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Instructions for the User
6.7 -
Maintenance on the boiler body
Danger!
Before doing any work on the boiler,
ensure that it and its components have
cooled down
.
Warnings
Never discharge water from the boiler and C.H. system, even
partially, unless really necessary.
Do not clean the boiler and / or its parts with flammable
substances (eg petrol, alcohol, etc.).
Do not leave containers of flammable substances in the
room where the boiler is installed.
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS
For cleaning, use brushes and vacuum
cleaners, if wiping clothes are used, make
sure that they are all retrieved.
Keep nuts and bolts protected with grease.
CLEANING AND ORDINARY MAINTENANCE OF A WOOD
FIRED BOILER
Every day
- Remove the ashes from the bottom tray
- Remove with the poker supplied with the boiler, the bed of
embers in order to let fall down, through the slots of the
grate, the ashes accumulated in the wood storage.
Every week
- Carefully remove, from every point, any residue of
combustion accumulated in the wood storage.
- Clean, with the brush supplied, the upper smoke dry
passages of the furnace
- Remove the ashes accumulated in the smoke chamber
through the rear cleaning door
- Make sure that the slots of the grate are not clogged, and
if they are, make free the slots with the poker’s help
Every month
Check the operation of the by-pass and its tightness as
described in chapter 5.5.
EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE OF A WOOD FIRED
BOILER
After each heating season, make a general cleaning of
the boiler by taking care to remove all the ashes from
wood storage. During the summer, close the doors of
the boiler.
The grates are subject to consumption; it is, then,
advisable their annual inspection, in order to avoid
an anomalous operation of the boiler.
ORDINARY CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE OF
A POSSIBLE OIL OR GAS FIRED AUXILIARY
BOILER.
Before the beginning of each heating season
The boiler body has to be checked and cleaned by autho-
rized personnel.
Inpesction of the burner
Possible inspection on oil or gas fired burner equipping
the auxiliary boiler has to be performed by authorized per-
sonnel of the burner manufacturer.
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