VIII. Service and Cleaning
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. GENERAL. Inspection service and cleaning should
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. FIRETUBES AND COMBUSTION CHAMBER. (See
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Figure : Cleaning of AP-U Boiler
1. CLEAN THE FIRETUBES
a. Disconnect electric to burner and remove stack.
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d. Using a firetube brush clean firetubes. DO NOT
e. Assemble the boiler in reverse order.
Units should be cleaned at least once a year, preferably
at the end of each heating season.
It is not necessary to remove burner to clean boiler.
Brush, scrape, or vacuum from top.
off. Remove brass nuts, that hold canopy down.
Without taking off carriage bolts, pull canopy
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extend brush past the end of the bottom
tubesheet.
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