The rollout switches are placed as a safety device around the burner area to sense the hot flame or hot exhaust thus shutting down the furnace so you do not get a fire or get carbon monoxide poisioning. If your rollout switch is having to be reset please call a service company to check your furnace out.Click to see full answer. Also question is, what is a flame switch?1. APPLICATION. The BC1000A/B series is a flame switch for intermittent operation to indicate presence or absence of a flame and to be applied in commercial or industrial burner installations. The BC1000A can also be used as a primary control for manually operated burner systems using a start/stop station.Subsequently, question is, how do you reset a rollout switch? Press and release the raised red button at the center of the flame roll-out switch to reset the furnace. You can press the reset button up to three times before troubleshooting the furnace’s internal components or calling for repair service; allow 30 minutes between each reset. Subsequently, question is, what can causes a flame rollout switch to trip? Rollout switches trip because flames are burning back where they are not supposed to be. Possible causes include a stopped up vent, a stopped up heat exchanger, low gas pressure, or a cracked heat exchanger. In the case of the plugged vent or heat exchanger.What does rollout switch open mean?The rollout switches are placed as a safety device around the burner area to sense the hot flame or hot exhaust thus shutting down the furnace so you do not get a fire or get carbon monoxide poisioning. The video below shows an exaggerated version of what furnace flame rollout looks like.
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