MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Mirage technical manual
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Drain all water when freezing is possible
Because boiler freeze-up will lead to the need of replacing the boiler your Mirage should never be in a
freezing environment unless all water is drained from it. Cargo bays in ships and planes are normally
not temperature controlled and cannot be trusted to remain above freezing at all times.
Materials needed
Spanner 10 mm, 13 mm, 16 mm, 20 mm (maybe 30 mm/adjustable)
Philips screw driver no.2
Drain-hose with fitting 3/8 that fits on drain valve
Bucket, towel and/or sponge
Loctite or Teflon tape
Procedure
1. Turn mains switch of Mirage
to “1”.
2. Shut off water supply to your machine.
3. Fully open steam valve.
4. Disconnect pump motor from electrics.
5. Remove right hand side panel.
6. Wait until pressure is fully released from the steam/hot water boiler.
7. Activate all groups (upper button on touchpad; program button on bastone
) until LED’s start
blinking, then de-activate groups.
8. Turn mains
switch to “0”.
Steam boiler
9. Remove cap from the steam/hot water boiler drain valve with a 20 mm spanner (see Figure M
22a).
10. Attach drain hose to drain valve, dangle the other end in the bucket.
11. Open drain valve on steam/hot water boiler.
12. When water flow stops, tilt the Mirage by lifting the left side (e.g. by placing a block of wood under
the front-left foot of the machine) to drain remaining water from the steam/hot water boiler until
flow stops.
13. Close steam valve.
14. Close drain valve and remove drain hose from the steam/hot water boiler.
15. Put a little food safe silicone grease on the cap and replace on drain valve, use only little force to
tighten (a spanner is not really necessary).
Figure M 22a (left). Showing steam boiler drain valve, cap has to be removed.
Figure M 22b (right). Showing bottom of Duette with bottom panel removed. Nuts to remove for
draining heat exchangers are indicated.
steam boiler
drain valve
remove
water
supply
tubes
lower
banjo
fittings
