voltage tester. With 120 volts input to the transformer the output should be approximately 10 000 volts. Transformers regulate the voltage in circuits but in some cases these can go bad and cause a circuit to not.

The video below can help you if you need it. Transformers are an electrical component that transmit electrical energy between at least two circuits. This one shows how to test the transformer spark on the gun oil burner. I did one earlier but it was not installed on the oil burner.

There are a number of ways to test the output voltage of the transformer. Oil furnace ignitor troubleshooting posted on. The transformer steps up your 120 volt house voltage to several thousand volts to produce a spark across the terminals of an igniter. How to test a transformer.

The ignition transformer takes 120 volts ac and transforms it into 10 000 volts ac to ignite the oil droplets. Some options may also use as little as 24 volts. Furnaces of all types such as electric gas and oil furnaces will use transformers with 120 or 240 volts. The nozzle compresses air and oil transporting it to the spark where it is ignited to create heat.