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Burnham Heating Boiler Age Decoder from Boiler Data Tag Information

Look for a label, usually silver or aluminum, on the interior of the boiler - remove the access cover.

Find the boiler serial number, usually at upper right corner of the data tag where the manufacturing date is given in parehtheses:

Burnham Datsa Tag Format #1: serial number appears at upper right corner of the data tag as MM/YYYY where

MM = month of Manufacture

YYYY = Year of Manufacture

Our photo shows a date code of 09/2006 - manufactured in September 2006.

Burnham Data Tag Format #2: SERIAL NUMBER: 12345678(MM/YYYY) where

MM = month of Manufacture

YYYY = Year of Manufacture

Photo: Burnham PV83WC hydronic boiler data tag from 2006.

Similar formats for age information can be used to decode or find the age of a U.S. Boiler company heating boiler.

Burnham Boiler Manuals

Current heater models such as the Alpine, Freedom CM, CHG, Revolution, Es2, SCG, PVG, Series2, Independence, Minuteman, MPO, MegaSteam, V8H C3, C4, LE, LE-DV, RSA, Carefree, and Alliance - are documented at the US Boiler company's website and are easy to find. (The names above are registered Trademarks of US Boiler®™).

Burhnam or U.S. Boiler VS3000 3001 controller circuit board shown at InspectApedia.cpomSister brands for Burnham Boilers: U.S. Boiler, Thermal Solutions (Commercial boiler)

Illustration: the Burnham VS3000 Mixing Control Board used on some Burnham boilers. Part No 8010601.

 

US Boiler Manuals

Note: at the website link we give above for US Boiler you can also download these boiler manuals in Spanish.

Nota: en el enlace del sitio web que proporcionamos anteriormente para US Boiler, también puede descargar estos manuales de calderas en español.

Other U.S. boiler model manual are provided at this Technical library for US Boiler Co:., curren tsupport for Burhnham boilers - https://www.usboiler.net/usboiler-product-technical-literature.html

including for the U.S. Boiler K2 Gas boiler, K2 combi boiler, Sage zone control, ES2 gas boiler, Series X-PV gas boiler, Series 3 Gas boiler, Series 2 Gas boiler, Series X2 gas boiler, SteamMax gas steam boiler, Independence gas boiler, MPO IQ oil fired boiler, EMP Oil fired boiler, MegaSteam oil fired boiler, V8H Oil fired boiler, and the Alliance SL Indirect water heateras well as other US Boiler radiator and water heater products.

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How can I get a Parts Manual and Schematic for my Burnham Oil Boiler?

I need to find a parts manual and a schematic for. My burnham oil burning boiler. Any help would be appreciated. Ronda Lucas Hofler, 2026/05/18

Burnham 45-W Oil Boiler Data Tag (C) Ronda Lucas Hofler at InspectApedia.com

Reply by (mod) - DJF

This looks like an older Burnham oil fired hot water (not steam) boiler - given the data tag's "Boiler No 45W" and no other information.

I found Burnham Boiler Models 45-W in the Fiesta and Fiesta-II lines that may be as old as from the 1970s or 1980's. I'm guessing your boiler is from 1982. Can you confirm that or at least tell me the age and location of the building where this boiler is installed?

Also compare your boiler with the Fiesta boilers found on page 33 of this OLDER BURNHAM BOILER IDENTIFICATION GUIDE [PDF]

Burnham doesn't provide manuals for older equipment - at least not that I've been able to locate.

And though I'll keep looking, we don't have that manual either.

BUT the newer Burnham models BURNHAM V8-SERIES OIL FIRED BOILER MANUAL [PDF] (2006) V83S, V83WM, V84S, V84WM, V85S, V85WM, V86S, V86WM and V87 boilers should be helpufl as that's the most similar model to yours for which we have an IO manual.

START HERE: I suggest taking a look at our own heating boiler diagnosis and repair guide beginning - as we don't know what issues your boiler has right now -

at BOILER OPERATING PROBLEMS 

Also see our heating boiler troubleshooting step by step guide starting at

DIAGNOSE & FIX HEATING PROBLEMS-BOILER

and for oil burners that are not working properly se

OIL BURNER NOISE SMOKE ODORS - home 

Watch out: if you're not trained and equipped for oil burner and boiler repair work, you could stumble into some serious fire or other safety issues.

So while I welcome your review of the detailed boiler troubleshooting guides you'll find at InspectApedia, take care to decide when you need to call a trained service technician.

Keep me posted - oh and post a photo of the entire boiler to let me take a look

Burnham Fiesta II boiler information at InspectApedia.com

 

Repair guy wants $10,000 to repair cracked Burnham boiler heat exchanger - but all it needed was a cleaning but repair guy disabled the heater

A shady repair guy told me my heat exchanger was cracked and said all he could do was replace it, and that it would cost $10,000. I got a second opinion, and was told it just needed a thorough cleaning, so I invested in a professional commercial cleaning.

But the shady repair guy had disabled the furnace somehow and I can't figure out how to turn it on so I can run it and test the CO levels now that it's cleaned up. Do you have any ideas about what they would have done to disable it? I turned the water and gas valves on and turned the power switch on which makes a sound when switched on. I also tried lighting the pilot light but it didn't work. But the furnace won't come on. Thanks, Chris Maddox - 2023

Reply by (mod) - DJF

Watch out: First, understand that a cracked heat exchanger can vent fatal carbon monoxide gas into the building so you want to be absolutely certain that a safety inspection and test of your system are done by a qualified expert. A superficial test or a "look by eye" are simply too unreliable to bet your life on the result.

Next, it's true that an out-of-tune furnace can produce carbon monoxide but that doesn't tell the whole story. Where CO is being detected is also diagnostic. Even a system needing maintenance shouldn't be venting CO out into the room. (A blocked chimney can also be at fault).

Finally, I'm flabbergasted that you had an onsite expert who did a "professional commercial cleaning" that left your system OFF and such that you don't know how to get it to turn on. This is, if I can be a bit crude, absolutely crazy and leaves me with NO confidence in your cleaning company.

It is simply not possible to properly clean and service heating equipment without including turning it on and letting it run. It is not possible to check draft, smoke level, CO or CO2 levels, stack temperatures etc: measurements that are absolutely fundamental to proper furnace cleaning and servicing.

So start by calling the professional cleaning service whom you paid to "service" the system, talk to the service manager, tell him or her that their "expert" didn't finish the job and worse, left you with no heat and a system OFF and not running. Ask that the company send a senior, trained, expert to look of the system and make it right.

Let us know who did what and what results - as life-safety questions pertain here.

Chris Maddox continued: $540. cost to have my boiler cleaned

This is so helpful, thanks for all of the insight. I agree this is a serious safety concern. I think the cleaning service (https://www.metrocleaningmn didn't turn the furnace on because I told them that the repair technicians who had last serviced it had disabled it due to a high CO reading.

Maybe their policy is not to turn a furnace on in such a case for safety, or maybe they couldn't figure out how to turn it on either? In any case I'll follow your advice and follow up with both the cleaning company and the furnace repair technician who recommended I have them do the cleaning.

The cleaning company charged me $540 for their service, which took about an hour and a half. Thanks so much for your help!

Reply by (mod) - DJF: sometimes the choice is between "no heat" and "dead people"

Do keep us posted and thank you for the follow-up so far.

At oil burner school our teacher, Mike, included a lecture on "the last man (or woman) in" principle:

No matter what you did or didn't do, even if you didn't touch the heater, if later there is a catastrophe, or god forbid, a death, you will be blamed if you were the last person on-site. The thinking is that you're a trained professional: your professional duty is to recognize dangerous conditions - certainly ones that either you're told about or that you can see for yourself - and to take appropriate steps that include warning building occupants, orally and in writing, red-tagging the equipment, leaving it OFF if that's appropriate.

I once inspected a rental property where the occupants told me that no matter what I did to their lethal furnace the landlord would just come back in and turn it back on without fixing anything. He'd already done that before.

I was so scared by that that I actually removed some parts needed for the system to run and threw them into the woods, as well as, of course, red-tagging, turning-off, and informing the owner and occupants orally and in writing.

So if a professional cleaning company came to your home and knew or had reason to even think that the system had a bad heat exchanger

1. they had NO business cleaning it - since ALL of that money is wasted if the system needs to be replaced or its heat exchanger replaced

2. they should have left it red-tagged

Based on what you've said and still noting that an on-site expert will see things that you may not and so may have additional things to say, (including that this is mere opinion and you and I could be wrong) the people you have described leave me very nervous about the safety of your system and about their own ethics and professionalism.

When my much-respected fellow builder/inspector Steve Vermilye (New Paltz, NY) did something similar, the building owner took him to court for leaving off the heat. The case was promptly thrown out when Steve simply asked the judge:

"Your honor, I had two choices: no heat, or dead people." He repeated it:

" No heat, or dead people. "

Which one do you think I should have made?"

So sure, maybe only good service is needed, but let's be careful here.

Followup by chris Maddox: the furnace was just dirty - cleaned tested, found to be safe

Hi Daniel, I wanted to thank you again for your thoughtful input last year. I realized that the smartest thing to do if in doubt was to get a second opinion from another reputable local boiler company, so I had someone come give my system a close look.

He very quickly came to the conclusion that the furnace was just very dirty, and that a thorough and professional cleaning should be done before jumping to any conclusions about needing a whole new system to replace the-18-year-old system. So I hired some commercial industrial cleaning specialists who do furnace cleaning.

For $530 they did a thorough job getting the boiler and vents all clean. Then I had a third furnace tech come review the system. He said it passed with flying colors and was reading very low CO emissions. Then he calibrated and balanced everything and drained excess air from the water lines.

Not only did I avoid having to pay out $10,000 prematurely for a new boiler system, but I got back more than the $530 spent on cleaning in lower heating costs this winter alone. I'll be sure to have it checked and tuned annually from now on. It was clear the previous owners of the home never had the furnace cleaned.

 

How do I get the Front Panel Off of my Burnham Series-2 boiler?

Dumb question - but I can't figure out how to open/remove the front access panel.

The manual just says to remove it but not how. Mine looks just like the picture.

Burnham Series 2 model 206NCL-tei2 installed in 2007 - Nita Younger

Reply by Daniel Friedman - Lift UP then OUT at the cover top

Try putting the fingers of left and right hands into those oval openings at the top of the front panel, then lift up and out at the top.

 

Need a Repair Manual for Burnham P204 Gas Boiler

I have a Burnham P-204-WMI boiler that is currently not working. Is there a repair manual or troubleshooting guide for it?

Answer by (mod)

Let me see what I can find.

it would be helpful if you could post a photo of the boiler's data tag.

Meanwhile, most boiler problems have common solutions across models. We sort by fuel type - such as gas vs oil boiler.

And we've published boiler troubleshooting steps at

DIAGNOSE & FIX HEATING PROBLEMS-BOILER - https://inspectapedia.com/heat/Heating-Boiler-Diagnosis.php (all boiler types)

GAS FIRED BOILER TROUBLESHOOTING - https://inspectapedia.com/heat/Boiler-Operating-Defects.php#NoGasHeat

OIL BURNER INSPECTION & REPAIR. - https://inspectapedia.com/heat/Oil_Burner_Inspection.php

GAS BURNER FLAME & NOISE DEFECTS - https://inspectapedia.com/plumbing/Gas_Flame_Noise_Defects.php

and other articles you'll find in the Recommended Articles at the bottom of each of those pages.

 

Does my Burnham residential boiler require annual service?

Does my Burnham residential boiler need annual service. It worked fine last season. - Dick 9/19/11

Reply: yes

Yes, Dick, there is no Santa Claus; your heating boiler needs annual service not only to assure safe, reliable operation, but because without an annual cleaning, particularly for oil fired heating boilers, my experience is that the cost of operating the equipment will be significantly greater - the improvement in operating efficiency of an oil fired heating boiler following annual cleaning and adjustment can be significant - I've seen a 33% reduction in operating cost following cleaning and adjusting a dirty oil fired boiler or furnace.

 

How old is my Burnham Boiler S/N 7507932

Serial number off old boiler removed from house. 7507932. My house built in 1942 curious to now old this boiler is - there's no date on it

Old boiler with serial number 7507932. Sorry my autocorrect out wrong words. Its a Burnham brand. Been in house since built in 1942. On 2020-04-23 by Erinusps

Reply by (mod) -

Erin

So if the boiler is the original one we can figure it's the same age as the house.

Can you post photos of the boiler and of the data tag? (One photo per comment)


Where can I get a replacement compressor for my Burnham AC unit?

Kenmore air conditioner replacement compressor kit at InspectApedia.comI have a Burnham AC unit for the past 30 years, need a new compressor, B870WHEB 3.8 A,

the model is
B120WHEB,B870WHEBx2/b300c. Any idea where is can find a compressor ? On 2020-04-11 by Douglas

Reply by (mod) -

Douglas, there are generic replacement compressor motors that will work as long as the performance meets the original spec.

I would have a different answer (replace just the compressor motor) if your cooling system were 10 years old or newer.

But on a 30 year old condenser/compressor unit, there are several reasons to consider replacing the unit entirely:

- it is probably using an obsolete refrigerant no longer permitted

- other components may be at or near end of life

- the cost of replacing just the compressor motor may be close to the cost to replace the entire condenser unit

Illustrated below, a Kenmore OEM replacement compressor motor.

by Douglas

Hi Dan, appreciate the response and advice, so there is a compressor thats generic, i had and AC co look at it and said they cant get the part so i have to replace entire unit for over 10 K.

So your response leads me just to replace the compressor and then start looking for a more reliable AC co and options down the road

Reply by (mod) -

I wouldn't do that - it's too costly.

 

Determine the age of a Burnham gas hot water furnace Model No. P-204A-WNU -

How do I find out the age of an 80,000 BTU Burnham gas hot water

Furnace with Model No. P-204A-WNU - Kern 10/10/12

Reply: we need serial number to get an accurate guess at a boiler age

Kern we'd need the serial number not the model number to determine equipment age. In general, just to get our terminology right, usually we call hot water heating equipment a boiler and we reserve the name furnace for warm air heating systems. I know there was an exception but that's generally the case.

A typical Burhham boiler data tag will show numbers like

Model RS-112 Ser- 35044173

or Serial No. 35 048911

or Serial# 01005880

It's that serial number you want.

I am researching the first serial number decode. For the second example, after the 35 (probably model number) the next two digits 04 are month and the nect two digits 89 the year of manufacture of the unit.

In the third example we're stuck again - when you've found the serial number, I'd give the company a call, give model and serial number, and just ask them. Let us know what you learn as it will assist other readers.

You can contact Burnham Corporation in Lancaster PA at their customer service number 717-481-8400 or at 888-432-8887


Age of a residential Burnham Boiler V-14A SN 2 139081

We had a home inspection and are looking for the age of a Burnham residential burner:
Boiler Number: V-14A-T
Serial Number: 22 139081 On 2019-07-19 by Jim

Find the age of a Burnham residential burner:

BURNHAM Heating Boilers - manuals, age decoders etc.

are above on this page.


YOu'll see that the date of manufacture is usually given explicitly as MM/YYYY in the upper right corner of the data tag

Please attach a photo of the data tag for your Burnham boiler and I can comment further.

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