7
Maintenance
7.1
Notes on safety for the maintenance
The periodic maintenance is essential for the good operation,
safety, yield and duration of the burner.
It allows you to reduce consumption and polluting emissions and
to keep the product in a reliable state over time.
The maintenance interventions and the calibration
of the burner must only be carried out by qualified,
authorised personnel, in accordance with the con-
tents of this manual and in compliance with the
DANGER
standards and regulations of current laws.
7.2
Maintenance programme
7.2.1
Maintenance frequency
The gas combustion system should be checked at
least once a year by a representative of the man-
ufacturer or another specialised technician.
7.2.2
Safety test - with no gas supply
To perform commissioning in safety conditions, it is very
important to check correct wiring between gas valves and burner.
For this purpose, after checking that connections comply with the
burner wiring diagrams, it is necessary to carry out a start-up
cycle with gas cock closed (dry test).
1
The manual gas valve must be closed using the locking/
unlocking device ("Lock-out / tag out" procedure).
2
Ensure that burner limit electrical contacts are closed
3
Ensure that minimum gas pressure switch contact is closed
4
Try to start the burner.
The start-up cycle must occur according to the following steps:
–
Fan motor start-up for pre-purging
–
Gas valve leak detection control, if applicable.
–
Pre-purging completion
–
Achievement of the ignition point
–
Power supply of the ignition transformer
–
Supply of gas valves.
As gas is closed, the burner cannot ignite and its control box will
switch to stop or safety lockout condition.
The actual supply of gas valves can be checked by inserting a
tester; some valves are equipped with lights (or closing/opening
position indicators) that activate as soon as they are powered.
IF
POWER
OCCURS IN UNEXPECTED MOMENTS, DO
NOT
OPEN
WARNING
DISCONNECT
WIRINGS, CORRECT THE ERRORS AND
CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TEST AGAIN.
Maintenance
SUPPLY
OF
GAS
VALVES
THE
MANUAL
VALVE,
POWER
SUPPLY,
CHECK
Before carrying out any maintenance, cleaning or checking oper-
ations:
Disconnect the electrical supply from the burner
by means of the main system switch.
DANGER
Close the fuel interception tap.
DANGER
Wait for the components in contact with heat
sources to cool down completely.
7.2.3
Checking and cleaning
The operator must use the required equipment
during maintenance.
Combustion
Carry out an analysis of the combustion discharge gases.
Significant differences with respect to the previous check indicate
the points where more care should be exercised during mainte-
nance.
Gas leaks
Make sure that there are no gas leaks on the pipes between the
gas meter and the burner.
Gas filter
Replace the gas filter when it is dirty.
Combustion head
Open the burner and make sure that all components of the
combustion head are in good condition, not deformed by the
high temperatures, free of impurities from the surroundings
and correctly positioned.
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