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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER FOR A WOOD GASIFYING BOILER EKOSTER 3 Operation Manual...
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EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller Safety Guidance and Installation Recommendations The controller is intended for operation with wood-gasifying central heating boilers. Installation of the controller should be entrusted to an authorized person. Connect the controller to a safety contact socket.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller Contents 1. Controller Description................2. Description of the Housing Parts............3. Description of Connections..............4. Controller Installation................5. Diagram of the Controller’s Connection to a Heating Installation..6. Main Menu - Structure................7. Servicing Menu - Structure..............
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 1. Controller Description The EKOSTER 3 controller is intended to control the operation of a wood- gasifying boiler, as well as to enable the central heating pump and the utility hot water (UHW) pump in central heating installations.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 3. Description of Connections yellow and green wire brown wire L blue wire N Fig. 3 Diagrams of connection of the power line to the pumps and ventilators. flue gas flap sensor door sensor R 2,2 kW R 510 W Fig.
10. UHW heater sensor 5. Exhaust ventilator 11. Room controller Fig. 5 A sample diagram of a heating installation with an EKOSTER 3 controller and no shut-off or protection devices. This cannot substitute for a professional design at the installation site.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 6. Main Menu - Structure MAIN MENU press Temp. Settings UHW settings: Flue Gas Temp. Temperatures 60°÷97° 40°÷70° : 110°÷280° This window is not This window is not visible visible if UHW is inactive if the option is inactive Ekoster 3 Prog.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 8. Table of Settings - Main Menu Factory Settings Name Unit Settings Range TEMPERATURES boiler °C 60÷97 °C 40÷70 flue gas °C 110÷280 WORK PARAMETERS boiler hysteresis °C 1÷9 central heating pump °C 60÷90 extinction dt °C...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 11. First Launch and Clock Setting (cont’d) The first launch of the controller and adaptation thereof to the local conditions and construction requirements, as well as training in operation thereof, shall be performed by an appropriately authorized installation company. The controller is factory set and ready for work.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 13. Stoking of Fuel into the Boiler While stoking fuel into the boiler, pause the operation of the air blower. This should be done by pressing ; the symbol will appear onscreen, along with the time countdown to the restart. The necessary time for stoking is set under Servicing Menu / Servicing Parameters / Stoking.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 15.1 Preset Boiler Temperature This parameter determines the preset Settings boiler temperature; when it is reached, Temperat. :65° the ventilators will be disabled and the controller will enter the “Sustenance” mode. Range of changes: 60° ÷ 97°...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 17. Main Menu - Factory Settings This function is intended to remove the < Fact. Settings > user’s preset parameters and to restore the factory settings. To enter the settings: Main Menu / Fac- tory Settings Fact.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 19. Main Menu - Clock The CLOCK function enables change of < Clock > the preset hour and week day. The pa- rameter to be changed is selected by pressing , and its value changed by...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 20.3 Extinction - dt parameter The parameter determines by how many degrees centigrade the boiler temperature Ext. dt : 10° should be lower than the preset value so that the extinction time countdown would begin, followed by shutdown of the boiler - Range of changes: 10°÷30°...
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EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 21.2 Servicing Parameters - Sustaining - Air Flow Power This parameter enables setting of the Vent. Sust. power with which the blower ventilator Air Flow :100% will operate in the Sustaining mode. Range of changes: 1% ÷ 100% Factory setting: 100% 21.3 Servicing Parameters - Sustaining - Ventilator Work...
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21.11 Servicing Parameters - Room Controller This parameter activates cooperation of Room Controller a room controller with the Ekoster 3 controller. The signal from the room controller en- ables or disables the CH pump. Range of changes: yes / no...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 22. Servicing Menu - Factory Settings This function is used to remove the pa- < Factory Settings > rameters set by the user and to restore the factory settings. Change of the parameters to factory settings should be...
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EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 24.1 UHW Servicing - Legionella Protection (cont’d) This function is only active when UHW heating mode is on and the “Legionella Protection” function is enabled (the factory setting is “off”). The function is enabled at 1:00 a.m. on Mondays. The boiler is heated to the maximum al- lowable temperature of adjustment (as set in the servicing menu).
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 25. Servicing Menu - Alarms This menu enables setting of values the exceeding of which will trigger an alarm. To enter the settings: Servicing Menu < Alarm > / Alarm 25.1 Alarm – Door Opening Sensor...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 26. Servicing Menu - Maximum Temperature This menu enables setting of the max- < Max. temp. > imum boiler and flue gas temperature values to be set under “Main Menu / Temperatures”. 26.1 Maximum Temperature - Maximum Boiler Temperature This parameter enables setting of a Boiler Temp.
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 29. Freezing Protection Function The controller protects the heating installation against freezing, causing per- manent enabling of both pumps of the temperature of water in the system drops to 4 °C or below (the UHW pump will start provided that the controller is working in the utility hot water heating mode).
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EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 30.4 Flue Gas Temperature Exceeded If the flue gas temperature exceeds the 06:25 Temp:88° value set under Max. Temp. / Flue Gas Flue Gas T Temp., the Flue Gas T. message will appear on the screen and an intermit-...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 31. Technical Specifications Range of the measured temperatures - 9 °C to + 99 °C Range of temperature settings for the boiler + 60 °C to + 97 °C Range of temperature settings for the UHW heater + 40 °C to + 70 °C...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 32. Principles of disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment Disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment (appli- cable in European Union states and in other European coun- tries with their own collection systems). This symbol, placed on a product or package thereof (pursuant...
EKOSTER 3 Boiler Temperature Controller 33. Flue Gas Flap and Door Opening Sensors The controller enables connection of opening sensors for the flue gas flap and the door. This option is activated under “Servicing Menu / Alarms / Door Sen-sor Alarm and Flap Sensor Alarm”.
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