L7224A,C; L7248A,C,L OIL AND ELECTRIC BOILER ELECTRONIC AQUASTAT
®
 CONTROLLERS
7 68-0281—16
NOTE: This feature is blocked if a Domestic Hot 
Water demand occurs. Domestic Hot Water 
demands are serviced immediately, without 
any delay.
NOTE: When the Aquastat is connected to the oil 
primary and/or thermostat via the EnviraCOM 
bus, the Anti Short-Cycle time does not apply 
to recycle events such as loss of airflow or 
flame. It applies only to loss of demand.
ZR-Domestic Hot Water (DHW) 
Request
The ZR terminal can be selected to service an indirect 
water heater heat request. This parameter is set via the 3 
digit display (see Adjusting Settings section of this 
document). A heat request via the ZR terminal will have 
priority over all other features such as the Anti Short-
Cycle feature or those enabled by the Outdoor Reset 
Module (See form #69-2335 for more information).
Frost Protection
The Frost Protection function protects the boiler and 
potentially the boiler plumbing from possible damage 
which may occur should the water in the system begin to 
freeze. The Frost Protection feature is enabled only in the 
L7248 (cold start models).  The feature default setting is 
enabled (ON), but can be disabled using the 3-digit 
display. See “Adjusting Settings” on page 5.
When the Boiler temperature drops to the Frost Protection 
Limit temperature (fixed 40 °F), the burner is forced on. 
The Circulator and ZC outputs remain in the same state 
as before the Frost Protection function was enabled.  
They can be either ON or OFF during the Frost Protection 
cycle.
When the Boiler temperature reaches the Frost Protection 
Limit temperature plus a fixed 10 °F differential, the burner 
is turned off unless requested to stay on due to a different 
demand.
Thermal Purge Operation
The intent of thermal purge is to insure usable residual 
heat in the boiler is circulated until it is sufficiently 
depleted from the system before the burner is allowed to 
fire.  To that end, on a call for heat, the burner is held off 
while the circulator runs until the boiler temperature drops 
to the thermal purge temperature or a time delay is 
exceeded. Both of these parameters are adjustable. 
When the boiler temperature reaches the thermal purge 
temperature, the burner is allowed to fire.  Thermal purge 
is only applied to cold start Aquastat models (L7248) and 
will not interfere with domestic hot water call for heat or 
boilers equipped with Honeywell outdoor reset 
accessories.  For warm start models where a Low Limit 
must be set, thermal purge is not applied.
In addition to the thermal purge temperature and thermal 
purge time delay parameters, two other conditions release 
the Aquastat from thermal purge in order to maintain 
comfort in the space:
• The boiler temperature has dropped 10 °F from the 
beginning of the thermal purge.
• Boiler temperature is cooling at a rate greater than 
5 °F/minute while the circulator is running.
The thermal purge feature applies to single zone as well 
as multi-zone applications.
Thermal Purge Settings
Some thermal purge parameters are configurable using 
the 3 digit display. See “Adjusting Settings” on page 5.  
Thermal purge may be disabled by setting the thermal 
purge temperature limit to "OFF".
Thermal Purge and Domestic Hot 
Water
The thermal purge feature is automatically disabled 
whenever there is a call for domestic hot water either from 
the Zr terminal or from the DHW Module to insure hot 
water is available in a timely manner. See “ZR-Domestic 
Hot Water (DHW) Request” on page 7.
Pump Cycling
The Pump Cycling feature exercises the system pump for 
15 seconds after a non-adjustable five day period of no 
boiler activity.  The Pump Cycling feature default setting is 
enabled (ON) but can be disabled (OFF) using the 3-digit 
display.  See “Adjusting Settings” on page 5.
CHECKOUT
Put the system into operation and observe at least one 
complete cycle to make sure that the controller operates 
properly. See TROUBLESHOOTING section to use LED 
to assist in determining system operation.
TROUBLESHOOTING
When attempting to diagnose system performance, 
reference to the LED display can help to identify specific 
areas not working properly. The LED display will scroll 
Err, followed by a digit (1-8). Refer to Table 10 and 11 for 
a description of each error and suggested actions.
Table 5. Thermal Purge Settings.
Parameter name Minimum value Maximum Value Default
Boiler temperature drop Not adjustable Not adjustable 10 °F
Thermal purge temperature limit 120 °F (or OFF) 160 °F 140 °F (L7248)
Thermal purge temperature rate of drop Not adjustable Not adjustable 5 °F/minute
Thermal purge time delay 1 minute 10 minutes 2 minutes