EL196E

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SureLight 7-seg IFC (E2xx, CT motor)

• Same E-prefix as EL296V for gas, PS, HSI, flame, and limits.
• Idle decimal blink, E recall, F flame µA still apply. P-menu unit size is a VS story — this cabinet uses taps.
• E201 serial-blower comm is not the primary motor fault on a stock EL296E. If you see it, someone put a VS motor in this cabinet.
• Confirm any odd extra code on THAT door card.

Sequence

1. W1 / W2. Same two-stage 96% physics as EL296V: low inducer → low PS → HSI → valve → flame → high inducer → high PS.
2. Blower. Heat/cool taps or profiles, not a serial CFM request. Wrong heat tap is the E250 generator.

Faults on this IFC

• E207

  HSI sensed open

  lockout

  Hot-surface ignitor circuit measures open.

  • Cold ohms, then 120 VAC during trial. Same ignitor family as EL296V.
• E223

  Low PS failed OPEN

  lockout

  Low-fire pressure path did not make.

  • Trap, PVC, low hose, inducer port (same known EL296 clog).
  • Two hoses, never teed.
• E224

  Low PS failed CLOSED

  lockout

  Low switch made with inducer off.

  • Unplug it. Water in the hose or a welded disc.
• E225

  High PS failed OPEN

  lockout

  High-fire prove failed.

  • Inducer actually high? High hose on the high tap only.
• E226

  High PS failed CLOSED

  lockout

  High switch made when it should be open.

  • Unplug the high switch. Residual draft or welded disc.
• E227

  Low PS opened during trial or run

  lockout

  Made, then dropped mid-cycle.

  • Wind, ice, trap siphon, half-clogged inducer port.
• E228

  Inducer calibration failure

  lockout

  Could not finish PS calibration.

  • Fix the port and hoses first. Calibration will not pass on a clogged collector.
• E229

  Ignition on high fire

  info

  Low PS did not close; IFC lit on high. OEM: not a separate high-fire repair.

  • Fix E223 physics. Do not start on the high-fire manifold screw.
• E240

  Low flame current — run mode

  warn

  Weak µA while running.

  • F menu, rod, ground. Repeating E240 becomes E270 / E273.
• E241

  Flame out of sequence — flame still present

  hazard

  Flame with valve off. Hazard.

  • Shut the cock. Leaking valve.
• E250

  Limit switch circuit open

  warn

  Limit / rollout string open. Open >3 min → E274.

  • Heat tap vs rise — this is a CT motor, not VS CFM.
  • Media cabinet, coil, filter. Rollout if E274 stores.
• E270

  Soft lockout — max retries, no flame current

  lockout

  Never saw flame current.

  • Watch a try. HSI, gas, rod. Not rollout.
• E271

  Soft lockout — last retry PS opened

  lockout

  Last try died on a pressure switch.

  • Hardened E223 / E227. Port, trap, PVC.
• E272

  Soft lockout — last recycle PS opened

  lockout

  Ran, then draft dropped.

  • Same two-hose / port-clean cluster.
• E273

  Soft lockout — last recycle flame failure

  lockout

  Lost flame after it had proven.

  • Rod µA, ground, manifold after blower-on.
• E274

  Soft lockout — last recycle limit open or limit >3 min

  lockout

  Hardened E250.

  • Heat tap, static, rollout string.
• E290

  Ignitor circuit fault

  lockout

  Failed ignitor or trigger circuit.

  • HSI ohms and 120 VAC during trial.
• E201

  Indoor blower communication (wrong motor)

  lockout

  Serial-blower comm. Stock EL296E does not use this as the motor story.

  • If someone put an EL296V VS motor in this cabinet, E201 / E202 / E310 show up. Put the CT motor back.
  • A stock tap motor that will not run is a tap/profile / harness / module problem — not E201.

Workflows

Test points

Motor

Tap / common — not an EL296V serial plug.

LPS / HPS

Two NO switches, two hoses, never teed.

Heat tap

Rise in the plate range. Wrong tap = E250.

Gotchas

• EL296E is the two-stage CT Elite already in the bench.

Related plates

• lennox-el296e — Two-stage Elite CT 96%.
• lennox-ml196 — Merit 96% flash.
• lennox-el195ne — Elite ULN.