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2000 Fire Door-Fan Manual                  

updated 2002-05-28

 

 

 

 

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Large building Testing  
 

Retrotec’s multiple fan panels can be added in modules to test any building of any size.  It is 

very rare to require more power than the standard double blower system but if needed, 
Retrotec can rent as many blowers as needed for any job. 

 

 

In the UK, air leakage tests must 

be carried out in accordance with 
CIBSE TM23 on all buildings over 
1000 sq.m. The Retrotec Model 
M55 shown will test enclosures up 
to 2880 sq.m. of envelope area at 
the minimum allowable leakage 
of 10 cu.m/hr./sq.m. It can be 
expected that much larger 

buildings can be tested with the 
same system if they perform 
better than this minimum. 

 

Using two systems in 
two doorways or in 

one double doorway 
will increase the 
envelope area to 
5,760 sq.m. 
Retrotec software 
will handle up to 18 
blowers allowing for 
testing of buildings 
with 17,280 sq. m. 
of envelope area. 
Retrotec equipment, 
software and field 
training expertise 
are available 
immediately. 

 

The latest draft of Approved 
Document L of the Building 
Regulations (Conservation of Fuel 

& Power) which covers England & 
Wales was published in April this 
year. Following approval by the 
European Commission this draft 
will be finalized and published in 
August 2001, becoming effective 
from February 2002. From this 
date all plans submitted for 

Building Control approval must 
comply with these new 
requirements. 

 

Summary of Contents for 2000

Page 1: ... with Model N digital console OR Model L digital control panel OR Model E analog gauge clip Large room testing with 2 Blowers Or E43 Aluminum Frame Set Up Leak check at 15Pa Room pressure Smoke test measure static pressure Range Selection Room and Flow Pressure Readings Windy test conditions Mixing or NO mixing ...

Page 2: ...leak tests using Plastic on Ceiling procedure Run from CA2001 Lower leak Estimates using Leak audit Field Calibration Tall doorways Sub floor Only tests using Floor neutralization procedure Packing up and moving equipment Large building Testing rent additional equipment if needed Recalibration of Retrotec Infiltrometer Troubleshooting and repair ...

Page 3: ...argest space so the air can find its way back to the leak Set the panel bag close to the door Open panel bag and remove the Blower Panel with the 22 inch hole in it Open Blower Panel and position back edge against the doorstop Pull top strap tight and secure strap in the nylon cleat Press the loop against the Velcro to keep strap ends neat ...

Page 4: ...rap in cleat The small fill in sheet is positioned first in the groove It fills in the gap for doors up to 36 Smooth down the fill in sheet from top to bottom Place the large X Panel in the top of the doorway Cinch and lock the pull strap to secure the panel Place blower case next to the doorway ...

Page 5: ... block on top of the blower with the panel cutout insert and rotate the blower till the top is horizontal to lock it into the panel The blower is mounted in the Flow Away position This is always first When the test is complete in this direction the blower is removed and installed with the Flow Towards the operator Blower is upright and locked in place ...

Page 6: ...come on accidentally Remove the control cords Place the cords next to the panel set Power to console comes from 1 Blower receives power from wall Cord from console picks up this power to run the printer computer and thermometers 2 When blower is not plugged in the console can get power from the short adapter plug that fits onto the end of the umbilical cord then goes to a wall socket ...

Page 7: ...Fire Door Fan Manual updated 2002 05 28 Page 7 of 58 Your laptop computer power supply plugs into the female plug inside the console The power supply cord is then led through this hole to the computer above ...

Page 8: ...2000 Fire Door Fan Manual updated 2002 05 28 Page 8 of 58 OR Model L digital control panel for Models L64 and L63 The control panel can sit on top of the blower case with your laptop beside it ...

Page 9: ...nd capping them off with your thumb so the gauge stays at the top of its range for 30 seconds If the gauge falls while capping the tube there is a leak stop to locate and fix it Let the gauge fall back down and zero with small screwdriver supplied Do not turn more than 3 turns After another 30 seconds of gently tapping the gauge front adjust the zero screw at the bottom of each gauge until it read...

Page 10: ...dels J64 OR DM 1 digital gauge The digital gauge can be hand held and used to measure static pressure room pressure and flow pressure Connect a tube from the panel to the right hand port of the DM 1 to get room pressure Then connect a tube from the DM 1 to the blower to get flow pressure ...

Page 11: ...de Insert the motor control connector into the receptacle till it clicks E and J models will not have a control connector since the knob on the blower is used Plug the clear flow pressure pick up tube into the nylon quick connect on top of the blower Gently push while giving it a quarter turn Make sure the 7ft red cord and thermometer are in the corner to the panel and the thermometer is on the ba...

Page 12: ...Y Panel vertically with the center strap Cinch and lock the vertical strap in the cleat Tighten and lock the horizontal straps in their cleats Ensure rocker switches are OFF at the control panel Plug power cord into wall outlet then into blower Set rocker switch on blower to remote so it can be controlled by the console or control panel ...

Page 13: ...2000 Fire Door Fan Manual updated 2002 05 28 Page 13 of 58 Red tube is always extended away from the air stream on the opposite side of the door ...

Page 14: ...2000 Fire Door Fan Manual updated 2002 05 28 Page 14 of 58 This detailed picture shows white dots that should line up Later models may have molded dots This vertical bar should line up on each sheet ...

Page 15: ...nels on the far side of the doorstop so the weight of the blowers pulls them into the stop 2 apply 2 inch clear tape to both sides of the upper panel where it contacts the doorframe Use second cord set from console to control the speed of blower 2 Models E64 and J64 Use speed controls mounted on blowers to adjust speed Read flow pressure from blower 1 then move the flow pressure tube from blower 1...

Page 16: ...002 05 28 Page 16 of 58 Or E43 Aluminum Frame Set Up Open case Take out pieces Assemble flat Line up numbers Connect corners Fit frame loosely into doorway Adjust knobs to hold the size Cover with cloth Fit frame and cloth into door way ...

Page 17: ...rame is installed Hook elastic under blower Use Velcro to hold blower Finished installation This install will take about 20 minutes the first time It will take less time with practice The main advantage of the Aluminum frame is slightly smaller package for shipment and lower cost ...

Page 18: ...re use smoke to locate leaks in 9 Rocker switch selects between OFF Local or Remote 9 With rocker in OFF position plug red power cord into wall outlet 9 Clear tube and 5 pin connector are plugged in 9 Adjust speed from blower or console to get a 15 Pa room pressure Ideal for finding leaks Analog gauge clip uses speed control mounted on blower Turn on DM 1 Set all toggles into the UP position Speed...

Page 19: ...d with open doorways then you must check across each wall this is not connected Walls to outdoors can be ignored If there IS smoke movement the magnitude of the pressure must be measured with the room gauge or the handheld gauge See section called Smoke test measure static pressure for more information Check to see if there is any static pressure by puffing smoke near a known hole at the door If t...

Page 20: ...of the blower inlet must decrease to maintain a high and accurately readable Flow Pressure Each inlet size has a pre established configuration or range Ranges are somewhat analogous to gears in a standard transmission car The slower you go the lower the gear Changing Ranges The Retrotec 2000 Series Infiltrometer blower has 7 flow ranges for the greatest possible accuracy and versatility Range 22 w...

Page 21: ...he ISO procedure and sometimes the testing of relief vent capacity must be done using Multi Point Readings This is normally done at pressures starting at 60 Pa down to 10 Pa of Room Pressure Taking 12 readings roughly equally spaced with the greatest concentration of readings at the lowest room pressures will yield t he best results The general rule regarding range selection is to start with the b...

Page 22: ... Fan must be running at least at half speed and flow pressure must be greater than room pressure If not insert the Range A plate and keep changing to lower ranges till motor is at least half speed and flow pressure must be greater than room pressure Range 22 Flow Away Range A Flow Away Range B Flow Away Range C8 Flow Away Range C4 Flow Away Range C2 Flow Away ...

Page 23: ...st look like Range B Flow Towards The inlet is now on the other side Look at Flow Away picture to see what the inlet must look like Range C8 Flow Towards The inlet is now on the other side Look at Flow Away picture to see what the inlet must look like Range C4 Flow Towards The inlet is now on the other side Look at Flow Away picture to see what the inlet must look like for C2 and C1 ranges below t...

Page 24: ... blower Gauge Reading Rules Ensure the gauges are zeroed Read the gauges very carefully The 240 Pa marker is easy to misread Please refer to the diagram below for clarification Your eye must be perpendicular to the gauge faceplate to remove parallax error Wait 15 to 20 seconds after the last speed control adjustment to let the readings stabilize before writing down the test data or entering it dir...

Page 25: ...trotec software Ideally adjust both blowers so that they are both running at about the same speed and producing approximately the same Flow Pressure Don t have one going flat out and the other idling Both blowers must have their restrictor plates off i e both on Range 22 Go through computer program per usual but choose the multi blower check off Read the Flow Pressure from both blowers and enter t...

Page 26: ... to taking a new set of readings Changes in temperature or position may affect the zero by 0 1 to 0 4 Pa but overall the drift will be minor It is best not to re zero before a test is completed Take readings for both pressurize and depressurize without re zeroing the DM 1 Small changes in zero are offset by testing in both directions Time Averaging Experiment with one second time averaging for sta...

Page 27: ...t blower and it s ready to go Turn on the power to blower 1 5 Adjust the speed control to get the required room pressure The blower must run at half speed or more If not change to a lower more restrictive range Read the room pressure for 30 seconds 6 When the desired room pressure is achieved flip the toggle up to Flow Read the flow pressure Flow 1 for 30 seconds Turn the blower OFF with the rocke...

Page 28: ... to 3 on the previous page first Then go to step 7 7 Turn on the power to blower 1 and 2 8 Adjust the speed controls to get the required room pressure Read the room pressure for 30 seconds 9 When the desired room pressure is achieved flip the toggle up to Flow Read the flow pressure Flow 1 for 30 seconds 10 Read the flow pressure Flow 2 for 30 seconds Turn the blower OFF with the rocker switches a...

Page 29: ...effect will be to reduce the retention time slightly but overall the test will be more accurate View from outdoors Plug the red tube into the open end to the T on the 25 50 red wind damping tubes The tubes are placed away from the building to avoid the pressure pulse that gets created when the wind hits the wall Cover the end of the tube with sheet material or a box to stop the wind from blowing i...

Page 30: ... the effect of wind Set the Time averaging to 5 seconds If the second reading varies more than 10 from the first reading set it to 10 seconds If the variation is still too much set it to 30 seconds Take at least three readings The last two must be within 5 of each other in order for it to be useable ...

Page 31: ...k and often sufficient to stop fluctuations Observe the gauges If still fluctuating more than 1 Pa attach CLEAR tubes in any combination of lengths to each of the four 900 connectors on the back of the capacity tank Lead the CLEAR tubes to areas around the enclosure as far away from the walls as possible Lay the tube flat on the ground and cover the ends with cardboard to stop air movement at the ...

Page 32: ...ion period The initial concentration must be made greater to allow for the drop in concentration This icon is used throughout the program and on reports to show that mixing will take place To determine if there is mixing a smoke test must be performed where small puffs of smoke are placed near the protected equipment If the smoke puffs immediately dissipate there is continual mixing If in doubt it...

Page 33: ...st be sealed throughout Don t worry as much about leaks through electrical outlets and switches 1 For rooms with suspended ceilings do a BCLA flex duct test Depressurize the entire space above the false ceiling 2 For smaller rooms up to 1000 square feet about 250 lb of agent use polyethylene taped under suspended ceiling Test in positive direction only the software will adjust measured ELA based o...

Page 34: ...es if present Have the building HVAC shut down on discharge if possible Test run the enclosure without the static pressure to see if it will make enough difference to have it done Reduce the Minimum Protected Height Determine what exactly needs to be protected in the room for the required retention time Open up the cabinets to see if they have anything in them or can a lower level be chosen Reduce...

Page 35: ...t will be installed and open the case There must be minimal obstructions to airflow above and around the ceiling tile selected Insert the flex duct into the T bar ceiling framework The square sheet goes in next Hook the cuff under the lower foot of the blower and over the nylon block on top of the blower flange Secure the Velcro cinch strap on the flex duct blower cuff ...

Page 36: ...e previously occupied by the ceiling tile In the corner is a 2x2 ft grille leading to the ceiling plenum This grille should be sealed off to better allow the ceiling to be neutralized The upper blower is measuring lower room leaks whilst the lower blower neutralizes leaks above the ceiling Both fans are running The ceiling tile is lifted to see which direction smoke travels to determine ceiling ne...

Page 37: ... the room is greater than 500 square feet and has slab to slab walls a BCLA Flex Duct test can generally provide acceptable predictions and 3 If the room is greater than 1 000 square feet a through smoke pencil inspection per 4 7 2 3 of the standard can provide sufficient assurance that no significant below ceiling leakage exists which would cause an unacceptable halon loss If the smoke pencil ins...

Page 38: ...er heads Make sure the wall edges of the plastic are taped to the wall not just the T bar Run the test from the Lower Leak tab of CA2001 and choose Plastic on the ceiling test Perform the test in the pressurization mode only If the BCLA Plastic test fails and your smoke pencil inspection finds more leaks below ceiling level to be sealed you should theoretically remove the plastic redo the Whole Ro...

Page 39: ...he leak with smoke in the area where the leak was measured Mark down the of full speed that each leak appears to be This will tell you whether something upstream from the leak was slowing it down so in effect by knowing the area and speed you are determining the approximate effective size of each leak Mark this data down for later entry into the Leak Audit button on the Lower Leak tab that lights ...

Page 40: ...Panel on top the first Blower Panel and expand into position Insert the fill in sheet in the Blower Panel Place the X Y Panel on top the Blower Panel Tighten and lock the X Y Panel straps Panels installed with upper panel cover with calibration holes ready for performing the field calibration test Fielded Calibration Plate opened ...

Page 41: ...d with the Infiltrometer The new increased leakage area reading should be the sum of the first plus the known hole size The difference between the actual increase and the measured increase is the Infiltrometer and or the operator error e g 1 The room is measured at 200 square inches of leakage area 2 A 144 square inch hole is opened up 3 The new leakage area should read 200 144 344 square inches 4...

Page 42: ...dated 2002 05 28 Page 42 of 58 Tall doorways Small X panel being installed X Panel will add 10 inches to the height of the panels The small and large X Panels can be positioned above this panel set to fill doorways over 10 ft tall ...

Page 43: ...2000 Fire Door Fan Manual updated 2002 05 28 Page 43 of 58 Packing up and moving equipment Blower case fits on Ruaax cart Panel case goes over top Accessory bag goes on top Console is carried ...

Page 44: ...separate carrier such as UPS the case must be placed inside its original shipping box or the equivalent Make sure the smoke puffers go into the special outside pockets they were designed for If packed inside a computer case they may destroy the computer Packing must be marked so it gets put back in the same way Cart folded up ...

Page 45: ...rger buildings can be tested with the same system if they perform better than this minimum Using two systems in two doorways or in one double doorway will increase the envelope area to 5 760 sq m Retrotec software will handle up to 18 blowers allowing for testing of buildings with 17 280 sq m of envelope area Retrotec equipment software and field training expertise are available immediately The la...

Page 46: ...will be issued Our series 600 700 800 and 900 and 2000 flow measurement systems do not require more frequent recalibration unless they are damaged to the extent that their physical dimensions are changed drastically or if Field Calibration Checks repeatedly show that the system is inaccurate The measurement method used in our system relies upon the physical dimensions of an annular nozzle which ha...

Page 47: ...ould reference the reading to local ambient conditions at the time of the test Rather flows are referenced to STP conditions which are 101 325 KPa 50 relative humidity and 20C Humidity can be ignored because its effect is negligible Gauge calibration procedure When the Retrotec CA2001 software is created a calibration certificate records all correction formula that are then used in the software On...

Page 48: ...n at the target pressures shown 1 Pa if the pressure is below 20 Pa 2 Pa if the pressure is below 50 Pa or 5 Pa if the pressure is above 50 Pa That is to say the readings must be taken at these target points within these limits these limits do not describe the accuracy required 60 Pa Analog Room gauge target pressures Ascending pressure 0 10 14 17 25 35 Descending pressure 50 35 25 17 14 10 0 Fina...

Page 49: ...2000 Fire Door Fan Manual updated 2002 05 28 Page 49 of 58 Retrotec gauge calibration software was developed especially for meeting NFPA and ISO requirements ...

Page 50: ...on Authorized Service Facility Use the following web site to choose your product and then select Service Options to locate a Canon Authorized Service Facility near you http consumer usa canon com techsupport index html InstantExchange Call 757 413 2848 and follow the voice prompts to exchange a defective Canon product for a Canon factory refurbished product Monday Friday 8 00a m midnight ET Sat No...

Page 51: ...utton until the printer beeps twice A 1 should appear in the display Press the MENU button The printer should begin to print the test pattern To end the test turn the power switch off Print head cleaning will correct the problem of the print head moving but not print on the page or no ink BJ30 Replacing the Ink Cartridge including Print Head Cleaning 2 ...

Page 52: ...rint quality problems This procedure takes about 30 seconds Extensive cleaning for severe print quality problems This procedure takes about one minute and uses more ink than quick cleaning Therefore use this product only when the quick cleaning procedure does not improve your print quality To start print head cleaning follow these steps 1 Make sure the printer is turned on and on line 2 To start t...

Page 53: ...ignificant Ensure IN and OUT probes are at the same temperature for 10 minutes OUT is on the UMBILICAL cord IN is at the control console Turn the adjuster located to right of the thermometer CLOCKWISE to DECREASE OUT reading COUNTER CLOCKWISE to INCREASE OUT Changing the digital Thermometers to read Fahrenheit or Celsius Figure 1 The four 6 32 screws need to be removed so that you can get at the b...

Page 54: ...ust above the green cap 2A39 are two solder pads The one that is circled is the one that is to be change Figure 5 Without solder on the left hand pad the Thermometers read in Celsius Figure 6 With solder on the left hand pad the Thermometers read in Fahrenheit Figure 7 Only hand tighten the 4 6 32 screws when reassembling the Thermometer plate into the console ...

Page 55: ...dge and roll it back Gauge Needle Stuck Needle rests against black post with gauge level must be level 2 or 3 turns of the adjustment screw have been made but the needle won t move Cause magnetic linkage on needle has jumped off Solution suck hard on one of the red tubes and wait 20 seconds if that doesn t work then blow on the tube The needle should jump around then move back to zero Problem when...

Page 56: ...tting good field calibration check results you probably don t need to recheck your flow pressure gauges Retrotec offers a service to either calibrate your gauge in its control box or to send you an exchange The complete system must be returned every five years for a complete calibration For offshore customers this test may be waived by performing a field calibration check for the AHJ but that will...

Page 57: ...ntrol may be defective Plug the blower into a wall outlet with a standard extension cord If it goes full speed the controller is at fault Blower Speed Wanders Small changes in voltage cause the blower speed to fluctuate up and down Nothing is abnormal if this happens but watch HOUSE PRESSURE and FLOW PRESSURE gauge as they move together and obtain a set of readings simultaneously Cleaning Nylon Ca...

Page 58: ...ion of the problem and how it started with your return name and address and phone number Use original packing material or equivalent Customer Support Retrotec is committed to supporting its customers to ensure they get maximum use from the Infiltrometer We encourage you to call to discuss dealing with unusual situations the interpretation of test results air sealing techniques and so on If you nee...

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