My EKO-40’s RK-2001U controller is acting quirky

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Aug 17, 2008
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Maine
I've been having a problem with my EKO-40's RK-2001U controller. It has been switching control back to my oil fired boiler (reads out the "FUEL" message on the front) while there is still plenty of burning wood in the box. So, I looked into the settings, and pushed out the Fd setting to 90, and the Fb setting to 75. I don't have any water storage yet, so it should have no problem getting the water up to temperature.

However, it's still been doing this. I wasn't positive until today, when I got the FUEL message only five minutes after I had checked it and it was at the set temperature. So, either I've missed something with the controller, it has a bug, or it is defective. Anybody else have any problems like this? Thanks.

- Jon
 
I get the opposite - I almost nve get the FUEL message and the blower keeps running. You may want to try resetting the controller to the factory defaults then adjusting for your situation. There is an Eko sticky thread for setting the boiler.
 
You can adjust the parameters that govern the FUEL mode. I've never done it, but it can be done if you can decipher the manual.
 
It's possible that the sensor might be failing.
 
RTFM:
f) No fuel
No-fuel testing time during fuel firing start [Fd60] - after switching to the
WORK mode, if water temperature doesn't reach temperature set with the thermostat in programmed time, the control process will be turned off and the display will show the message: [FUEL].
You can return to the previous mode by pressing the STOP button.
No-fuel testing time during work mode [Fb30] - in WORK mode, if temperature of water in the boiler decreases below temperature set with the thermostat, by hysteresis value, and don't reach temperature set with the thermostat in programmed time, the control process will be turned off and the display will show the message: [FUEL].

As my late mother would say, about as useful as tits on tomcat.

Polish to English leaves litte to be desired. Any suggestions?
 
Hunderliggur said:
RTFM:
f) No fuel
No-fuel testing time during fuel firing start [Fd60] - after switching to the
WORK mode, if water temperature doesn't reach temperature set with the thermostat in programmed time, the control process will be turned off and the display will show the message: [FUEL].
Will try my skills at Polglish translation... When starting up, the variable "Fd" which has a default value of 60 minutes, will turn everything off and display the FUEL message if the boiler hasn't reached the thermostat specified setting by the end of that time. Once the temperature is reached, you go to work mode...
You can return to the previous mode by pressing the STOP button.
If this happens, it's the opposite of the Microsoft approach - press STOP to go back into START mode...
No-fuel testing time during work mode [Fb30] - in WORK mode, if temperature of water in the boiler decreases below temperature set with the thermostat, by hysteresis value, and don't reach temperature set with the thermostat in programmed time, the control process will be turned off and the display will show the message: [FUEL].
Once in work mode, if the temperature drops below the thermostat set temperature by more than the hysteresis value (i.e. it goes below the "turn off" value) it starts the timer for the Fb variable, which has a default of 30 minutes - if the temperature has not come back up by that time, it will shut down and display the FUEL message

The basic idea is that it gives you a certain amount of time, specified by Fd, to get up to temperature, or it thinks something is wrong, and shuts down... If it gets up to temperature, and then the temperature drops below a certain value, and doesn't come back up within an amount of time specified by Fb, it assumes that either you are out of fuel, or something is wrong, and shuts down... It actually makes a certain amount of sense, as there is no sense in continuing to try to get heat out of a fire that isn't doing right...

As my late mother would say, about as useful as tits on tomcat.

Polish to English leaves litte to be desired. Any suggestions?

No promises, but I hope this helps - probably I'd look at where the thermostat (and the Hysteresis value if that's adjustable) is set, and how the function of your other controls might be affecting the boiler temps, and see if you are pulling the boiler down to far for to long... If nothing else, increasing Fd and Fb (especially Fb) might help solve the problem.

Gooserider
 
Nice job Gooserider!!! I think even Stevie Wonder can see how it works now. LOL I have to read that manual at least 12 times before I think I understand what they are trying to say.


Rob
 
Are you getting burn out around the nozzle. If to much air is supplied it burns all the fuel around the nozzle and yet there is still plenty of wood. Bridging of wood can be a big problem, cause the same problem. I went from mildly wet wood to dryer wood and had to reset my secondaries and fan opening, I was getting burn out around the nozzle from too much air.
 
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