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kevinr
Apr 14, 2009, 03:43 PM
The motor on my hot water heater keeps popping the internal breaker on the motor what wouild cause this to happen

Joshdta
Apr 14, 2009, 03:46 PM
You mean the vent motor?

mygirlsdad77
Apr 14, 2009, 04:07 PM
Boiler or side vent water heater? Please give us some more info and we will do our best to help.

kevinr
Apr 14, 2009, 06:31 PM
No, the oil burner motor I have to keep reseting the rest button on the motor itself.

Joshdta
Apr 15, 2009, 06:14 AM
How long has it been sense you have had you oil boiler serviced?

mygirlsdad77
Apr 15, 2009, 03:51 PM
Not many oil burners in our area, so I haven't had enough hands on experience with them to give you any advice. I hope one of the others here can help you out. Good luck. And I hope you can get it fixed.

hvac1000
Apr 15, 2009, 09:14 PM
No, the oil burner motor I have to keep reseting the rest button on the motor itself.

A weak motor circuit breaker (red reset button) can be a problem or the oil pump is creating too much drag on the motor causing it to pop the breaker. Try removing the motor to oil pump coupling and wire the motor direct bypassing the safety control and see if it will run by itself for awhile. Is so the pump could be suspect.