Customer Reviews for BECKETT GeniSys Advanced Burner Control

I am sorry you are having issues. Certainly your control could be defective, but it sounds like it might be doing its job. One brand of oil burner primary control is not more or less sensitive than another brand. This is simply a low voltage to high voltage relay. On the low voltage side is a cad cell or light sensing device. If it sees light it stays closed if it does not see light from a flame it opens shutting off the burner. Often people blame the primary because that is what pops. But it does this because the flame is bad and its doing its primary safety function . Further this unit should not be controlling your power vent. The power vent is wired into the ignition cascade ,but both Field Control and Tjurland the two makers of power vent equipment offer specific controls that run the fans. Typically when reset pops the problem will get progressively worse as the appliance soots up. The oil burner service tech should have done a draft test and set the unit by instrument. Once done the draft characteristics should not change. The power vent should provide consistent draft. I would suggest you get the oil tech back out because this problem will get progressively worse. I provided The Home Depot with both there Beckett and Honeywell oil burner primary controls and have honestly found no difference in there performance.