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UNIT MUST BE CLEANED AFTER APROXIMATELY 2 TONS OF FUEL TO
ENSURE GOOD EFFICIENCY. MONITOR YOUR BOILER DAILY UNTIL
EXPERIENCE SHOW HOW OFTEN CLEANING IS NECESSARY.
1.
Ensure fire is out and boiler is sufficiently cooled to allow proper cleaning.
2.
Switch primary control feed system switch to off. Turn off service switch.
3.
Open the fire door and remove the slide bottom on the fire pot. Close the fire door.
4.
Remove top cover by first taking off the 4 phenolic knobs and washers found on top
corner of the cover box.
5.
Remove the tube baffles by lifting them straight up. There are 14 of them.
6.
Run a 3" diameter brush down thru the 3" diameter tubes. Be sure. Push brush all the
way through the tube.
7.
Use an approved Ash Vacuum (not your house vacuum) to clean the top of the heat
exchanger.
8.
Re-assemble the top of the boiler
9.
On a non-combustible surface, well away from combustible materials have ready a
fireproof container with a tight fitting lid, to receive ash. Open the fire door. Remove
and thoroughly clean fire pot. Remove the ash pan; carefully dump ashes into the
fireproof container. Pending final disposal by burial in soil or otherwise locally
dispersed they should be retained in the ash container until thoroughly cooled. Do not
use the ash container to store other waste. Take care not to scrape the sides of the
fire chamber. They are lined with high temperature ceramic firebrick insulation.
10. Inspect and clean chimney of soot, fly ash and possible creosote build up.
11. Replace fire pot
12. Replace fire pot slide.
13. Inspect fire door, ash door and smoke chamber lid gaskets to ensure they are in good
condition to maintain proper seal, preventing leakage.
14. Securely close all doors.
15. Restart the boiler as per START-UP INSTRUCTIONS.
MAINTENANCE
TOP VIEW
FIGURE 8
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