Flue Vent System And Air Piping; Check Water System; Check Expansion Tank - Lochinvar Power-fin 502 Service Manual

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Maintenance

Flue vent system and air piping

1. Check for gastight seal at every connection, seam of air
piping, and vent piping periodically inspected by a qualified
service agency.
Venting system must be sealed gastight to
WARNING
prevent flue gas spillage and carbon
monoxide emissions, which will result in
severe personal injury or death.

Check water system

1. Verify all system components are correctly installed and
operational.
2. Check the cold fill pressure for the system. Verify it is
correct (must be a minimum of 12 PSI).
3. Watch the system pressure as the boiler heats up (during
testing) to ensure pressure does not rise too high. Excessive
pressure rise indicates expansion tank sizing or performance
problem.
4. Inspect automatic air vents and air separators. Remove air
vent caps and briefly press push valve to flush vent. Replace
caps. Make sure vents do not leak. Replace any leaking
vents.

Check expansion tank

1. Expansion tanks provide space for water to move in and out
as the heating system water expands due to temperature
increase or contracts as the water cools. Tanks may be open,
closed, diaphragm or bladder type. See Section 4 - Water
Connections of the Power-fin Installation and Operation
Manual for suggested best location of expansion tanks and
air eliminators.
Check relief valve
1. Inspect the relief valve and lift the lever to verify flow.
Before operating any relief valve, ensure that it is piped with
its discharge in a safe area to avoid severe scald potential.
Read Section 4 - Water Connections of the Power-fin
Installation and Operation Manual before proceeding
further.
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Safety relief valves should be re-inspected
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AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS,
by a licensed plumbing contractor or
authorized inspection agency, to ensure that
the product has not been affected by
corrosive water conditions and to ensure
that the valve and discharge line have not
been altered or tampered with illegally.
Certain naturally occurring conditions may
corrode the valve or its components over
time, rendering the valve inoperative. Such
conditions are not detectable unless the
valve and its components are physically
removed and inspected. This inspection
must only be conducted by a plumbing
contractor or authorized inspection agency
– not by the owner. Failure to re-inspect the
boiler relief valve as directed could result in
unsafe pressure buildup, which can result in
severe personal injury, death, or substantial
property damage.
Following installation, the valve lever must
WARNING
be operated AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR to
ensure that waterways are clear. Certain
naturally occurring mineral deposits may
adhere to the valve, rendering it inoperative.
When manually operating the lever, water
will discharge and precautions must be taken
to avoid contact with hot water and to avoid
water damage. Before operating lever, check
to see that a discharge line is connected to
this valve directing the flow of hot water
from the valve to a proper place of disposal.
Otherwise severe personal injury may result.
If no water flows, valve is inoperative. Shut
down the appliance until a new relief valve
has been installed.
2. After following the above warning directions, if the relief
valve weeps or will not seat properly, replace the relief valve.
Ensure that the reason for relief valve weeping is the valve
and not over-pressurization of the system due to expansion
tank waterlogging or undersizing.
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