Bubble Boat Bubble No 1, Installation & General Instructions

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REMOTE SENSING FIREVALVES
There are two situations where a remote sensing
firevalve should be fitted.
1. For fire protection fit a 60 deg C valve.
2. For over boil protection fit an additional 90 deg C
valve.
For fire protection a remote sensing fire valve should
be fitted as detailed in fig 3.
Run the capillary tube with the oil line up to the stove
and carefully fit the sensing phial as follows
B1 Half Pod, B1 Oven and B2 at a low level fitted on
two 15mm pipe clips.
Corner Stove and Corner Oven Stove
on 15mm pipe
clips in front of the drip tray on the fireplace hearth,
directly in front of the combustion air restrictor.
Before it is fitted try the fender on the stove to
make sure that the fender does not fowl the sensing
phial.
The sensing phial may be visible through the bottom of
the fender, to mask it, paint it with matt black paint
available from our sales desk.
When fitting the fire valve make sure that where the
capillary and oil line go through the bulkhead in
separate sleeved tubes, so that the capillary can be
withdrawn separately should it ever need replacing.
For fitting of long oil feed lines which pass through
bulkheads and various other parts of the boat it may
well be necessary to fit more than one fire valve,
especially where the oil line passes through an area
where a fire could occur i.e. kitchen area etc.
ISOLATION VALVES.
Two isolation valves are required, one fitted directly
into or close to the oil control valve to allow you or the
service man to turn the oil off should the need arise,
and one fitted directly into the oil tank before the
fuel filter.
Always turn off the oil isolation valve serving the
appliance before leaving the vessel unattended.
SLEEVING.
Where the oil line goes through the boat
superstructure a suitable bulkhead fitting must be
used.
OVERBOIL OR OVERHEAT PROTECTION OF THE
APPLIANCE.
Where appliances are not fitted with an automatic
thermostat an additional 90 DEG C, remote sensing
fire valve must be fitted directly in front of the oil
control valve and the sensor from this valve has to be
attached to the water jacket or the hot outlet pipe
from the boiler.
The valve is calibrated to shut the oil supply down
should the water temperature exceed 90 Deg C.
There is a re set button on the remote sensing fire
valve which needs to be pressed in to re set the valve
after it has tripped off.
4 4 A A L L I I G G H H T T I I N N G G & & C C O O M M M M I I S S S S I I O O N N I I N N G G
A relevant oil control valve catalogue is supplied with
each appliance and details of high and low fire
adjusting screws are illustrated.
On the Toby valve the low fire screw is clearly visible
as per TOBY MANUAL FIG 2
Before trying to light the burner in cold weather it is
advisable to pre heat the flue pipe before lighting.
There are two different types of burner fitted to
Bubble appliances.
The FB style burner fitted to the B1 Half Pod, B1
Pie Pod and B2 .
The Socomef burner fitted to the Corner Stove,
Corner Oven Stove and the Back Cabin Cooker see
sec 4B for lighting Socomef burners.
1. L
IGHTING
B1 H
ALF
P
OD
, B1 P
IE
P
OD AND
B2
When attempting to light the stove these are the
rules, which must be followed.
1. Always make sure that the pot is not flooded with
oil by looking down into the base of the pot.
2. Never try to light the stove if it is flooded with oil.
3. Always check that oil has not leaked from the
appliance.
4. Do not light the stove and leave it unattended until
it is settled down and stabilized into constant blue
flame combustion on low fire. (This could take 10 to 20
minutes.)
On first light up it is advisable to warm the flue pipe
up to try and create chimney draft.
Two Ways to Light the Stove
1. Through the lighting port B1 and B2 appliances only,
or
2. Directly into the base of the pot by removing the
catalyser.